Two people in Los Angeles County are sick with a rare parasitic infection known as "raccoon roundworm," according to officials.
Sep 19, 2024
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During the past two decades, federal officials have launched three national suicide prevention strategies, including one announced in April.
Sep 19, 2024
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A study published in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal is believed to be the first of its kind to link operating room design to the length of knee- and hip-replacement surgeries.
Sep 19, 2024
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Health officials warned Wednesday that the Los Angeles area is seeing more dengue fever cases in people who have not traveled outside the U.S. mainland, a year after the first such case was reported in California.
Sep 19, 2024
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Health authorities have struggled to contain outbreaks of mpox in Congo, a huge central African country where a myriad of existing problems makes stemming the spread particularly hard.
Sep 19, 2024
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Mpox vaccines have been administered in Africa for the first time, with several hundred high-risk individuals vaccinated in Rwanda, the African Union's disease control center said Thursday.
Sep 19, 2024
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As of December 1, 2023, 40 states have laws regulating the use of opioid litigation proceeds, a 25% increase from the 32 states that had enacted laws as of August 2022, according to new data published by the Center for Public ...
Sep 19, 2024
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Creative expression interventions, such as fictional storytelling, could improve the lives of people living with dementia, according to research from the University of Surrey.
Sep 19, 2024
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Sepsis is one of the most common life-threatening conditions in intensive care units, with approximately 48.9 million cases reported worldwide in 2017, accounting for 19.7% of total global mortality. Given the severity of ...
Sep 19, 2024
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The aorta, one of the "great arteries," carries blood away from the heart to support circulation throughout the body. However, sometimes a tear in the lining of the aorta can occur, and while this is uncommon, it often requires ...
Sep 19, 2024
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