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A hospital in Indiana where a staff member recently tested positive for tuberculosis has notified around 500 patients that they may have been exposed to the illness.  Clark Memorial Health in Jeffersonville told Fox News Digital on Thursday that it sent out hundreds of letters to those possibly affected following …

Heading into back-to-school season, the ongoing shortage of ADHD medications has sparked concern among some parents of children who have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first announced the medication shortage in October 2022. New data from SingleCare, an online prescription savings service based in Columbus, Ohio, showed …

Last year’s “tripledemic” of RSV, flu and COVID reportedly overwhelmed health systems — now, experts predict what may happen this year.  (iStock) ANOTHER TRIPLEDEMIC? – Doctors offer predictions for the 2023-2024 flu season. Continue reading… DRUGS IN DISGUISE – The FDA cracks down on companies selling illegal vapes in kid-enticing designs. Continue …

People can choose which arm they’d like to use for COVID vaccine doses — and now a new study suggests one arm may have a better immune-boosting effect than the other. The research, which was recently published in the journal EBioMedicine, shows that people who used the same arm for …

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has sent warning letters to 15 companies for selling “unauthorized e-cigarette products” — otherwise known as vapes — disguised as school supplies, food and drinks, toys and other kid-enticing designs, according to a Wednesday press release. The letters were sent to 15 online sellers. …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning the American public that more than two dozen people have been sickened across 11 states as part of a salmonella outbreak linked to small turtles.  Out of the 26 illnesses reported in New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, …

About one in four U.S. adults has been diagnosed with arthritis, according to the CDC — and the knee is the joint that is most commonly affected. With arthritis of the knee, the cartilage gradually breaks down until bone is rubbing directly on bone. “When the bones in the knee …

“iPad kids,” or babies and young children who have access to more screen time have a higher likelihood of developmental delays, according to a new study published in The Journal of the American Medical Association of Pediatrics (JAMA). The cohort study, conducted by Taku Obara, PhD, from the Tohoku Medical …

After last year’s “tripledemic” of RSV, flu and COVID reportedly overwhelmed health systems, experts are looking ahead to the 2023-2024 winter season and offering predictions. During the 2022-2023 flu season, the CDC estimates there were some 26 million cases of the flu, with 290,000 hospitalizations and 19,000 related deaths — …

Getting vaccinated against shingles, pneumonia and other illnesses could potentially reduce adults’ risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Researchers found that people who received shingles and pneumonia vaccines — along with tetanus and diphtheria — had …