Health

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KKTV) – El Paso County Public Health (EPCPH) shared Wednesday that a bat found in Colorado Springs had tested positive for rabies, making it the first animal in the county to test positive for the disease in 2025. According to county health officials, a person came in contact with the bat on Saturday, and the animal was …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is vowing to “fix” the federal program for compensating Americans injured by vaccines, opening the door to sweeping changes for a system long targeted by anti-vaccine activists. Health experts and lawyers say updates are needed to help clear a backlog of cases in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, created by Congress …

Woman’s uncontrollable orgasmic episodes apparently linked to dopamine imbalance  PsyPost Source link

A Northern Beaches kindergartener has tragically died at Northern Beaches Hospital this week after contracting influenza A (the flu). She had been discharged twice from Sydney Children’s Hospital earlier that day. A Northern Beaches Hospital spokesperson confirmed that the tragic death of the child, who we understand to be a six year old girl, will be subject to a Coronial …

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the cruelest conditions a person can develop. And even with recent advances, there’s only so much that can be done once its symptoms emerge. Research out this week might highlight a critical and previously missed factor driving the disease, one that could even lead to new treatments. Scientists at Harvard Medical School led the study, …

To find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease, we need to understand how and where it gets started, and new research suggests we might be looking in the wrong place. Scientists from the US and Germany have linked genetic risk for Alzheimer’s and other brain diseases to the blood-brain barrier – the blood vessels and immune cells that surround and protect …

On Vaccines, RFK Jr. Has Broken Sharply With the Mainstream  The New York TimesView Full Coverage on Google News Source link

Health warning issued after pet cat dies from plague  The Independent Jefferson County on alert after cat tests positive and dies from plague  KUSA.com Colorado on alert after dead cat tests positive for the plague – weeks after Arizona man died from disease  The Independent First plague case of the year confirmed in pet cat in Evergreen, Jefferson County Public Health says  Denver7 Jefferson …

UPDATE Eastern Idaho Public Health officials confirmed to EastIdahoNews.com that Thursday’s case of measles was located in Bonneville County. EIPH officials said Thursday that anyone who suspects they might have contracted or been exposed to measles and wants to visit their doctor should call first to give the doctor’s office time to prepare to receive the patient to limit the …

Food allergies suck. Beyond placing onerous limits on your diet, their health impacts can totally derail your life, and scientists have been scrambling for years to try and find better, more lasting treatments for these conditions’ worst effects. Now, a pair of papers published today in the journal Science unlock crucial new insights into what goes on in the body …