The CDC works to overhaul lab operations after COVID test flop
In early February 2020, Kirsten St. George and her team at New York state’s public health lab received a test developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to diagnose people infected with the new, rapidly spreading coronavirus. But, like many labs around the country, it quickly found the test gave inaccurate results. So test More...
Air pollution may be to blame for thousands of dementia cases each year, researchers say
Nearly 188,000 dementia cases in the U.S. each year may have been caused by air pollution, researchers estimate, with bad air quality from wildfires and agriculture showing the strongest links to a person’s More...
Atlanta area doctor, hospital sued after baby allegedly decapitated during birth
Clayton County doctor, hospital sued after baby allegedly decapitated during birth Clayton County doctor, hospital sued More...
“The Forgotten Ones” highlights opioid crisis in Minneapolis’ East African community
MINNEAPOLIS – It’s a struggle many in the East African community suffer through silently. Opioid addiction is impacting young and old, and now a documentary – “The Forgotten Ones” – is More...
Sudden explosion of dangerous fungus Candida auris may be because of climate change, scientists say
Candida auris infections have emerged globally as public health threat in recent years, posing a particular risk in health care settings for people who already have serious medical problems. Scientists say More...
Otteroo baby neck floats still on sale despite reports of injury and one infant death
A California company that makes baby neck floats has refused to recall the inflatable devices despite safety warnings from two federal agencies and a report of a baby drowning while using the product, Consumer More...
Thousands enroll in program to fight hepatitis C: “This is a silent killer”
A state program that aims to make hepatitis C treatment affordable and accessible has garnered thousands of users and helped inspire a similar federal program. According to the Centers for Disease Control More...
Valley fever is on the rise in the U.S., and climate change could be helping the fungus spread
Fears over valley fever are ramping up in Northern California Fears over valley fever are ramping up in Northern California More...
Unsafe levels of likely cancer causer found in underground launch centers on Montana nuclear missile base
Washington — The Air Force has detected unsafe levels of a likely carcinogen at underground launch control centers at a Montana nuclear missile base where a striking number of men and women have reported cancer More...
First long COVID treatment clinical trials from NIH getting underway
Two new clinical trials to test potential treatments for long COVID are now set to launch, the National Institutes of Health said Monday, opening enrollment for the first of an array of federally-funded studies More...
