January 24, 2017 Highly contagious stomach flu rips through US schools They went down like dominoes in Aimee Romero’s household.
January 23, 2017 Preterm birth linked to health problems in adolescence Adolescents who were born extremely premature are much more likely to have chronic health problems than their peers who were delivered at full term, a Swedish study suggests.
January 20, 2017 Far fewer men being treated for prostate cancer The number of older Americans treated for prostate cancer plummeted 42 percent since health officials began questioning the benefits of screening tests, a new study shows.
January 20, 2017 France says duck cull mostly over as bird flu stabilizes France will scale back preventive slaughtering of ducks to counter bird flu after the culling of 800,000 birds this month helped slow the spread of the disease in the southwest, the country's agriculture minister said on Thursday.
January 20, 2017 Malaria champions unnerved by Trump uncertainty at crucial time When it comes to fighting malaria, Bill Gates and Ray Chambers are both inspired and concerned: With victory in sight, will the world's new leaders commit to finally beating this persistent parasite?
January 19, 2017 Person-to-person contact may cause most drug-resistant TB cases The worst form of drug-resistant tuberculosis isn't just arising from inadequate treatment, it's mostly being spread from person to person, according to a new study of hundreds of cases in South Africa that has important implications for how the deadly disease is treated.
January 19, 2017 Initiative aims to prevent epidemics with new vaccines A global coalition announced plans to fund the creation of new vaccines for diseases in order to prevent future epidemics on Wednesday.
January 16, 2017 Officials say California woman's death likely meningitis Health officials are working to determine whether the death of a California Bay Area woman last week is in any way connected to a man who died from bacterial meningitis after attending a SoulCycle class in Larkspur.
January 16, 2017 The best drug to fight Zika may already be approved and out there, study suggests Several teams of scientists are racing to develop a vaccine for the Zika virus.
January 16, 2017 China confirms 1 more human death from H7N9 bird flu A man in China's central Henan province has become the latest person reported to have died this winter from H7N9 bird flu, the state news agency Xinhua said on Saturday citing local health authorities.