Health

[ad_1] A case of West Nile virus was reported Saturday in a patient from Chambers County who had survived the mosquito-borne disease, health officials said. This was the first known case of …

[ad_1] A second case of measles was confirmed in Lowell, and public health officials warned Saturday that local residents may have been exposed to the contagious disease in three public places. The …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE: Dr. Lye Tong Fong, general practitioner with 20 years of experience, has met all types of patients. Among these are those that require antibiotics even when they are neither necessary …

[ad_1] In the United States, alcohol kills more adults than the opioid epidemic, according to the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. The opioid epidemic kills on average 72,000 …

[ad_1] Police in Milton, West Virginia, gave shocking news about two bizarre behavioral raccoons who were originally reported drunk on fermented crab apples. At least one raccoon seems to have had distemper, …

[ad_1] 0 A woman accuses the Colorado hospital of having removed 2 healthy kidneys A 73-year-old Colorado grandmother plans to take legal action after doctors at the University of Colorado's hospital withdrew …

[ad_1] The State Department of Texas Health Services is warning parents and other adults not to give babies honey-filled lollipops after four babies have been treated for botulism in Texas. Honey may …

[ad_1] When he did not take care of his congregation at the United Pentecostal Church of Bourbon, Ind., Pastor Mark Cottrill hunted deer. He slaughtered his deer share for over 30 years …

[ad_1] Bacteria in Brunswick's stew have poisoned nearly 300 people at a popular barbecue in a church in North Carolina, health officials said in a statement on Friday. The bacterium – C. …

[ad_1] The Massachusetts Department of Public Health has confirmed a second case of measles in Lowell, officials said Saturday. The person, who was diagnosed Thursday, was in several places and could have …