Experts Lament 'Anemic' Response to H5N1, Worried About What 2025 Will Bring A big question will be whether the virus becomes endemic in dairy cattle Dec 30, 2024
Jimmy Carter Dies; Norovirus Surges; Havana Syndrome Probe Faults CIA Response Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 30, 2024
Cats Can Get Sick With Bird Flu. Here's How to Protect Them. Virus has been causing mild illness in humans Dec 28, 2024
Bird Flu Virus Likely Mutated Within Louisiana Patient, CDC Says Mutations may allow the virus to better bind to receptors in the upper airways of humans Dec 27, 2024
Eat, Drink, and Be Wary What does the future hold in the wake of recent foodborne fiascos? Dec 27, 2024
FDA Says Decongestant in Many Cold Medicines Doesn't Work. So What Does? A look at the agency's recent moves on a leading decongestant Dec 26, 2024
Higher-Dose Anticoagulation Not a Sure Bet for Hospitalized COVID Patients Large meta-analysis shows conflicting evidence for higher vs lower dosing Dec 24, 2024
Doc Suspected in Mass Killing; Vaccine Injury Claims Spike; Iowa Has First H5N1 Case Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 23, 2024
Trump's Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but 'Team of Opponents' Candidates have promoted policies and goals that put them at odds with one another Dec 22, 2024
Electronic Sepsis Alerts; Reducing Plaques in Coronary Arteries Also in TTHealthWatch: electronic nudges for flu shots Dec 21, 2024 podcast
Are Antibiotics Linked to Dementia? New Study Weighs In Research offers insights for healthy older adults, but not others Dec 20, 2024
Public Health Experts Decry Louisiana's Ban on Vaccine Promotion Doctors need to "stand up" for their patients' health, they say Dec 20, 2024
The Lifesaving Legacy of Vaccines Perri Klass, MD, on vaccine milestones, evolving risks, and how public health protects kids Dec 20, 2024 video
State Bars Health Workers From Pushing COVID Vax; Cold Deaths; Marburg Outbreak Ends Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 20, 2024
Flu-Like Mystery Disease in Congo Could Be More Than Just Malaria After man dies with hemorrhagic fever symptoms, officials are thinking a virus is at work as well Dec 19, 2024
U.S. Reports First Severe Case of Bird Flu Patient in Louisiana had exposure to backyard poultry Dec 18, 2024
New Guideline Revises Cautions Around Dental Work in Joint Replacement Patients Surgeons' groups acknowledge that prophylactic antibiotics may not cut infection risk Dec 18, 2024
Controversial COVID Paper Retracted; USPSTF's Vitamin D Rec; Medical Abortion Pain Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 18, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: First He Had a Sore Throat. Now This. What’s Up? A 48-year-old man visited his doctor about burning, slightly painful, and itchy red spots that began developing on his legs 3 days prior. Can you diagnose the patient? Dec 17, 2024
The Forgotten Toll of Polio Science and public health turned survival into the norm, says Perri Klass, MD Dec 17, 2024 video
CDC Can't Confirm Suspected Bird Flu Case Tied to Raw Milk California sample tests negative for all types of flu by the time it reaches federal lab Dec 16, 2024
Trump Picks Should 'Steer Clear' of Undermining Polio Vaccine, Mitch McConnell Says Senate Republican leader's statement appears to be directed at Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Dec 16, 2024
Randy Moss Has Cancer; Nancy Pelosi's Surgery; Possible Bird Flu Case Hospitalized Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 16, 2024
RFK Jr.'s Lawyer Asked FDA to Pull Polio Vaccine; Pollution-VTE Link; H5N1 in Cats Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 13, 2024
Mystery Disease in Congo May Be Malaria but More Testing Needed, Authorities Say More than one disease may be involved, according to WHO director Dec 12, 2024
California Child May Have Bird Flu After Drinking Raw Milk Case stands out for being outside the usual farm work setting Dec 11, 2024
What Happened to the Canadian Teen Who Became Critically Ill With H5N1 Bird Flu? Public health investigation is closed, but officials haven't provided patient updates Dec 10, 2024
'Parasites Simply Had it Coming'; Second U.S. Kid With Bird Flu? Rx for Solar Power Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 10, 2024
Procalcitonin Confirmed as Good Gauge for Window of Sepsis Antibiotics Duration of antibiotic treatment about a day shorter than usual in the ICU Dec 09, 2024
How Measles, Whooping Cough, and Worse Could Roar Back on RFK Jr.'s Watch Some experts fear he could "make America sick again" Dec 09, 2024
RFK Jr. to Investigate Vaccines; Microdosing Semaglutide; Methadone Clinic Fraud? Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 09, 2024
USDA Orders Nationwide Testing of Milk for Bird Flu In an effort to stop the virus, testing will begin in six states on December 16 Dec 06, 2024
A Mystery Illness Has Killed Dozens in Congo. WHO Experts Are Now Investigating. "First diagnostics are leading us to think it is a respiratory disease," said the health minister Dec 06, 2024
New Clues in CEO's Killing; Time to Worry About Disease X? Ketamine Diversions Grow Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 06, 2024
CEO's Killer Left Messages on Bullets; RFK Jr.'s Nonprofit; Splash Pad Diseases Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 05, 2024
UnitedHealthcare CEO Killed; Mystery Illness Kills 143; RFK Jr.'s Fluoride Water Biz Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Dec 04, 2024
Long List of Tasks Awaits New CDC Director, Experts Say Combatting new or re-emerging disease threats, agency reorganization could be on the agenda Dec 02, 2024
HIV Doesn't Cause AIDS and Other Conspiracies RFK Jr. Endorsed He has also claimed Wi-Fi causes cancer and that antidepressants are to blame for mass shootings Dec 02, 2024
Benefits of HPV Vaccination; Contraindications to Newer Obesity Drugs Also in TTHealthWatch: minimum effective dose of pneumococcal vaccines Nov 30, 2024 podcast
Bird Flu Virus Was Found in Raw Milk. What to Know About the Risks. The bird flu has been spreading widely since March Nov 29, 2024
