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(NEW YORK) -- A deadly, undiagnosed disease that has been spreading in one region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) may be linked to malaria, health officials said Thursday.As of Dec. 14, the latest date for which data is available, 592 cases have been reported with 37 confirmed deaths and 44 deaths under investigation, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), the public health […]

(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the United States.The federal health agency said Wednesday that the patient has been hospitalized in Louisiana. No identifying details about the patient were made available.Genomic data showed the Louisiana patient was infected with a version of the virus recently found to be spreading in wild birds and poultry in the U.S., […]

(NEW YORK) -- Authorities are looking into online accounts believed to be those of Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate charged with murder in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on a Manhattan street, that have posted about health struggles and possible medical successes.Mangione appeared to operate a Reddit profile where he detailed health issues including back pain, brain fog and sciatica. The account made several posts […]

krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (MARIN COUNTY, Calif.) -- Health officials in Marin County, California say a child with a suspected bird flu infection drank raw milk before getting sick.“[Marin County Public Health] is reporting a suspected case of bird flu in a child who experienced fever and vomiting after drinking raw milk," according to a statement. "The child has recovered, and no other family members became sick, indicating no person-to person transmission.”"MCPH […]

(NEW YORK) -- The rates of late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis have risen among women in all racial and ethnic groups, but Black women have been hit the hardest, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.The study, which looked at data from 2004 to 2021, found that advanced breast cancer rates have risen among women of all ages, with the sharpest increases in young women aged 20 to 39, and […]

(NEW YORK) -- Fury, anger and resentment toward the health care industry have exploded in the public rhetoric in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing and one activist said that "volcanic" eruption of emotion has been boiling up for years.People have been flooding social media posts with statements chastising UHC for its policies, bringing up times they were personally denied coverage or hit with huge bills for services.In […]

Natalie Behring/Getty Images (NEW YORK) -- Raw samples nationwide will now be collected and shared with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in order to test for bird flu, according to a new federal order issued by the agency on Friday.The new federal order by the USDA includes three new requirements. Raw milk samples must now be shared upon request by dairy farms, bulk milk transporters or dairy processing facilities.Herd […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Medical treatments for transgender children, endorsed by major American medical associations and safely used for decades, hang in the balance at the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday as the Biden administration and three families with transgender teenagers ask the justices to strike down a state law banning some gender-affirming care for kids.The landmark case -- U.S. v. Skrmetti -- comes from Tennessee, which is among 26 states that […]

(NEW YORK) -- A growing number of people under 50 are being diagnosed with more advanced stages of colon cancer, according to the American Cancer Society.The 2020 death of 43-year-old actor Chadwick Boseman due to colon cancer drew attention to the shift, and "Dawson's Creek" star James Van Der Beek, 47, announced his Stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis in November.A diagnosis at a younger age was also the case for […]