Some breast cancer charities spend more on fundraising than on fighting the disease. Here’s what donors should know before giving, and which charities CharityWatch recommends supporting instead. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, when pink ribbons, fundraising walks, and appeals…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - A child with measles was treated at Vanderbilt’s Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital earlier this week, but the case will not be reflected in Tennessee state data because the child is not a Tennessee resident, according to…
The month was January 2021, only a few weeks into the mass rollout of the injection called a vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had outsourced its collection of data from the VAERS system – designed to monitor vaccine safety…
Infectious disease expert Dr. Tyler Evans explains why the CDC's new passenger questioning requirements could help prevent Ebola transmission. Major U.S. and international airline groups are pushing back against a new Ebola-related travel requirement that will affect millions of people flying…
DEAR DR. ROACH: Iâm an 85-year-old woman. I took the Cologuard test a month ago, and it came back positive. My gastrointestinal doctor said that at my age, he wouldnât perform a colonoscopy. I asked for other alternatives,…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Three more measles cases have been reported in Macon County, the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday. The three cases had previous contact with a measles case reported earlier this month. Like that…
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Investigators with the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) have identified a site of exposure in a widening measles investigation in Macon County. Health officials said that an infectious person visited a Longhorn Steakhouse on…
The report reveals that the federal public health agency did not effectively manage the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile OTTAWA — Since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has accumulated so much excess medical inventory that it is…
October 29, 2026 / 9:12 AM EDT / CBS Atlanta Dr. Jennifer Shuford is leaving her role as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's chief medical officer and deputy director, saying she wants to spend more time with her family. Her last day at…
The increase in colorectal cancer is no longer confined to younger adults, a U.S. analysis suggests. Researchers found rising diagnosis rates across age groups extending into the late sixties, challenging the idea that this is only an early-onset cancer problem. After…
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