Mystery Disease in Congo May Be Malaria but More Testing Needed, Authorities Say More than one disease may be involved, according to WHO director Dec 12, 2024
California Child May Have Bird Flu After Drinking Raw Milk Case stands out for being outside the usual farm work setting Dec 11, 2024
What Happened to the Canadian Teen Who Became Critically Ill With H5N1 Bird Flu? Public health investigation is closed, but officials haven't provided patient updates Dec 10, 2024
'Parasites Simply Had it Coming'; Second U.S. Kid With Bird Flu? Rx for Solar Power Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 10, 2024
Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics Duration of antibiotic treatment about a day shorter than usual in the ICU Dec 09, 2024
How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.'s Watch Some experts fear he could "make America sick again" Dec 09, 2024
RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 09, 2024
USDA Orders Nationwide Testing of Milk for Bird Flu In an effort to stop the virus, testing will begin in six states on December 16 Dec 06, 2024
A Mystery Illness Has Killed Dozens in Congo. WHO Experts Are Now Investigating. "First diagnostics are leading us to think it is a respiratory disease," said the health minister Dec 06, 2024
New Clues in CEO's Killing; Time to Worry About Disease X? Ketamine Diversions Grow Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 06, 2024
CEO's Killer Left Messages on Bullets; RFK Jr.'s Nonprofit; Splash Pad Diseases Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 05, 2024
UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed; Mystery Illness Kills 143; RFK Jr.'s Fluoride Water Biz Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 04, 2024
Long List of Tasks Awaits New CDC Director, Experts Say Combatting new or re-emerging disease threats, agency reorganization could be on the agenda Dec 02, 2024
HIV Doesn't Cause AIDS and Other Conspiracies RFK Jr. Endorsed He has also claimed Wi-Fi causes cancer and that antidepressants are to blame for mass shootings Dec 02, 2024
Benefits of HPV Vaccination; Contraindications to Newer Obesity Drugs Also in TTHealthWatch: minimum effective dose of pneumococcal vaccines Nov 30, 2024 podcast
Bird Flu Virus Was Found in Raw Milk. What to Know About the Risks. The bird flu has been spreading widely since March Nov 29, 2024
Want to Limit Respiratory Virus Infections? Mask and Test in Hospitals Healthcare workers masking makes a difference, study found Nov 27, 2024
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Be Having Its Moment Experts raise concern that Trump will parrot untested and unproven public health ideas Nov 26, 2024
CDC Director Urges Focus on Health Threats as Agency Confronts Political Changes Mandy Cohen, MD, MPH, will be leaving office in January after about 18 months in the job Nov 26, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: He Has Facial Lesions--and So Do Some Teammates. What's Up? A 17-year-old mixed martial arts athlete presented to the doctor with complaints of facial lesions that developed 4 days prior. Can you diagnose the patient? Nov 26, 2024
Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased? The answer may have more to do with how we track them, experts say Nov 25, 2024
Do Not Wash Your Turkey and Other Thanksgiving Tips to Keep Your Food Safe Ways to avoid food-related danger during the holidays Nov 25, 2024
Dr. Oz's Dubious Claims; Bird Flu Found in Raw Milk; Whooping Cough Surges Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 25, 2024
Trump Nominates Physicians for CDC Director, Surgeon General What to know about Dave Weldon and Janette Nesheiwat Nov 23, 2024
California Case Is the First Confirmed Bird Flu Infection in a U.S. Child No evidence virus spread from child to other people Nov 22, 2024
Nationwide Beef Recall; 23% of U.S. Adults Underinsured; Deaths From Tainted Booze Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 22, 2024
Malaria Vaccine Delivered by Mosquito Bite Shows Safety, Efficacy Immunization led to protection against controlled infection in proof-of-concept study Nov 21, 2024
Industry Clinic • Ad Insights A United Front: Helping Protect Infants From RSV Lower Respiratory Tract Disease Nov 20, 2024
Doc Killed After Presentation; Bird Flu Mutations Worrying; Americans Snub COVID Vax Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 20, 2024
CDC's Carrot Warning; New Mpox Strain in the U.S.; DEA Extends Telehealth Rules Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 18, 2024
Where There's Wildfire Smoke, There's Respiratory Infection We're only just beginning to understand what wildfire smoke is capable of Nov 17, 2024
Physician Groups Quiet on RFK Jr. Nomination for HHS Secretary Several groups that did comment expressed concern about Kennedy's vaccine skepticism Nov 15, 2024
RFK Jr. Spurs FDA Resignations; Chatbot to User: 'Please Die'; Dating Apps and STIs Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 15, 2024
Larger Study Supports Safety of Tetracyclines During Early Pregnancy Jury is still out, however, without more rigorous evidence Nov 14, 2024
Evidence of Resistance to Standard Malaria Therapy for Severe Cases High levels of drug resistance could require changes in management strategies, one expert says Nov 14, 2024
RSV Severity, Deaths on Par With Flu and COVID Pre-vaccine era data suggest underrecognized burden of disease, especially in older adults Nov 13, 2024
STI Epidemic Slows as New Syphilis and Gonorrhea Cases Fall in the U.S. Cases of the most infectious stages of syphilis fell 10% Nov 13, 2024
Teen With Bird Flu Critically Ill; NIH in the Crosshairs; Dementia Deaths Rise Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 13, 2024
Canadian Teen in Critical Condition With What Is Believed to Be Bird Flu Teen is not known to have any contact with infected animals Nov 13, 2024