A New Mexico teen wasn’t sure he would be able to recognize himself after he was badly burned during a campfire accident back in February. However, he is now able to recognize himself in the mirror thanks to a new treatment at UCHealth’s Burn and Frostbite Center in Aurora. The hospital is the first in […]
As CNBC reports, hundreds could have polio after an adult in the New York City metro area caught the virus and suffered paralysis last month, the state’s top health official said this week. New York state Health Commissioner Mary Bassett warned that the confirmed polio case in an unvaccinated adult, coupled with the detection of […]
In response to the rapidly growing number of reported cases erupting around the country and the world, last Thursday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra announced that he was declaring the ongoing spread of monkeypox virus in the United States a Public Health Emergency (PHE). The declaration signals an […]
On Sunday, Senate Democrats managed to pass a sweeping healthcare, tax and climate change bill that will allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug costs — a significant political win as the party tries to send a message before the midterm election that it is delivering on its promises. The drug-price plan is the centerpiece of […]
As monkeypox continues to spread across the U.S., as Good Morning America (GMA) reports, the number of children infected with the virus is growing as well. Because initial warnings were targeted at men having sex with other men, many people breathed a big sigh of relief and thought, “well, then it can’t happen to me.” […]
National Minority Donor Awareness Week is the first week of August each year, and in fact, now the entire month (NMDAM) is dedicated to this nationwide observance honoring the generosity of multicultural donors and their families, while also underscoring the critical need for people from diverse communities to register their decision to Donate Life as […]
As The Washington Post reports, President Joe Biden has experienced a “rebound” coronavirus infection following a course of Paxlovid, an antiviral used to treat people at risk of severe illness from COVID-19, and is now back in isolation. Rebound cases, in which someone experiences symptoms or tests positive after completing the course of the medication […]
The Food and Drug Administration’s is moving to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes, but the proposed ban has caused a divide in the Black community. Over the course of decades, tobacco companies directly targeted marketing of menthol cigarettes to Black consumers and in Black communities, which fostered an environment where today, the vast majority of […]
As CNBC reports, if you’ve tested positive for COVID and have completed your isolation but are still testing positive, you’re likely not alone. How long could your results stay positive? Turns out, the ultra-contagious BA.5 omicron subvariant could be making people stay positive longer, according to Chicago’s top doctor. “I wouldn’t say the incubation period […]
As part of its goal to bring artificial intelligence into the health community and showcase its feasibility, Google has developed three new projects in a partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. One of the most promising is using AI to make ultrasounds more accessible—a development Google claims would cut maternal mortality rate in half. In the […]