More than 200 insulin pump users injured after app causes malfunction
May 09, 2024
The US Food and Drug Administration has issued a Class 1 recall — its most urgent kind — for an IOS app linked to a specific kind of insulin pump used by people with diabetes.
Fragments of bird flu virus found in 1 in 5 milk samples
Apr 26, 2024
Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
Cocoa supplementation no aid for cognition in older adults
Dec 15, 2023
The benefit was not seen overall or for domain-specific cognitive function.
Number of registered nurses rebounds following pandemic decline
Feb 22, 2024
Projections for the registered nurse workforce in 2035 are close to prepandemic forecasts.
Symptoms, negative life impact seen during, after benzodiazepine use
Aug 08, 2023
The authors dub the term benzodiazepine-induced neurological dysfunction to describe neurological complications.
Nearly half of US COVID-19 cases now caused by JN.1 variant
Dec 28, 2023
The speed at which the JN.1 variant has spread this month suggests that it may spread more easily and be better at evading the immune system.
Four people have died from Salmonella-tainted cantaloupe in the United States
Dec 19, 2023
“In this outbreak, 40 sick people resided in long-term care facilities … before they got sick.” The “CDC [also] advises facilities that care for people who are at higher risk for...
Amid salmonella outbreak, consumers should avoid unknown brands of cantaloupe
Dec 01, 2023
The CDC said it “is concerned about this outbreak because illnesses are severe … and people in long-term care facilities … have gotten sick.”
CDC, AMA urge Americans to make sure they are vaccinated against measles
Mar 19, 2024
Cases are rising in the United States and globally due to pockets of unvaccinated people.
Texan has contracted H5N1 bird flu; CDC calls threat to public ‘low’
Apr 01, 2024
An unnamed person in Texas had been diagnosed with the H5N1 avian flu after close contact with infected dairy cattle, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Monday.