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[ad_1] The FDA has approved Emgality, a subcutaneous injection, once a month, self-administered, for the preventive treatment of migraine in adults, according to a press release issued by the manufacturer. "Despite the …

[ad_1] SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – An outbreak was declared at San Diego State University after another student was diagnosed with meningococcal meningitis and hospitalized. The San Diego County Department of Public Health …

[ad_1] SAN DIEGO – County health officials have declared an epidemic of meningococcal meningitis on the SDSU campus after the hospitalization of a second student during this semester, it was announced Friday. …

[ad_1] The World Health Organization announced Friday that it had revised its Ebola risk assessment in the Democratic Republic of Congo from very high to very high. WHO cited transport links and …

[ad_1] OOn April 30, 1954, Major Henry A. Segal, a US Army doctor, wrote a report describing a strange "syndrome" that had hit POW camps during the Korean War. The men stopped …

[ad_1] September 28, 2018 – The FDA has approved the third of a new type of medication to prevent migraine headaches in adults. Galcanezumab-gnlm (Emgalité) targets the calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), a …

[ad_1] ACROSS COLORADO – Hunters check your mailboxes. With this year's deer hunting licenses, Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be sending out notices on mandatory testing for chronic debilitating disease during the …

[ad_1] Elsie was born at 24 weeks of gestation, weighing only 1 lb, 10 oz. (SWNS) A "miracle" baby born gravely prematurely and weighing less than a bag of sugar defied the …

[ad_1] WASHINGTON – After a severe 2017-2018 influenza season during which about 900,000 people were hospitalized and 80,000 died, the US authorities insisted on the need to vaccinate all people aged 6 …

[ad_1] TO CLOSE Dr. Currier warns of an epidemic related to the use of electronic cigarettes by minors. Jimmie E. Gates Public Health Officer Mary Currier(Photo: Jimmie E. Gates / Clarion Ledger) …