Whooping cough cases are on the rise in Wyandotte County, Kansas, and local health officials are advising residents to keep an eye out for symptoms of the illness and stay up to date with their vaccinations.

They also recommend staying home when sick, keeping up with personal hygiene and, if needed, wearing a face mask for an added layer of ...Read more

Did you brush your teeth?

A new study links gum disease to signs of brain damage in older adults.

These signs, called white matter hyperintensities, are thought to show damage to the brain’s white matter, according to the report published October 22 in Neurology Open Access. White matter enables communication between different areas of the ...Read more

Six people have been confirmed dead and 25 others have been hospitalized due to a listeria outbreak linked to pre-cooked pasta meals sold at Trader Joe‘s and other major stores across the country.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the outbreak has spread to 18 states, including California, Illinois, Florida and...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump still has Barack Obama’s signature legislative accomplishment on his mind, but the political calendar and environment are not on his side.

Pushing a measure to revise — or even replace — the 2010 health care law known as the Affordable Care Act as the nation heads into what will likely be a ...Read more

In the absence of much federal action, states have enacted dozens of laws this year to lower prescription drug costs for their residents — and many more are considering following suit.

States cannot lower drug prices directly, but they can go after different parts of the drug supply chain to try to lower patients’ out-of-pocket costs and ...Read more

In late October, Maine Family Planning announced three rural clinics in northern Maine would close by month’s end. These primary care and reproductive health clinics served about 800 patients, many uninsured or on Medicaid.

“People don’t realize how much these clinics hold together the local health system until they’re gone,” said ...Read more

Last winter, Amber Wingler started getting a series of increasingly urgent messages from the local hospital in Columbia, Missouri, letting her know her family’s health care might soon be upended.

MU Health Care, where most of her family’s doctors work, was mired in a contract dispute with Wingler’s health insurer, Anthem. The existing ...Read more

MIAMI — When South Florida father, psychologist and small business owner Seth Grossman checked Obamacare’s enrollment portal when it opened Saturday, he saw the price for his family’s health care will jump from $3,000 a month to $4,500 if Congress doesn’t extend the current subsidies.

It’s a tale of shock and fear replicating across ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Life-saving stem cell transplants have been limited by the need to perfectly match the blood types of donors and recipients, but a new discovery by the Minneapolis agency that orchestrates these procedures in the U.S. could eliminate that barrier.

A study group of transplant recipients showed encouraging survival rates from ...Read more

President Donald Trump and the Republicans in Congress have a decision to make: They can step up to protect millions of people, providing the security and dignity that comes from being cared for when sick or injured, or they can keep holding our health care hostage and leave a body count.

How do I know? I’ve spent more than two decades in an ...Read more

When skin touches poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac plants, the oils from the plant can cause a rash. This rash can be very uncomfortable, itchy and unsightly. The medical name for this rash is contact dermatitis. Since the rash caused by all of these plants is the same, we will call it all "poison ivy," but the same rules apply no matter ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Over the last decade, clinics have popped up across Southern California and beyond advertising something called magnetic e-resonance therapy, or MERT, as a therapy for autism.

Developed by the Newport Beach-based company Wave Neuroscience, MERT is based on transcranial magnetic stimulation, a type of brain stimulation that's ...Read more

Nathan Sharp is trying to figure out how he’ll pay for health care now that the federal pandemic-era help that made his coverage more affordable is set to end.

The 49-year-old Crystal River resident learned this week the monthly cost of his Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, plan will more than double, jumping from $202 to $450. He said his ...Read more

Many cancer types — breast, prostate, skin cancer — have 5-year survival rates and ample treatment options if caught early.

Colorectal cancer is not one of them.

With a 5-year survival rate of 15% once it's spread, colorectal cancer kills around 2,600 Pennsylvania each year. In Allegheny County, around 160 people died from the disease ...Read more

Medical educators and health professionals warn that new federal student loan caps in President Donald Trump’s tax cut law could make it more expensive for many people to become doctors and could exacerbate physician shortages nationwide.

And, they warn, the economic burden will steer many medical students to lucrative specialties in more ...Read more

Racial health disparities may widen as states, universities and nonprofits grapple with federal funding cuts to programs that were aimed at filling gaps in care, public health experts say.

As part of its federal restructuring and crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs, the Trump administration has been shuttering federal ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Californians renewing their public health plans or who plan to sign up for the first time will be in for sticker shock when open enrollment begins on Saturday. Monthly premiums for federally subsidized plans available on the Covered California exchange — often referred to as Obamacare — will soar by 97% on average for 2026.

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ROCHESTER, Minn. — When it comes to treating disease, one promising avenue is addressing the presence of senescent cells. These cells — also known as "zombie cells" — stop dividing but don't die off as cells typically do. They turn up in numerous diseases, including cancer and Alzheimer's disease, and in the process of aging. While ...Read more

A measles outbreak in parts of Utah and Arizona not far from Las Vegas has grown to over 130 cases, according to public health officials in both states.

David Heaton, a public information officer for the Southwest Utah Public Health Department, said there have been 43 measles cases recently confirmed in a five-county area. Those counties ...Read more