The government is releasing thousands of illegal immigrant children with latent tuberculosis infections into American communities without assurances of treatment. Nearly 2,500 children with latent infections were released into 44 states over the past year, according to a court-ordered report on how the Health and Human Services Department is treating the children. About 126,000 total […]
House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez meets some children who are cancer patients at the Philippine Children’s Medical Center in Quezon City. MANILA, Philippines — Concerns raised by cancer patients in a town hall meeting like the need for additional financial aid and possible shelters to mitigate distance to hospitals will be addressed by the 19th […]
Researchers have used machine learning to assess bone density scans for calcification in the aorta, the body’s main artery. They say their method could be used to predict future cardiovascular and other disease, even before symptoms appear. Just as calcification, or the deposit of calcium, on the inner wall of blood vessels in the heart […]
Cancer, a dreaded disease that affects millions worldwide, has a greater chance of successful treatment and improved patient outcomes when diagnosed at an early stage. And this duo is working on a novel spectroscopy-based tool that has the potential to transform the landscape of early cancer detection. Recognising the potential of their work, the two — […]
…AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT EDT TONIGHT… The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has issued a Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert for Pennsylvania today due to smoke from Canadian wildfires. A Code ORANGE Air Quality Alert means that air pollution concentrations within the region may become unhealthy for sensitive groups. Sensitive groups include […]
FARGO — Vitalant Blood Donation Centers throughout North Dakota need about 4 to 500 donations a day, but since May, the blood supply in the metro has been down more than 25% and some of the supply was used for patients after Friday’s deadly police shooting. Maintaining adequate blood supply is critical to helping patients […]
Breakthrough research has found that Group A Streptococcus (GAS) infections are more likely transmitted from asymptomatic throat carriage than skin-to-skin contact in communities with high rates of infection. This major discovery has far-reaching implications for public health approaches, vaccine development and future research as it challenges previous understanding of how the bacterium is spread. GAS […]
Poland is the first country to report “high numbers” of cats infected with bird flu across a large area, the WHO said Monday, adding that the risk of human infection remained low. The World Health Organization said that since Polish health authorities informed it last month of unusual cat deaths across the country, 29 cats […]
SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WXYZ) — Health officials are in the middle of a contract-tracing effort after pigs at the Oakland County Fair tested positive for the influenza A. The fair’s opening day was July 7. According to the Oakland County Health Division, the infections were discovered a week later on July 14. The pig barn […]
Last month, Teddy, our 9-year–old Lab, came up to me demanding scratches behind his ears. Obviously, I complied. But as I was scratching him, my usual comment of “Teddy, you’re a good boy” was replaced with “Teddy, you stink.” I turned to my husband, Teddy’s all-around go-to-guy, and said, “Ed, your boy needs a bath.” […]