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[ad_1] February 15, 2024 3:43 PM EST NEW YORK — Lyme disease cases in the U.S. jumped nearly 70% in 2022, which health officials say is...
[ad_1] NEW YORK — Smoking has surpassed injecting as the most common way of taking drugs in U.S. overdose deaths, a new government study suggests. The...
[ad_1] Since 2021, people with COVID-19 have been told to isolate themselves for at least five days to avoid spreading the disease. But that practice may...
[ad_1] As employees and employers adjust to new working conditions, including more flexible remote or hybrid schedules, they are also prioritizing something else that hasn’t traditionally...
[ad_1] Alaska’s health department reports that the first person in the state has died from a recently discovered virus called Alaskapox. The elderly man—who was immunocompromised...
[ad_1] When it’s dark outside in Anchorage, Alaska, therapist Karen Cunningham pulls on long johns, one of her 16 pairs of snow pants, a hat, gloves,...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — In Utah, more of Dr. Cara Heuser’s maternal-fetal medicine patients are requesting early ultrasounds, hoping to detect serious problems in time to choose...
[ad_1] Novo Nordisk A/S has a successor waiting in the wings for the generation of weight-loss shots it pioneered: a pill that helps people shed pounds...
[ad_1] One of the hallmarks of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is its unpredictability. Flares come and go, often with little rhyme or reason. Especially for people...
[ad_1] COVID-19 doesn’t always affect people the same way. If someone gets sick, for example, not everyone in that person’s close social circle will get infected—even...
[ad_1] Viagra is best known for helping erectile dysfunction, but the latest research suggests it might also lower the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Viagra belongs to...
[ad_1] A California cheese and dairy company is the source of a decade-long outbreak of listeria food poisoning that killed two people and sickened more than...
[ad_1] Forget climate anxiety: many people are in flat-out climate despair. About two-thirds of Americans (65%) report being worried about global warming, according to a January...
[ad_1] As much as fans will have to spend to attend the Feb. 11 Super Bowl, the game of football costs some professional players a vastly...
[ad_1] CHICAGO — A Chicago children’s hospital has been forced to take its networks offline after an unspecified digital attack, limiting access to medical records and...
[ad_1] An experimental weight-loss shot from Amgen Inc.—taken less frequently than wildly popular treatments from Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S—appears to keep weight...
[ad_1] Those heavy lead aprons may be on their way out at the dentist office, depending on where you live. The nation’s largest dental association said...
[ad_1] WASHINGTON — Women are far more likely than men to get autoimmune diseases, when an out-of-whack immune system attacks their own bodies — and new...
[ad_1] When Tom Holland, a 54-year-old exercise physiologist, shovels snow at home in Connecticut, someone always starts shouting at him. A neighbor—lots of neighbors, actually—will drive...
[ad_1] It was a quiet Saturday morning, and as a pediatrician who had a busy week, that meant it was the perfect time to cozy up...