Nearly half of nonsmoking Americans are still breathing in
cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since
the early 1990s, according to a government study released
Thursday
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst food-borne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is warning certain people to avoid types of hot peppers, too.
The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
Nearly half of nonsmoking Americans are still breathing in
cigarette fumes, but the percentage has declined dramatically since
the early 1990s, according to a government study released
Thursday
More than 1,000 people now are confirmed ill from salmonella initially linked to raw tomatoes, a grim milestone Wednesday that makes this the worst food-borne outbreak in at least a decade. Adding to the confusion, the government is warning certain people to avoid types of hot peppers, too.
The Supreme Court's landmark ruling on gun ownership last week focused on citizens' ability to defend themselves from intruders in their homes. But research shows that surprisingly often, gun owners use the weapons on themselves.
The elderly fear breaking a hip when they fall, but a government study indicates that hitting their head can also have deadly consequences: Brain injuries account for half of all deaths from falls.
More people are hurt snowboarding than any other outdoor activity,
accounting for a quarter of emergency room visits, according to the
first national study to estimate recreational injuries
More people are hurt snowboarding than any other outdoor activity, accounting for a quarter of emergency room visits, according to the first national study to estimate recreational injuries
Hispanic high school students use drugs and attempt suicide at
higher rates than their black and white classmates, according to a new
federal survey that shows a continuation of a troubling trend
People who sleep fewer than six hours a night -- or more than nine -- are more likely to be obese, according to a new government study that
is one of the largest to show a link between irregular sleep and big
bellies
Sixty-four cases of measles have been diagnosed in the United States this year, the most in seven years, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
This year's flu season has shaped up to be the worst in three years, partly because the vaccine didn't work well against the viruses that made most people sick
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
Soldiers and firefighters have joined the fight against dengue, a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease that has infected at least 55,000 people in Brazil this year.
This week, the world has come together to focus on a major public health issue that affects thousands of children and their families around the world -- autism.
More than 55,000 cases of dengue, a sometimes deadly mosquito-borne disease, have been reported in a southeastern Brazilian state in the past four months, authorities said Thursday.
About 1 in 50 U.S. infants are victims of nonfatal child abuse or neglect in a year, according to the first national study of the problem in that age group
Ricin, a poison thought to have been found in a Las Vegas, Nevada, hotel room Thursday, can be made from the waste left after processing castor beans, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
We ranked major metropolitan cities on the following 15 criteria, calculated on a per-capita basis, then grouped into categories--eat smart, be fit, live well--and factored on a four-point scale.
Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Texas, said Tuesday that Federal Emergency Management Agency tried to control the outcome of a scientific study on formaldehyde in trailers used to house victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Federal health officials are revising their estimate of how many people are infected by HIV each year, and advocacy groups say the number could rise by 35 percent or more
Nobody wants to get the flu this year. The dreaded, head-pounding, body-aching, feverish, nauseating, cough-fest packs equal parts misery and inconvenience.
The scenes from the California wildfires are horrifying enough, with windblown walls of flames destroying homes and buildings in their path, but health experts say the smoke can be even more dangerous.
After years of shortages and confusion, this fall promises plenty of flu vaccine to go around -- up to 132 million doses, more than the nation has ever produced
The suicide rate among preteen and young teen girls spiked dramatically in a disturbing shift that federal health officials say they can't fully explain
A reported boom in U.S. whooping cough cases is now being questioned after health officials discovered a regularly used lab test misdiagnosed cases in suspected outbreaks in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Tennessee.
All 11- to 18-year-olds in the United States should be vaccinated against bacterial meningitis, a panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
The number of cases of Lyme disease has doubled in the United States since 1991 and these numbers are probably underestimated, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday.
Andrew Speaker, the Atlanta lawyer who is carrying a drug-resistant strain of tuberculosis, has apologized to those he may have infected after he took two international flights during his wedding and honeymoon.
The highly dangerous form of tuberculosis that has infected a man now in quarantine resists almost all drugs used to treat TB, leaving only less effective options.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is recommending a change in drug therapies for gonorrhea because of widespread resistance to the antibiotics currently used to treat the disease.
A highly contagious form of stomach flu sickened hundreds of passengers during a worldwide voyage on the famed Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise ship in what health officials called an unusually large outbreak.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recently recommended that tests for HIV be extended to all patients entering hospitals and clinics, marking a watershed moment in the nation's fight against the virus that causes AIDS.
Concerns over the seasonal flu, which sickens millions of people each winter, have taken a back seat this year to fears of the bird flu and the horrifying potential that it could evolve into a worldwide pandemic.
When Miriam Silvermintz of Fair Lawn, N.J. took her seven-month-old son Nathan to the pediatrician for his third series of vaccinations on Feb. 18, 1991, she was thrilled to hear the doctor say her...
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