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Dr. Richard Besser, ABC New’s chief health and medical correspondent, held a tweet chat on twitter, in part to dispel the four biggest myths and misgivings people have about getting the flu vaccine. Medical experts from Boston Children’s Hospital, The Mayo Clinic and the CDC also weighed in.
CDC data shows that that flu activity could be waning, but numbers may have been artificially deflated because of the holiday season.
(Reuters) – Influenza has officially reached epidemic proportions in the United States, with 7.3 percent of deaths last week caused by pneumonia and the flu, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Friday. The early start and fast spread of flu this season – especially after 2011-2012's very mild outbreak – has overwhelmed doctors' offices and hospitals, forcing some patients to wait through the night to be seen in emergency departments. Nine of the 10 U.S. …
NEW YORK (AP) — This could give you nightmares: 1 in 24 U.S. adults say they recently fell asleep while driving.
NEW YORK (AP) — Many women don’t need to be screened for cervical cancer after a hysterectomy, but a new study says most get the test anyway.
Reported by Dr. Lauren Browne: Flu season arrived early this year. And according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s shaping up to be a bad one. CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden announced today that Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas have…
Reported by Dr. Lauren Browne: Flu season arrived early this year. And according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it’s shaping up to be a bad one. CDC director Dr. Thomas Frieden announced today that Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Texas have…
Health officials say 1 in 5 new HIV infections occur in a tiny segment of the population — young men who are gay or bisexual.
November is Diabetes Awareness Month in the United States and for good reason. According to the CDC, there are approximately 26 million people with diabetes in the United States and an additional 79 million with pre-diabetes. Additionally, North …
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(Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from a meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections reached 25 on Friday following another death in Tennessee, the state where the problem was first discovered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. In its daily update on the meningitis emergency, the CDC said the latest fatality brings the number of deaths to 10 in Tennessee, the most of any state. Michigan has reported five deaths, Florida and Indiana three each, Virginia two, and Maryland and North Carolina one each. …
