Public Health & Policy

17+ min ago   (488+ words) Health officials recently say measles cases are rising at a metro Atlanta daycare, leading to an outbreak. As of Friday, there had been two new cases of measles at the unidentified daycare to bring the total to 10 cases related to…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (803+ words) Most of the 691 are rural, but several sit on the edge of major metropolitan areas. In these places the problem is not a shortage of people. It is that the region's hospitals were built in an older core city and…...

59+ min ago   (511+ words) A medical doctor from Turkey who now works as a researcher at Upstate Medical University was detained on a trip to Niagara Falls and is now being held by immigration officials in the Batavia federal detention facility. Ibrahim Topkaya, 33, was…...

6+ hour, 5+ min ago   (279+ words) Farrokh Sohrabi, M.D., is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Virginia Hospital and is board-certified in internal medicine. Dr. Sohrabi’s professional background…...

4+ hour, 3+ min ago   (95+ words) goSkagit - Manage Subscription (Pay Your Bill, Vacation Request, Update Account Info) FILE - A sign at an Abbott Laboratories campus facility is displayed, April 28, 2016, in Lake Forest, Ill. There was a problem reporting this. Keep it Clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd,…...

11+ hour, 6+ min ago   (495+ words) Thousands of children across Dorset could be missing the strongest protection against measles, mumps, rubella and chickenpox, with local vaccination rates still falling well short of the national target. Parents and carers are being urged to check their children’s vaccination…...

5+ hour, 55+ min ago   (74+ words) kobi5.com Submit your questions for the Oregon Gubernatorial Debate hosted by KOBI-TV NBC5. Watch live on Oct 7 @ 7pm. The shared alert has expired and is no longer active. Providence Minute: What Is Pre-Diabetes? In this week’s Providence Minute, Dr. Neha Garg with…...

5+ hour, 58+ min ago   (1661+ words) On July 10, a 23-year-old man left South Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. What followed was a journey across national borders, several provinces and one of Africa’s great rivers. By the time it ended, the man was dead and…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (681+ words) Research led by East Carolina University’s Dr. Lori Ann Eldridge examines opioid overdoses and harm reduction, with the goal of empowering people with education and, ultimately, saving lives. It’s why she has had countless conversations with parents, medical professionals, students,…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (588+ words) The Times of India...