March 26, 2016 Carriers, cruises offer refunds on Zika concerns Airlines and cruise lines are letting customers change plans.Â
March 25, 2016 Longstanding decline in TB cases has stalled, report finds For the first time in more than two decades, the rate of newly diagnosed tuberculosis cases is not dropping, U.S. health officials said Thursday.
March 21, 2016 Women outlive men but suffer long years of disability Reuters Health - Women may have a longer life expectancy than men, but they are spending more of their golden years living with disabilities, a U.S. study finds.
March 21, 2016 With cancer in one breast, no survival advantage in removing second one The proportion of breast cancer patients who removed a healthy breast to prevent future cancers more than tripled over 10 years, but the procedure didn't improve their survival odds, a U.S. study finds.
March 21, 2016 Fourth person dies of Ebola in latest flare up in Guinea A fourth person has died of Ebola in Guinea in the latest flare up of an epidemic that has killed more than 11,300 people in that country, Sierra Leone and Liberia since 2013 but now claims few victims.
March 17, 2016 Dead Michigan resident had bacteria linked to Wisconsin outbreak A person who died in Michigan tested positive for a bacteria linked to as many as 17 deaths in neighboring Wisconsin, health officials said on Thursday.
March 16, 2016 Happy kids may become adults with lower heart attack risk Reuters Health - Kids who live in a stress-free environment may grow up to be adults with a lower risk of heart attacks than their peers who experience social, emotional or financial difficulties during childhood, a Finnish study suggests.
March 16, 2016 Vaccine refusal tied to increased risk of measles and pertussis Parents who delay or skip childhood vaccinations even when kids have no medical reason to avoid their shots are contributing to U.S. outbreaks of measles and pertussis, a research review suggests.
March 15, 2016 High school, college athletes need similar concussion recovery time In a new study comparing high school and college athletes, age was not tied to significant differences in concussion recovery time.
March 15, 2016 Infrastructure inequality is catalyst for Brazil's Zika epidemic The mosquito, a Brazilian saying goes, is a democratic devil - it bites rich and poor alike.