Health

Durango fertility doctor confronts his own death, head-on

his battle against cancer, Joseph Gambone holds a celebration of life

February 24, 2020

In rough U.S. flu season for kids, vaccine working OK so far

A patient receiving a flu vaccination in Mesquite, Texas. On Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…

February 21, 2020

Health

U.S. medical schools boost LGBTQ students, doctor training

Harvard Medical School student Aliya Feroe, of Minneapolis, Minn., poses for a photograph on the school’s campus, in Boston. Feroe…

February 21, 2020

Southwest Life

Yale study puts Americans’ perspectives on food, environment to the test

production a significant contributor to rise in greenhouse gases across globe

February 17, 2020

Local News

Ignacio School District buys detectors to deter vaping

technology identifies vaping, THC, gunshots

February 16, 2020

Health

Amid coronavirus fears, a second wave of flu hits US kids

Wendy Kerley gives Ethan Getman, 15, a shot of the flu vaccine at the Cordova Shot Nurse clinic in Memphis,…

February 14, 2020

Health

China’s daily death toll from virus tops 100 for first time

A worker wearing protective suit waits near an entrance at the Cheung Hong Estate, a public housing estate during evacuation…

February 10, 2020

Health

FDA crackdown on vaping flavors has blind spot: disposables

A woman holds a Puff Bar flavored disposable vape device in New York. On Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020, the U.S.…

February 10, 2020

Health

Drugs fail to slow decline in inherited Alzheimer’s disease

A doctor looks at a PET brain scan at the Banner Alzheimers Institute in Phoenix. Two experimental drugs failed to…

February 10, 2020

Health

Experts scramble, but new virus vaccine may not come in time

French lab scientists in hazmat gear inserting liquid in test tube manipulate potentially infected patient samples at Pasteur Institute in…

February 7, 2020

Health

More Americans escaping China virus zone quarantined in U.S.

A plane carrying evacuees from the virus zone in China lands at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar on Wednesday in…

February 5, 2020

Health

UN health agency tackles misinformation over virus outbreak

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization, waits prior the opening of the 146th session of the…

February 3, 2020

Health

New China virus details show challenge for outbreak control

This illustration provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January 2020 shows the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).…

February 3, 2020

Health

Study is halted as HIV vaccine fails test in South Africa

Pharmacist Mary Chindanyika looks at documents on a fridge containing a trial vaccine against HIV on the outskirts of Cape…

February 3, 2020

Health

U.S. evacuees ‘relieved’ about quarantine on military base

The main entrance to March Air Reserve Base in Riverside, Calif. Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the…

January 31, 2020

Health

FDA approves first treatment for kids with peanut allergy

Eighteen-year-old Nina Nichols takes her daily dose of Palforzia as her mother, Maria Acebal watches, in her home in Washington.…

January 31, 2020

Health

U.S. beefs up screening of travelers for new virus from China

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks at a news conference about the federal government’s response to a virus…

January 28, 2020

Health

Arizona, California cases push U.S. tally of new virus to 5

Two new cases were reported Sunday – one in Los Angeles County in California and the other in Maricopa County,…

January 27, 2020

Health

Chicago woman is 2nd U.S. patient with new virus from China

Robin Addison, a nurse at Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett, Wash., demonstrates how she wears a respirator helmet with…

January 24, 2020

Southwest Life

Reflexology unlocks pain relief by treating nerves in the feet

Practice can provide benefits from head to toe

January 23, 2020

Health

Science Says: What to know about the viral outbreak in China

Pharmacist Liu Zhuzhen stands near a sign reading “face masks are sold out” at her pharmacy in Shanghai, Tuesday, Jan.…

January 21, 2020

Health

Washington man is 1st in U.S. to catch new virus from China

People wear face masks as they ride an escalator at the Hong Kong International Airport in Hong Kong, Tuesday, Jan.…

January 21, 2020

Health

Human-to-human transmission of viral pneumonia confirmed in China

Coronavirus could spread more quickly during busy travel season

January 20, 2020

Health

U.S. to screen airline passengers from China for new illness

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials say they will begin taking temperatures and asking about symptoms of passengers at…

January 18, 2020