Most sudden infant deaths involve unsafe sleep, report finds
Safe sleep practices are a matter of life and death for infants. In Cook County, on average, there is one sudden unexpected infant death a week.
Apr 26, 2024
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Safe sleep practices are a matter of life and death for infants. In Cook County, on average, there is one sudden unexpected infant death a week.
Apr 26, 2024
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A regional collaborative involving universal decolonization in long-term care facilities and targeted decolonization among hospital patients in contact precautions is associated with better multidrug-resistant organism (MDRO)-related ...
Apr 1, 2024
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When Asst. Prof. Janelle Goodwill first arrived in Chicago in 2020, she saw several news stories about gun violence in the city. But she also realized that many researchers had not yet explored a related, concerning trend. ...
Mar 29, 2024
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Florida reported another measles case on Friday, bringing the state's total to 11 cases this year amid a worldwide uptick in a highly infectious disease once thought to be eliminated in the U.S.
Mar 25, 2024
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Tuberculosis cases are rising again in California, and health officials are urging those at higher risk, as well as doctors, to be alert for the disease, which can lurk in people's bodies for years before becoming potentially ...
Mar 25, 2024
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Getting the 988 and 911 emergency telephone systems to work in concert requires detailed planning and close cooperation, and such efforts may benefit from having one or two people at the local level who act as champions for ...
Mar 20, 2024
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Older Californians who received last autumn's updated COVID-19 vaccination can now get another shot, state health officials said.
Mar 13, 2024
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As measles cases pop up across the country this winter—including several in California—one group of children is stirring deep concerns among pediatricians: the babies and toddlers of vaccine-hesitant parents who are delaying ...
Mar 12, 2024
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Syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease nearly eradicated 20 years ago, is back on the rise in Florida, particularly in Orange County.
Feb 22, 2024
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New York City pledged last week to pay down $2 billion worth of residents' medical debt. In doing so, it has come around to an innovation, started in the Midwest, that's ridding millions of Americans of health care debt.
Jan 29, 2024
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