Once upon a time, the Adirondacks were known as somewhat of a safe haven from ticks, and consequently, tick-borne illnesses. However, that is no longer the case. Here’s what local health experts want the public to know. The two most common tick-borne diseases in this region are Lyme ...
OMAHA, Neb. — Tyler Sherman, a nurse at a rural Nebraska hospital, is used to the area’s aging farmers delaying care until they end up in his emergency room. Now, with Congress planning around $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts over 10 years, he fears those farmers and the more than 3,000 ...
Last week, a second unvaccinated child died after contracting measles during an outbreak in Texas. Here is what local health departments want you to know about keeping your family safe from the highly contagious, airborne virus that has made a comeback since being officially eradicated in the ...
SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he plans to tell the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention soon to stop recommending fluoridation in communities nationwide. Kennedy also said he’s assembling a task force to focus on the issue. Also on ...
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was sworn in Thursday as President Donald Trump’s health secretary after a close Senate vote, putting the prominent vaccine skeptic in control of $1.7 trillion in federal spending, vaccine recommendations and food safety as well as health insurance ...
SARANAC LAKE — Local research and biotechnology laboratories Trudeau Institute and Ampersand Biosciences have received a $1 million grant to produce tools aiding the research of the flu. The $1,084,824 grant is a second-phase Small Business Innovative Research grant from the National ...