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Enlarge / This child, who had been ill with measles, exhibited the characteristic rash on the fourth day of its evolution . Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington state are scrambling to pass new vaccination laws as a swiftly spreading measles outbreak rages in Washington's Clark County, a hotbed or anti vaccine sentiment just north of Portland, Oregon. New bills for …

But in the months before scientists released the test, setting a moratorium on new farms that can open in Minnesota and offering buyouts for existing ones. Democratic-Farmer-Labor legislators along with hunting and wildlife advocates at a news conference on Monday, Feb. 11, said they would fund research at the University of Minnesota to create a device that could detect the …

Scientists have completed the Phase I / II global clinical trial with a new type of cancer drug that can enter tumor cells and attack them from within. This "Trojan Horse" approach was employed in advanced, drug-resistant cancers and showed promising results in a small percentage of them. The results reported in The Lancet Oncology so that the tumor either …

The average wait times in U.S. Pat. emergency rooms top two hours, leaving both clinicians and patients to feel the pain of an overburdened system. Many and parent has endured those hours with a distressed child, triaged out for lack of urgency only to be sent home with unneeded antibiotics for a garden-variety viral infection. soak up, the chance to …

Community Service hosts the Valentine's Day event, which includes same-day testing for STDs, hepatitis C and HIV.            (iStock) A New Hampshire town is offering free testing for sexually transmitted diseases this Thursday as it encourages its residents to "give your Valentine anything but love" on this sweetheart-themed holiday. It's the second time the Nashua Division of Public Health and …

An 18-year-old in Ohio recently told his parents' wishes and took his health in his own hands by being vaccinated. In a now-viral Reddit post, Ethan Lindenberger explained that his parents believe "vaccines are a sort of governmental system." He told the social media community that even though his mother was angry with his decision, something he needed. On Monday, …

A pharmaceutical giant that charges NHS & # 39; an insurmountable price for a life-changing substance has further upset the campaigns after sending a huge increase in revenue. Ministers are already under pressure to get over the price of Orkambi, a cystic fibrosis drug that could prolong thousands of children. Vertex, its manufacturer, has set a price of DKK 104,000 …

By Erin Blakemore | Washington Post When Carol Gee was 55, she made a new friend: 4:00. Previously, she normally slept through it. But when she entered the menopause, it became her new wake-up time. "I would go to bed and wake up every morning around the same time, almost as if you were setting the clock," says Gee, who …

Is it hard to motivate yourself to get off the couch and go exercise? Well, a common food additive you're unknowingly consuming in large quantities might be blame. New research sheds light on inorganic phosphate – an additive and preservative found in up to 70 percent of the foods in the common diet in the United States – and the …

There have been seven cases of coasters at an immigration and customs administration in Houston, confirmed the Houston Health Department on Saturday. All seven patients are adult detainees who were detained during their infection period, and the health department said there was no evidence they spread outside the facility. Only one person is currently ill, CBS Houston affiliate KHOU TV …