The FDA is warning consumers to avoid over-the-counter topical pain relief products that contain high concentrations of lidocaine and has sent warning letters to six companies marketing unapproved products.
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The CDC found 214 outbreaks and 88 deaths over five years were associated with drinking water.
The U.S. has recorded more measles cases in the first three months of 2024 than all of last year, CDC data shows.
Overdose deaths hit a record high in 2022, though the increase was only up slightly from the year prior, new CDC data shows.
Four years after COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, the National Institutes of Health is sunsetting its COVID-19 treatment guidelines, NPR reported March 19.
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A team of researchers at Cleveland-based Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine is urging the medical community to prioritize enhanced awareness and education on drug-resistant fungi as the number of global fungal infections grows.
The CDC has issued a health alert as the U.S. faces a growing tally of measles cases this year, urging clinicians to ensure children are up to date on their measles-mumps-rubella vaccinations.
The Environmental Protection Agency banned ongoing uses of asbestos, a carcinogen that is linked to more than 40,000 annual deaths, the White House said March 18.
CDC experts are defending how the agency calculates maternal deaths after researchers from several universities have said the CDC's method inflates numbers, according to Politico's reporting.
New research calls into question the severity of the nation's maternal mortality crisis, finding that flawed data has inflated death rates over the past two decades.