Health

As respiratory viruses continue to spread, the “tripledemic” is causing infections to spike across the country and putting strain on the nation’s health workers. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning Americans that the high level of multiple respiratory illnesses could linger for a while.  “We anticipate that …

Manal Mohammed is a senior lecturer of medical microbiology at the University of Westminster. Since the COVID variant Omicron emerged in late 2021, it has rapidly evolved into multiple subvariants. One subvariant, BF.7, has recently been identified as the main variant spreading in Beijing, and is contributing to a wider surge …

Well-respected sports journalist Grant Wahl died of a ruptured aortic aneurysm at age 49 on Dec. 10 while reporting on the World Cup in Qatar, his wife, Dr. Céline Gounder, wrote in a note on Substack just a few days ago. “An autopsy was performed by the New York City …

As Alice Tapper lay in a hospital bed with chills, low blood pressure and a “throbbing feeling” in her stomach, her doctors stood around her “confused.” It wasn’t until days later, when the pain was dramatically worse and only Tylenol and a heating pad were provided to help, that the …

Luka “Bunny” Hein was in her early teens when confusion about her true gender developed.  Doctors provided what seemed like a solution. “It was presented both to me and my parents as, ‘This is your option to fix things or not. There’s not really any other choices. This is the …

Eight states are among those impacted by an outbreak of norovirus linked to raw oysters from Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Along with the Lone Star state, others include Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. The CDC has clarified that it …

A new ALS drug treatment is reawakening frustration with Big Pharma after its drugmaker priced it at $158,000 annually, leading to exorbitant insurance processes to access it. Relyvrio, a drug produced by Amylyx Pharmaceutical, has been found to slow the progress of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a disease that typically proves …

At the Delaware National Guard facility named for his late son, a somber President Biden on Friday urged veterans to take advantage of new health care opportunities under legislation he signed in August.  The law, known as the PACT Act, helps veterans get screened for exposure to toxins. Those include …

Patients who had LASIK eye vision corrective surgery — or Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis — have been weighing in on the recent draft guidelines from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) connected to the surgery.  The FDA’s draft has been causing controversy among eye experts — and is also creating mixed …

China is facing its biggest public health challenge since the start of the coronavirus pandemic more than three years ago. Nine days after the government abruptly abandoned its draconian “zero-COVID” policy, halting mandatory mass-testing and forcible quarantines, COVID-19 is once again spreading like wildfire across the vast country. On Friday, …