June 27, 2016 For injured teens, pediatric trauma centers may be best Injured teens treated at pediatric trauma centers are less likely to die than those treated at adult centers, a new study suggests.
June 27, 2016 California health officials issue meningococcal disease advisory The California Department of Public Health has issued a health advisory in Southern California linked to an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease, primarily among adult gay and bisexual men.
June 24, 2016 Overweight young men may face high liver disease risk later in life Being overweight at 18 to 20 years old may signal that a man is headed for severe liver disease decades later, according to a large, long-term study from Sweden.
June 24, 2016 Obese seniors live more of their golden years with heart disease - Seniors who are obese may live just as long as their thinner peers, but they are more likely to develop heart disease and to get it slightly earlier in life, a Dutch study finds.
June 23, 2016 WHO plans urgent yellow fever vaccinations in Angola, Congo DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- The World Health Organization says it will carry out emergency yellow fever vaccination campaigns along the border between Angola and Congo amid fears of a mounting epidemic.
June 22, 2016 For trans people, family rejection tied to suicide attempts, substance abuse For transgender or gender non-conforming individuals, as rejection from family members increases, so does their likelihood of suicide attempts or substance abuse, according to a new study.
June 22, 2016 Smokers may try to quit 30 times before it sticks Though conventional wisdom says it takes five to seven attempts for most smokers to quit, those estimates may be very low, a recent study suggests.
June 21, 2016 WHO says Saudi misdiagnosis caused MERS outbreak The wrong diagnosis of a woman suffering from the MERS coronavirus led to more than 49 other patients and medical staff being exposed to the disease in a Saudi hospital, the World Health Organization said in a statement on Tuesday.
June 20, 2016 Parkinson's disease may be getting more common Reuters Health - Parkinson disease may have become more common over the past 30 years, at least according to a study in one Minnesota county.
June 20, 2016 US to help fund technology to eliminate Zika in blood supply The U.S. government said on Monday it has agreed to help fund two pathogen reduction technologies to help reduce the risk of Zika virus and other infections from being transmitted through the blood supply.