(NEW YORK) -- Nearly three million asthma attacks in children could be prevented by 2050 if the United States transitioned to electric vehicles and clean power, according to a new report published Wednesday.Researchers from the American Lung Association (ALA) say these goals would also avert millions of other respiratory symptoms…
(NEW YORK) -- The number of measles cases linked to an elementary school outbreak in South Florida has risen to six.The outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston -- 20 miles west of Fort Lauderdale and located in Broward County -- was first reported on Friday with the initial…
(NEW YORK) -- A new study not only confirms known research that regular physical activity can prolong life and lower a person's risk of dying, it also finds that women experience greater benefits from exercise than men do, at lower amounts of exercise.Using findings from the Centers for Disease Control…
(NEW YORK) -- Experts are speaking out after the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Friday that frozen embryos qualify as people under state law, a decision that critics say could threaten families' access to fertility treatments in the post-Roe era.In an unprecedented decision, the state's highest court ruled that "unborn children…
(NEW YORK) -- In operating rooms across the country, more and more diabetics are receiving amputations due to complications from type-2 diabetes.The life-altering procedures are more common among Black and Latino patients who are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease, according to health data.Despite the grim figures, medical…
(NEW YORK) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Xolair as the first and only medicine for people with one or more food allergies after the clinical trial data for the injectable asthma medication showed it helped people curb food-related allergic reactions. "The FDA approval is based on…
(NEW YORK) -- Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States. Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles with infections reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C.…
(NEW YORK) -- Sixteen-year-old Jonathan Lubin loves basketball, playing the drums and going to the gym. But until recently, his parents worried he wouldn't live to see the age of 40. Lubin was born with sickle cell disease, a genetic illness that causes abnormal 'C'-shaped red blood cells that clog…
(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first medication to treat severe frostbite on Wednesday. Aurlumyn, manufactured by Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., is an injection to treat severe frostbite in adults to reduce the risk of finger or toe amputation. "This approval provides patients with the first-ever treatment…
(NEW YORK) -- COVID-19 patients are at least four times more likely to develop chronic fatigue than someone who has not had the virus, a new federal study published Wednesday suggests. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) looked at electronic health records from the University of…
