Minnesota Health Department Needs $5 Million To Combat Measles Outbreak In The State

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MIAMI, FL - MAY 16:  A bottle of measles vaccination is seen at Miami Children's Hospital on May 16, 2014 in Miami, Florida.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that cases of measles in the first four months of this year are the most any year since 1996, as they warned clinicians, parents and others to watch for the potentially deadly virus.  (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Minnesota Health Department Needs $5 Million To Combat Measles Outbreak In The State

Tech Times
The Minnesota Health Commissioner revealed that the state needed $5 million to combat the outbreak of infectious diseases in the state, including measles.

Cotton swabs send dozens of children to ERs each day, study says

CNN
(CNN) The advice from doctors is clear: Don’t use cotton swabs to clean your ears. But people continue to use a soft-tipped plastic or paper stick to dig out the wax from their ear canals — and it’s a problem.

HIV life expectancy ‘near normal’ thanks to new drugs

BBC News
Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests.

Common painkillers linked to increased risk of heart attack, study says

CNN
(CNN) Taking even over-the-counter doses of common painkillers known as NSAIDs — nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs — has been linked to an increased risk of heart attack in a new study.

New Drugs Found to Cause Side Effects Years After Approval

NBCNews.com
Almost one-third of new drugs approved by U.S. regulators over a decade ended up years later with warnings about unexpected, sometimes life-threatening side effects or complications, a new analysis found.

Ohio House OKs Bill Allowing Generic Substitute for EpiPens

U.S. News & World Report
The Ohio House has passed a bill that would let pharmacists offer a generic, cheaper alternative to life-saving EpiPens used to treat severe allergic reactions.

Focus of opioid epidemic shifts from heroin to fentanyl

Boston.com
BOSTON (AP) – More than 2,000 people died from opioid-related overdoses in Massachusetts last year as the focus of the epidemic continued to shift from heroin to the synthetic drug fentanyl, state officials reported Wednesday.

Engaging Human Rights in the Response to the Evolving Zika Virus Epidemic

Medscape
In late 2015, an increase in the number of infants born with microcephaly in poor communities in northeast Brazil prompted investigation of antenatal Zika infection as the cause.

VERIFY: Will it be a bad year for ticks in East Tennessee?

WBIR-TV
Reporter Michael Crowe talks to local tick experts to find out if the social media claims that 2017 will be especially bad for tick bites is true.

North Valley woman gives birth to baby weighing more than 13 pounds

KTRK-TV
After a long week, baby Raymond Reyes is finally home from the hospital, but this little bundle of joy is anything but little. (KFSN).

For people with ADHD, taking meds may help reduce car crashes

CBS News
If you have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a new study suggests you would be wise to take your medication if you want to lower your chances of getting into a car accident.

To improve mental health, politicians must start with the benefits system

The Guardian
Depression and anxiety haunt the people who use our food bank. We need a safety net to support people in poverty, not penalise them.

For Tuskegee Syphilis Study descendants, stigma hasn’t faded

The Philadelphia Tribune
Tabitha Julkes lights a candle during a ceremony near Tuskegee, Ala. to commemorate the roughly 600 men who were subjects in the Tuskegee syphilis study.

Avelumab Gets FDA Approval for Urothelial Carcinoma

Cancer Network
The US Food and Drug Administration has granted accelerated approval to avelumab (Bavencio) for treating locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma patients whose disease progressed on or following treatment with platinum-containing …

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