
14 measles cases reported at El Paso ICE tent camp
The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.
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The latest outbreak comes after a spate of COVID-19 and tuberculosis cases were reported at Camp East Montana, which holds more than 3,000 immigrants.

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and a local woman who was shocked by a diagnosis in her late 30s is sharing her story.

Researchers in Finland have found "robust evidence" of a link between pollen and worse academic performance.
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Health officials cautioned that those at risk of measles infection are people who have not been vaccinated.

Chronic back pain causes the brain to amplify everyday sounds, but Pain Reprocessing Therapy can "turn down the volume."

Health officials in Spain reportedly informed WHO of a possible human case of swine flu that may have been caused by human spread. Is there reason for concern?


Over the past 50 years, the number of days between the last freeze of spring and the first freeze of fall has surged. That means extended suffering for seasonal allergy sufferers across the U.S.

There’s growing concern that the US Department of Health and Human Services is abandoning the US Preventive Services Task Force – or pushing it into “quiet paralysis.”

After a catastrophic outbreak of bird flu devastated southern elephant seal populations in 2023, scientists are on high alert.
Nutritionists explain coffee’s health benefits and risks, including caffeine side effects, sleep disruption, digestion, and how much coffee is okay daily.

How could my health obsession have gone so wrong?

Researchers explore interpersonal physiological synchrony—the alignment of heart rates and brain activity—as the biological basis for human empathy.
Most of us never think about getting down to the floor until it starts feeling harder than it used to. But over the past decade, researchers have found that this simple movement can reveal a lot about overall health.

What does a cardiologist, a doctor who specializes in the heart, eat on the regular? Here's what one told us.

With hundreds of millions of people turning to chatbots for advice, it was only a matter of time before tech companies began offering programs specifically designed to answer health questions.
For years, cholesterol has been painted as the enemy. A single number on a blood test often decides whether someone feels relieved or alarmed. But the truth is more layered.As Dr Sagar Shah, Consultant Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Sheshadripuram, Bangalore, puts it, “For a long time, the messag

Research into a popular sleeping aid has some scientists worried about long-term usage.
As daylight fades into amber twilight, millions of people experience an unexplainable heaviness that neuroscientists now trace to primal survival mechanisms so deeply embedded in our DNA that our bodies still respond to darkness the same way our ancestors did when predators hunted at night.
Nick Leeson was diagnosed with colon cancer in prison and had surgery and treatment. He says self-pity was pointless despite his grim circumstances.

Not only do our brains appear to generate new neurons into adulthood, but those of superagers contain far more brain cells in development than those of healthy peers, new research has found.

An international meeting to determine the status of measles elimination in the United States has been delayed seven months, from its original date in mid-April until sometime in November.

Repurposing treatments to treat multiple conditions is quicker, safer, and less expensive than developing new ways to manage health.