Health

Will combo pill catch on in U.S. to prevent heart attacks?

A drugstore employee reaches for medicine from shelf in downtown Tehran, Iran. A cheap, daily pill that combines four drugs…

September 18, 2019

Health

Many U.S. women say 1st sexual experience was forced in teens

A marcher carries a sign with the popular Twitter hashtag #MeToo used by people speaking out against sexual harassment as…

September 17, 2019

Health

CBD vapes spiked with dangerous drugs for sale across U.S.

“It’ll relax you,” the friend assured. The vapor that Jenkins inhaled didn’t relax him. After two puffs, he ended up…

September 16, 2019

Health

No new measles cases reported in fading U.S. outbreak

A woman receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine at the Rockland County Health Department in Pomona, N.Y. U.S. Health…

September 16, 2019

Health

U.S. officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 states

A man exhales while smoking an e-cigarette in Portland, Maine. The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an…

September 14, 2019

Health

A gene-editing first: Scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIV

This 2011 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control shows HIV virions. On Wednesday, Sept. 11,…

September 13, 2019

Health

Scientists rethink Alzheimer’s, diversifying the drug search

Donna Wilcock, of the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, holds a brain in her lab in Lexington, Ky. She says that…

September 10, 2019

Health

U.S. health officials report new vaping deaths, repeat warning

On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, U.S. health officials are again urging people to stop vaping until they figure out why…

September 6, 2019

Local News

San Juan Basin Public Health reports rabid bat

Plata and Archuleta counties tested 26 bats

September 5, 2019

Health

UN: Possible to eradicate malaria, but probably not soon

A mother holds her baby receiving a new malaria vaccine as part of a trial at the Walter Reed Project…

September 4, 2019

Health

UN: Don’t worry about drinking microplastics in water

Southern Connecticut State University professor Vincent Breslin holds a sample of water that contains possible microplastics at the North Haven…

September 4, 2019

Food

When it comes to food allergies, how to help your kids snack smarter

When it comes to food allergies, there are many ways to help your kids snack smarter, such as emphasizing what…

September 4, 2019

Local News

Medicare for All explored as an alternative to the status quo

Healthcare Durango explains single-payer system

September 1, 2019

Health

As with adults, no easy way to address weight with children

Associated Press file<br><br>Kids eat lunch at an elementary school in Paducah, Ky. It is far easier to avoid gaining weight…

August 31, 2019

Local News

La Plata County Sheriff’s lieutenant shoots himself in leg

Officer was airlifted to Denver hospital after training accident

August 30, 2019

Health

Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states

A vial of a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in Mount Vernon, Ohio. On Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, the first…

August 30, 2019

Health

‘Dramatic resurgence’ of measles seen in Europe, WHO reports

In a report issued Thursday, the U.N. health agency said the number of measles cases from January to June this…

August 30, 2019

Health

UN: Ebola outbreak in Congo has killed nearly 2,000 people

In a press briefing on Friday, Dr. Mike Ryan said that although the U.N. health agency has the vaccines and…

August 26, 2019

Health

Computer modeling improves replacement of ailing shoulders

Technology expected to increase procedures to implant new joints

August 22, 2019

Health

Brand-name drug prices rising at slower pace, lower amounts

Drug companies are still raising prices for brand-name prescription medicines, just not as often or by as much as they…

August 22, 2019

Health

Doctors suspect vaping behind dozens of lung illnesses in U.S.

Dylan Nelson, of Burlington, Wis., and his sister, Andrea, sit for an interview. He was rushed to the hospital in…

August 19, 2019

Health

U.S. makes new push for graphic warning labels on cigarettes

Proposed graphic warnings that would appear on cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, proposed 13…

August 16, 2019

Health

FDA approves TB pill that cures more hard-to-treat patients

On Aug. 14, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved pretomanid, the first tuberculosis drug developed by a nonprofit group.…

August 16, 2019

Health

Early study results suggest 2 Ebola treatments saving lives

Health workers wearing protective gear check on a patient isolated in a plastic cube at an Ebola treatment center in…

August 14, 2019