A Norfolk Southern freight train transporting six hazardous industrial chemicals derailed Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio, leading to concerns of long-term contamination.
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A new study published in The Lancet found immunity acquired from a COVID-19 infection reduced the risk of hospitalization and death from reinfection at levels that are "at least as high, if not higher," than two vaccine doses. Still, experts…
National data tracked by The New York Times indicates the U.S. may see an increase in COVID-19 cases in the coming weeks as test positivity rates rise and more states report a boost in admissions.
The CDC and FDA are investigating a multistate outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria, Food Safety News reported Feb. 16.
The Biden administration is weighing a tentative plan that would ensure COVID-19 vaccines, treatments and tests remain free for uninsured individuals into 2024, according to a Feb. 16 report from Politico.
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In a 19-0 vote on Feb. 15, an FDA advisory panel recommended the agency allow Narcan (naloxone) nasal spray, a product used to reduce or reverse opioid overdoses, to be sold over the counter.
Health officials are responding to a rare outbreak of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guinea, the World Health Organization said Feb. 13. The virus, a relative of Ebola, has no known treatments or cures.
Three were killed and five injured in a Feb. 13 shooting at Michigan State University in East Lansing — marking the 67th mass shooting in the United States in 2023, according to The New York Times.
Growing bodies of research continue to shed light on the effects of long COVID-19, including some that is leading one University of California Los Angeles physician, William Pittman, MD, to now say the condition is "a neurological disease" just as…
COVID-19 admissions are flat or increasing in nearly half of U.S. states, as the highly transmissible omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 now accounts for 4 in 5 infections nationwide, data shows.