Posted on · Health officials say a patient at a Dallas hospital who has tested positive for Ebola arrived in Texas from Liberia earlier this month and showed no symptoms while on the plane.
Posted on · Two surveys show early glimpses of possible impact of Affordable Care Act
Posted on · The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently released a preliminary National Vital Statistics Report on birth rates in 2013. According to the CDC, teen birth rates are at their lowest ever. In 2013, there were 26.6 births per one thousand women aged 15 to 19. That’s down 10 percent from 2012 (29.4), which was the […]
Posted on · Man was hospitalized in Houston but likely infected overseas.
Posted on · A report issued by the CDC says more and more infectious diseases are becoming resistant to antibiotics. The agency says every year, at least two million people become infected with bacteria that donât respond to antibiotics. Of those two million, at least 23-thousand die. A day may come â and some doctors argue it already […]
Posted on · It's hard enough having one teen pregnancy, but what happens when you have two or more?
Posted on · Health officials say flu season is off to its earliest start in nearly a decade. Available vaccines seem to be well-matched to the strains of flu being found so far.