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July 29, 2016

FDA takes steps to protect blood supply in Florida amid Zika probe

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered blood banks in Florida's two most densely populated counties to stop collecting blood as health officials determine whether Zika has begun transmission in the continental United States.

July 29, 2016

Comparison of commercial and homemade infant meals finds flaws in each

Parents making home-cooked meals often provide babies with too much fat and overall calories, while store-bought meals may not have enough of the fat children need to grow, according to a UK study.

July 28, 2016

Innovations give African leaders hope malaria can be beaten by 2030

LONDON — African governments are confident malaria can be wiped out within 15 years as research innovations, including a vaccine against the disease, are developed and tested, the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) said.

July 28, 2016

Limited protection of GSK's malaria vaccine dwindles in 7 years

LONDON - The world's first malaria vaccine, developed by GlaxoSmithKline, provides some protection after three doses but its effect dwindles to almost nothing after seven years, scientists said on Wednesday.

July 28, 2016

Governor: Illinois doing all it can on Legionnaire's cases

Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner said Wednesday that the state is doing everything it can to prevent the spread of Legionnaires' disease at a veterans home where an outbreak last year sickened 53 people, including 12 who died.

July 28, 2016

Women with later start to periods, menopause more likely to reach age 90

Women with later menarche and later menopause are more likely to reach age 90 than those whose reproductive milestones come at earlier ages, suggests a new study.

July 28, 2016

Exercise lowers heart disease risk, even for younger women

For women under age 50, spending two and half hours of leisure time each week being active could cut heart disease risk by 25%, according to a U.S. study.

July 27, 2016

Health officials urge gay men get meningitis vaccine

Health officials in Southern California are urging high-risk gay and bisexual men to get the meningitis vaccine after observing an increase in cases of invasive meningococcal disease, a potentially deadly infection.

July 27, 2016

Sushi restaurant worker among 93 Hawaii hepatitis A cases

A Hawaii outbreak of hepatitis A has grown to 93 cases, including an infected sushi restaurant worker who might have exposed diners, the state's Department of Health said Tuesday.

July 27, 2016

Teens who play sports less likely to say they've done heroin

Teens who play sports are less likely than those who don't to say they've ever used opioid painkillers without a prescription or heroin, according to a new U.S. study.