December 1, 2016 Obesity and diabetes by middle age tied to heart failure later on People who reach middle age without developing high blood pressure, diabetes or obesity may have a lower risk of heart failure later in life, a recent study suggests.
December 1, 2016 Japan orders chicken cull on third bird flu outbreak in less than a week Japan has started culling another 230,000 chickens after the discovery of a highly contagious form of bird flu on a farm in the north of the country, the local government said.
November 30, 2016 UK identifies first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus The first case of sexually transmitted Zika has been detected in the United Kingdom, health officials believe.
November 30, 2016 9th Washington state polio-like case confirmed Health officials say a boy in Spokane County is the ninth person in Washington with a confirmed case of a rare syndrome that causes varying degrees of paralysis.
November 29, 2016 Drug-resistant salmonella linked to Wisconsin calves Federal and state health officials say a multistate outbreak of salmonella bacteria that is resistant to several drugs has been linked to infected dairy bull calves purchased in Wisconsin.
November 29, 2016 Texas reports first case of Zika spread from local mosquitoes Texas health officials on Monday reported the state's first case of Zika likely spread by local mosquitoes, making Texas the second state within the continental United States to report local transmission of the virus that has been linked to birth defects.
November 29, 2016 Florida lifts Zika transmission zone in parts of Miami Beach TAMPA, Fla. (Reuters) - Florida officials removed part of Miami Beach from an active Zika transmission zone on Tuesday, saying more than 45 days had passed since the last local case of the mosquito-borne virus that has been linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
November 29, 2016 Some resilient black youth may face higher diabetes risk as adults Low-income black teens with the resilience to succeed in school may be more likely to graduate college and achieve higher incomes than their less persistent peers, but they may also face more health problems as adults, a recent study suggests.
November 28, 2016 Girls may wait longer for sex when they're close to their mothers Teen girls who get along with their mothers may be less likely to have sex earlier in adolescence, a Dutch study suggests.
November 28, 2016 More evidence ties sugary caffeinated drinks to poor sleep Adults who sleep no more than five hours a night are more likely to be heavy soda drinkers than people who get more rest, a U.S. study suggests.