Amid rising measles cases, a new generation of doctors is being taught how to spot the disease
Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States.
Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measle…
Teen says he’s ‘doing great’ after undergoing experimental sickle cell treatment
skaman306/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sixteen-year-old Jonathan Lubin loves basketball, playing the drums and going to the gym.
But until recently, his parents worried he wouldn’t live to see the age of 40.
Lubin was born with sickle cell disease, a ge…
FDA approves 1st medication to treat severe frostbite
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday.
Aurlumyn, manufactured by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., is an inject…
COVID patients are 4.3 times more likely to develop chronic fatigue, CDC report finds
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — COVID-19 patients are at least four times more likely to develop chronic fatigue than someone who has not had the virus, a new federal study published Wednesday suggests.
Researchers from the Centers for Di…
Oregon resident catches rare bubonic plague, likely from their cat: Health officials
ilbusca/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A pet owner has caught a rare case of the bubonic plague, health officials in central Oregon say, and it’s believed they may have caught it from their cat.
The Deschutes County Health Services confirmed the case of th…
Forgetting dates doesn’t mean President Biden’s decision-making or cognitive fitness is failing: Doctors
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(NEW YORK) — In a special council report released last week, President Joe Biden was described as an “elderly man with a poor memory,” but doctors say it’s impossible to use isolated examples to diagnose a mem…
What to know about rare virus Alaskapox after first fatal case
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An Alaska resident has died from complications of a relatively new and rare virus known as Alaskapox, according to a bulletin posted by Alaska state public health officials.
The Alaskapox virus wa…
Abortion pill studies cited in ruling set for Supreme Court are retracted
Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Two of the studies cited in a ruling that suspended federal approval of the abortion pill mifepristone were retracted by a medical journal earlier this week.
Sage Publishing said it issued the r…
Fitness trackers can help monitor health for some people, but can exacerbate disordered eating for others
georgeclerk/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Brooklyn-based boxing instructor Nancy Chen said her Apple Watch was able to hone in on the effectiveness of her workouts.
But it wasn’t until her watch broke that she said she realized it ended up exacerbating so…
Weight loss drugs linked to lower likelihood of depression and anxiety diagnoses: Study
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Most weight loss drugs were linked to a lower likelihood of depression and anxiety diagnoses, according to research published by Epic Research.
The researchers looked at over three millio…