2+ hour, 48+ min ago   (396+ words) Imran Khalid The Fulcrum Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens during a meeting to sign an executive order about vaccines, Monday, Aug. 10, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington....

14+ hour, 27+ min ago   (248+ words) A vaccine created by researchers at the University of Georgia is being tested to determine if it protects against several kinds of fungal infections while not impacting the gut's microbiome. The vaccine is called NXT-2 and targets pathogenic fungal infections....

13+ hour, 37+ min ago   (400+ words) HOUSTON — A new federal health advisory about increased rabies activity and human exposure reports is drawing attention to hundreds of confirmed animal cases across Texas this year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued the advisory on Sept. 10, saying…...

5+ hour, 11+ min ago   (371+ words) Rabies is most often seen in wild animals such as raccoons, bats, skunks and foxes, health officials said. Credit: Suffolk County Department of Health A person was exposed to a raccoon in Babylon on Wednesday that later tested positive for…...

5+ hour, 59+ min ago   (541+ words) HAMPTON, Va. — The Hampton University Proton Cancer Institute hosted its fifth annual Prostate Cancer and Health Awareness Fair on Saturday. The event offered five early detection cancer screenings, health resources, and information aimed at encouraging early detection and preventive care....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (659+ words) Connecticut has not had a human rabies case since the 1990s, state health officials said, but the virus continues to turn up in animals each year as federal officials warn doctors and health departments about an increase in rabies exposures and…...

1+ day, 41+ min ago   (462+ words) Several areas of Northern California, including three in the Bay Area, have childhood measles vaccination rates below the threshold for herd immunity - making them them potentially vulnerable to measles outbreaks, according to a recent study by vaccine researchers at Kaiser…...

15+ hour, 51+ min ago   (280+ words) This summer brought more than intense waves of heat: The CDC is flagging a nationwide jump in rabies cases in animals, with a corresponding rise in people potentially exposed.... CDC Reports Summer Surge in Rabies Cases This summer brought more…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (709+ words) Sonoma County health officials have a simple message for anyone who finds a dead bat in their backyard, on the street or on a local trail: don’t touch it — it may have rabies. Though rabies infection via animals is rare,…...

11+ hour, 29+ min ago   (85+ words) Autoimmune hepatitis has long been one of the most puzzling chronic liver diseases in clinical medicine, a condition in which the immune system turns against the body’s own hepatocytes and produces inflammation that can smolder for years before cirrhosis or…...