27+ min ago  (344+ words) Home » News » Jharkhand Seeks AIIMS for Ranchi, 400 Ambulances to Boost Healthcare Infrastructure Jharkhand Health Minister Irfan Ansari has urged the Centre to establish an All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Ranchi and provide 400 ambulances to strengthen the state’s…...

15+ hour, 44+ min ago  (223+ words) HUDSON VALLEY- Although hundreds of cyclosporiasis cases, which can cause severe diarrhea, have recently been reported in the New York City metropolitan area, the Hudson Valley has not seen the sharp increase affecting the Big Apple. The Centers for Disease…...

4+ hour, 58+ min ago  (588+ words) East Meadow, N.Y.: Sara Sheard, R.N., a staff nurse at Meadowbrook Hospital in East Meadow, New York, examines one of the three iron lungs brought to the facility to deal with the polio epidemic on August 3, 1949. Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when…...

27+ min ago  (763+ words) People can become infected through contact with rodent urine, droppings or saliva. Infection through a rodent bite or scratch is possible but rare. The Andes virus is the only known hantavirus that can spread from person to person, usually through…...

23+ min ago  (263+ words) Iowa health officials last week confirmed the state’s first measles case of 2026 in a vaccinated adult from central Iowa who caught the infection during international travel. That’s Lisa Welter with Chickasaw County Public Health, who adds that measles can easily…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago  (344+ words) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The Metro Public Health Department issued an alert Friday about the first measles case of the year confirmed in Nashville, adding that the patient was in public during the “infectious period” over Fourth of July weekend. The…...

8+ hour, 18+ min ago  (601+ words) “We write to urge the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to take immediate action,” two Democrats, Rep. Kim Schrier, from Washington, and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks, from Maryland, wrote in a letter last week to Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, who…...

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38+ min ago  (274+ words) PFAS are known as "forever chemicals" because they last seemingly forever in the environment. They are often in drinking water - here's how to protect yourself. How To Protect Your Water From 'Forever Chemicals' We may receive a commission on purchases…...

1+ hour, 5+ min ago  (465+ words) New UNAIDS data show HIV infections are rising in Latin America. At the same time, the Caribbean improves, exposing a divided regional epidemic shaped by inequality, stigma, funding cuts, and fragile health systems that could turn manageable progress into another…...