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By Kathy Engle, Vitals contributor
Richard Mendelsohn’s life has been defined by courage and conviction – from protesting apartheid in South Africa to building a new life in San…
The Conversation
COVID rarely rates a mention in the news these days, yet it hasn’t gone away.
SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID, is still with us. It continues to infect thousands of Australians each month, still puts vulnerable…
American Scientific
Pregnant people who receive a COVID vaccine are 60 percent less likely to experience severe disease and around 30 percent less likely to give birth prematurely, according to…
A new designer drug that turns lung immune cells into slow-release antibiotic dispensers can clear a lethal pneumonia infection in mice, researchers report.
In the study, researchers created a compound known as a prodrug, an…
Increased body mass index (BMI) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) were found to have causal effects on the risk of
The study aimed to investigate…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said the United States has tracked 1,958 measles cases so far this year, nearing the 2,000-case milestone just one month before the country will likely lose its elimination status.
The total…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 17, 2025
Media Contact: Brookie Crawford, brookie.crawford@vdh.virginia.gov
Virginia Health Officials Investigating a Potential Measles Exposure in Central and Southwest Regions
Virginia Department of…
A study published in Neurology looks at the association between high fat cheese and dementia risk.
Prof…
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and Wake County Public Health have been informed of a confirmed measles case in a person who traveled through Terminal 2 of the Raleigh-Durham International Airport last week while…