United States: Specifically, the FDA has given the nod to the Xpert HCV test in tandem with the GeneXpert Xpress System by Cepheid as the first rapid test of hepatitis C virus in point-of-care clinics. More about the news The ...
United States: According to a new research finding, a not-so-easily treatable drug-resistant fungal infection may be present in anyone’s close proximity, such as a local garden center. The investigators from the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens found high quantity ...
United States: Epidemiologists at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) have investigated and determined where and how the spread of the H5N1 virus in Michigan came from. The entry point of all the affected facilities was traced to a single ...
United States: On Monday, the FDA okayed a new vaccine called pneumococcus from Merck for combating a bacterium that contributes to the serious illness and pneumonia, a lung, according to the pharmaceutical firm. More about the news Merck’s shot referred ...
United States: This was confirmed on Monday after a Health and Human Service Marion County child had been diagnosed with measles, said Melissa Gable, a Marion County Health and Human Services spokesperson, on Monday afternoon. More on News Gable said ...
United States: In an attempt to uncover details of how cancers in Iowa have increased, researchers have zeroed in on areas of interest that would make the state the epicenter of new cases in America. More about the news The ...
United States: US Federal health officials are collaborating with US Departments of Justice to combat the issue of selling and distributing e-cigarettes unlawfully. More about the news With the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is preparing an official statement, there ...
United States: Authorities in two of the three states experiencing new cases of bird flu in dairy cattle this month stated that their hands are tied by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the federal agency requested states to ...
United States: An intense heat wave that is intensifying in the western part of the country extends with record-breaking temperatures to new areas and still remains in the areas that it affected on Thursday, thus posing life-threatening heat risks. A ...
United States: Analysts are concerned about the sources of misinformation that appear on various social media platforms, indicating that sunscreen is carcinogenic and hinders the benefits of sun exposure. They also mentioned other influences, which are simulating people not using ...