Health & Wellness
Health & Wellness
As World Scrambles, Experts Warn Virus Is Certain to Spread in U.S.
Feb 25, 2020 CDC's call for Americans to be prepared for spread of "severe illness" added new urgency to response efforts that had focused on overseas.
Arizona, California Cases Push U.S. Tally of New Virus From China to 5
Jan 26, 2020 All American cases involve people who traveled to Wuhan, the city at the center of the outbreak. They are hospitalized in isolation.
Xi Calls Situation Grave as China Scrambles to Contain Virus
Jan 25, 2020 The president's remarks underline the urgent, expanding efforts to control the outbreak as Lunar New Year travelers hasten its spread.
Cases of New Viral Respiratory Illness Rise Sharply in China
Jan 22, 2020 World health agency weighs global emergency declaration as coronavirus infects more than 400 people, killing at least 17 in Wuhan outbreak.
For Many Millennials, Turning 26 Means Losing Access to Health Care
Mar 11, 2016 Many young Americans who are either approaching or have passed the cutoff date for coverage under their parents’ health insurance plan under the Affordable Care Act are wondering what they will do if they get sick and can't find affordable coverage.
Malnutrition and ‘Victorian’ Diseases Are Soaring in England ‘Due to Food Poverty and Cuts’
Oct 28, 2015 Cases of malnutrition have doubled and other "Victorian" diseases are soaring in the U.K., in what campaigners say is a direct result of Tory government austerity measures.
Smoking
Mar 28, 2015
CDC Sounds the Alarm on How Medicine and Agriculture Are Killing Us
Sep 19, 2013 Drug-resistant bacteria are causing the deaths of at least 23,000 Americans a year, a problem exacerbated by injudicious use of antibiotics in treatment of patients -- and their pervasive use in agriculture.
Costco Product Linked to Hepatitis A Outbreak
Jun 2, 2013 Health officials have linked at least 30 cases of hepatitis A across five states to a food product that's sold at Costco. And they are bracing for that number to increase.
Can Seeing an Illness Protect You From It?
Apr 6, 2010 Researchers in Canada showed young adults photos of obviously diseased people and found that the subjects’ immune systems were significantly more aggressive when later exposed to a glop of bacteria. Test subjects got a negligible boost from similarly upsetting, but not disease-y, images.
