January 20, 2016 Doctors get less aggressive care before death Doctors tend to get less aggressive care before death than the average person, a new study finds.
January 20, 2016 Dozens feared exposed as Sierra Leone confirms new Ebola case A woman who died of Ebola this week in Sierra Leone potentially exposed at least 27 other people to the disease, according to an aid agency report on Friday, raising the risk of more cases just as the deadliest epidemic on record appeared to be ending.
January 19, 2016 Should pregnant women avoid travel amid Zika virus outbreaks? A link between the mosquito-borne Zika virus and a surge in birth defects in Brazil is growing stronger as the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Wednesday the virus was found in the placentas of two women who miscarried, and the brains of two newborns who died shortly after birth.
January 19, 2016 156K chickens added to list of birds being euthanized in Indiana Animal health officials investigating a bird flu strain that's hit 10 turkey farms in southwestern Indiana have added 156,000 chickens to the list of thousands of birds being euthanized due to the outbreak.
January 19, 2016 Cardiac arrest survival gets less likely the higher up you live In a study of residential high-rise buildings, people who suffered cardiac arrest had a better chance of survival if they lived on lower floors, and survival odds decreased as floor number increased.
January 18, 2016 Ticks carrying Lyme disease in almost half of US counties Ticks that can spread Lyme disease now live in almost half of U.S. counties, according to a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
January 18, 2016 Baby born in Hawaii with brain damage confirmed to have Zika infection A baby born with brain damage at a hospital in Oahu, Hawaii, has been confirmed to have been infected by the Zika virus, that state's department of health said, in what appears to be the first U.S. case of the mosquito-borne virus.
January 18, 2016 WHO hopes to eradicate polio in 2016 An official says the World Health Organization hopes to eradicate polio in 2016, after containing outbreaks in conflict-ridden Syria, Iraq and Somalia by immunizing millions of children over two years.
January 18, 2016 For older drivers, sleep meds are linked with car accidents Drivers over age 80 or women over age 70 who take the prescription sleeping pill Ambien tend to have more motor vehicle collisions, according to a new study.
January 18, 2016 Air pollution and traffic fumes tied to infertility risk Women who live close to major highways where the air is polluted by traffic exhaust fumes may be slightly more likely to have fertility problems than women who live further away where the air is cleaner, a U.S. study suggests.