Health

In Vacaville, California, one case, the first documented instance of community transmission in the U.S., left more than 200 hospital workers under quarantine and unable to work for weeks. File photo: Pixabay. VACAVILLE, CA – As…

When Kathy McCracken — pictured with her husband, Jeff Fulp — couldn’t afford the $3,000 that her dentist estimated her tooth extractions would cost, the pastor of her church in Statesville, the Rev. Amy Spivey, offered to use money from…

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma announced Wednesday that the agency is ordering health inspectors to focus on infection-control practices at nursing homes and hospitals, particularly those…

At the heart of the current case is a Louisiana law passed in 2014 that requires doctors who perform abortions in the state to have “admitting privileges” at a hospital no more than 30 miles from the clinic where the abortion is…

To date, the CDC has tested fewer than 500 people in the U.S. for the virus. By contrast, South Korea, which is several days into an outbreak, had tested more than 66,000 people and confirmed more than 1,700 cases as of Thursday…

Although life expectancy inched up slightly in 2018, it hasn’t yet regained the lost ground, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. File photo: Pixabay. CALIFORNIA - For much of the 20th century, medical…

The Democratic presidential nomination sparred over the price tag on health care reform and even revealed similarities on issues like marijuana legalization. Photo credit: PBS News Hour. SOUTH CAROLINA - The ideal began to get real on…

SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY – The California Democrats who fought to flip Republican congressional seats in 2018 used health care as their crowbar. The Republicans had just voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act in the U.S. House — and…

The lack of a cure or effective treatment for Dementia only adds to the anxiety. Just this week, news emerged that another study trying to stop Alzheimer’s in people at extremely high genetic risk had failed. File photo:…

Democratic presidential candidates (from left) Mike Bloomberg and former Vice President Joe Biden on stage at the Democratic presidential primary debate in Las Vegas.  Photo: NBC / NPR / YouTube. LAS VEGAS, NV - Sparring over health…

Democratic presidential candidates (from left) Mike Bloomberg, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Vice President Joe Biden, Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) take the stage at the…

The campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT.) distributed talking points that zeroed in on fundraising, saying “Pete Buttigieg is a favorite candidate of Wall Street and the health care industry.” Sanders’ claim has some truth to it but is…

15 cases have been confirmed in the U.S., mostly in California, home to about one-third of the nation’s Chinese immigrants. Schools are weighing whether to allow students to work from home, even if they haven’t traveled abroad…

Ethan Howard is a musician who tested positive for HIV in 2015 as part of an outbreak centered around Austin, Indiana. Photo credit: Luke Sharrett, Kaiser Health News. AUSTIN, IN - Ethan Howard cradled his prized Martin-brand guitar,…

Scientists have more questions than answers about important issues surrounding the coronavirus, now officially named COVID-19. Here’s some help in understanding the unknowns and evaluating the risks. Photo: Centers for Disease Control and…

While 15 Coronavirus cases have been confirmed in the U.S. so far, tens of thousands of people have been infected worldwide and more than 1,300 have died. Global, and local fears of the spread of the respiratory virus are fueling…

While Missouri health care providers now have another tool besides prescribing opioids to patients with Medicaid, the multistep approaches required by alternative treatments create many more hoops than a pharmacy visit. File photo:…

Roger Brown, who runs the Organ Center at UNOS, estimates that up to 10 organs for transplant fly commercially every day. Photo courtesy of UNOS. CALIFORNIA – When a human heart was left behind by mistake on a Southwest…

NEW YORK, NY - Even as U.S. authorities have taken the drastic steps of quarantining residents returning from China, and temporarily banning foreign visitors who recently traveled to affected Chinese regions, they have urged the vast…

For Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers, social and emotional isolation is a threat. But hundreds of “Memory Cafes” around the country offer them a chance to be with others who understand, and to receive social and cognitive…

Democratic presidential candidates (left to right) Andrew Yang, South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tom…

Darla Markley and her husband, Andy Markley, of Winter Park, Florida, tried to pay off their medical bills following tests Darla had done at the Mayo Clinic in 2010. Even after Mayo wrote off some of what they owed, her disability and…

One-in-six children in New York is food insecure. That's more than 730,000 children. But many parents can't access or aren't aware of school breakfast, after-school supper and summer meal programs that can help. File photo: Pixabay. …

The proposed revisions would allow water suppliers that exceed the MCLs to apply for deferrals that could delay installing treatment technology for up to three years. Cunningham said she believes the revisions are unnecessary. (a…

The first person-to-person case announced Thursday involves a man in his 60s with underlying health issues who is married to a Chicago-area woman who contracted the virus while traveling in Wuhan, China, and was diagnosed upon her return.…

WASHINGTON, D.C. - On the presidential primary campaign trail in Iowa, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) brought out a favorite talking point: ways the president can bring down drug prices without waiting for Congress. It’s not the first…

There are about 12,000 cases of sarcoma diagnosed each year, and making it possible to get to a treatment facility is a critical step in patient care. The Sarcoma-Oma Foundation helps people with medical travel expenses and access to…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Health has been a top issue in the presidential campaign during the past year: Not only do the Democratic candidates disagree with President Donald Trump, but they also disagree among themselves. Voters have…

Makena has been in limbo since October, when an expert panel convened by the Food and Drug Administration reviewed the accumulated evidence and concluded that Makena is not effective in preventing preterm birth. File photo: Pixabay.…