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Woman treated for cervical cancer welcomes HPV vaccine success

In countries like Scotland, though, routine HPV vaccination was quickly adopted and made commonplace, thanks to a nationally funded vaccination program that tar...

Amazon Alexa HIPAA Skills Come to the Device

The HIPAA era for Amazon's Alexa has arrived, opening new possibilities for how senior living providers and residents might utilize the voice technology. Atri...

Pentagon backs India, says ASAT debris expected to burn up in atmosphere

The only three other members of space super league are the United States, Russia and China. Reddy said the Indian test was created to ensure minimum debris. Des...

Cholera kills two in cyclone-hit Mozambique

Health officials have said that children, who are at the highest risk of dying from cholera, will get priority. Worldwide relief agencies and the health min...

Maryland reports first case of measles amid national outbreak

ISDH is also consulting with public health officials in MI and Texas because the investigation has found risk of exposure in those states as well. Born in or ...

Poor diet causes one in seven deaths in Britain, Lancet finds

Israel , France, Spain, and Japan were among the countries with the lowest rates of diet-related disease. The study showed that globally, one in every five deat...

Cigna announces plan that caps monthly insulin prices at $25

In 2018, users of insulin plans by Cigna and Express Cripts were paying an average out-of-pocket cost of $41.50 for a 30-day supply. Many patients in high-deduc...

Cholera kills two, infects 1,400 in cyclone-hit Mozambique

Experts have warned that the destruction of drinking water sources and lack of sanitation in overcrowded shelters in Mozambique create breeding grounds for wa...

FDA Investigates Reports Of Seizures After Vaping

The Food and Drug Administration has issued an advisory that warns it has received some reports of seizures from e-cigarette users. The agency stressed that i...

Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger, 75, to undergo heart surgery

With fans taking to social media to say they were praying for Jagger, the band tried to dampen fears by adding that "Mick is expected to make a complete recover...

Robert Mueller's Russian Federation report to be released by mid-April

She mocked the administration and Republicans as "scaredy-cats". He said his committee will continue its investigation into Trump's foreign business interests...

Trump says GOP health care bill will come after next year's elections

During the campaign he said that the wall would be made of preset concrete; during his presidency, he switched to advocating metal slats. McConnell said he wa...

Nina Martinez of Atlanta, Georgia, Becomes First Living HIV-Positive Organ Donor

The United Network for Organ Sharing has more about transplant statistics. "And I can't figure out any better way to show that people like me can bring life...

Federal judge blocks Kentucky, Arkansas Medicaid work requirements

The Trump administration said it would press on despite the ruling, but did not specify its next steps. The question of work requirements has emerged as a b...

Bay State Delegation Assails Trump Administration Bid To Upend Obamacare

The rule is "clearly an end-run around the ACA", said Judge John Bates of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. This development shouldn't com...

FDA Proposes Changes to Negate Mammogram Oversight

Additionally, both healthcare professionals and patients will receive more detailed lay summary letters that include information about the mammography facilit...

How many cigarettes in a bottle of wine?

For men, drinking a bottle of wine a week increases the risk of cancer equivalent to smoking five cigarettes, the researchers said . "One bottle of wi...

Male contraceptive pill passes safety test in humans

Ten of the men were given a placebo . During the study, 40 healthy men, ages 18 to 50, were given either the drug or a placebo over a 28-day period. It produ...

Walgreens Will Start Selling CBD Sprays and Patches in 1,500 Stores

The FDA warns companies that introducing food containing added CBD or THC into interstate commerce, or to market CBD or THC products as, or in, dietary supple...

Milestone for Medical Drone Delivery in the USA

The first flight of the programme took place yesterday and is the first of numerous planned daily revenue flights at the WakeMed Raleigh Campus in North Carolin...

Measles confirmed in 15 states, outbreaks declared in five

The declaration will expire in 30 days; for individual children, it lifts when they receive the measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccine. The measure, which defi...

Rockland County bans unvaccinated minors from public spaces amid measles outbreak

A place of public assembly shall also include public transportation vehicles, including but not limited to, publicly or privately owned buses or trains. Parents...

The Trump Administration Now Wants All of Obamacare Struck Down

Democrats have been casting about for a message after Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no conspiracy between candidate Donald Trump and the Russian gove...

NY county bans unvaccinated minors from public places

While it is unclear how it will be enforced, the ban will last for the next 30 days, or until the minor is vaccinated, Fox 5 NY reported . This is the 26th w...

The nationwide opioid litigation movement reached its first major settlement

Oklahoma sued 13 opioid manufacturers in all in 2017, accusing them of fraudulent marketing that led to thousands of overdoses and deaths. Prescription opioi...

Congo Ebola epidemic exceeds 1,000 cases: health ministry

Five Ebola centres have been attacked since February 2019. Health workers are being hampered by rampant distrust and violence. "The total is now 1,009 cases...

Drinking hot tea linked to increased esophageal cancer risk, study finds

If the findings of a latest study are to be believed, drinking piping hot tea may increase risk of esophageal cancer . For the study, Islami and his team fol...

8 measles cases in Oakland County since March 13

A 95 per cent vaccination rate is required to achieve herd immunity, which makes it much more hard for potentially deadly diseases such as measles to spread and...

Kale joins the ranks of the annual 'Dirty Dozen' pesticide list

In the latest tests, nearly 60 percent of the kale samples tested positive for DCPA, or Dacthal , which the Environmental Protection Agency has long classifi...

Potent Weed Linked to Psychosis

The problem in California and Canada was that medicinal use became a synonym for recreational use. Links between cannabis use and psychiatric disorders ha...

Drinking More Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Could Result in Premature Death

The study adds to a growing body of research suggesting that sugary drinks can cause people to gain weight and possibly lead to a slew of health conditions, inc...

New drug for postpartum depression approved

Dr. Tiffany Farchione of FDA's Division of Psychiatry Products said in a statement that postpartum depression is quite a serious condition, which be lif...

Apple Watch Monitors Irregular Heart Beats

In 84 percent of the cases, study participants who got notifications of an irregular pulse were found to be suffering from atrial fibrillation. Comparisons be...

Chinese Woman Nearly Dies After Injecting Herself With Fruit Juice

However, her condition worsened, and she was moved to the intensive care ward on 22nd February. Zeng told reporters that she never thought that fresh frui...

Study links drinking hot tea with elevated oesophageal cancer risk

The study said more research was needed on why exactly drinking very hot tea is associated with the higher risk of esophageal cancer . They found the ris...