Month: June 2024

More than 184 million people—about 61% of U.S. adults—are likely to have some type of cardiovascular disease by 2050, the American Heart Association (AHA) reported earlier this month. That will lead to a tripling in the costs related to heart disease. It’s a statistic that TIME senior health correspondent Alice Park cited to begin her … Read more

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alert on Tuesday advising health care providers and public health authorities about an elevated risk of dengue fever infections in the U.S. The viral disease, which spreads through mosquito bites, has affected at least 2,241 people in the nation this year, according to the CDC.  … Read more

Americans celebrating the Fourth of July next week with loved ones and fireworks should be careful, officials warned, noting an uptick in injuries from fireworks over the past 15 years. A report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) released Friday revealed that the commission received reports of eight deaths and about 9,700 injuries … Read more

Scientists say that findings from a small experiment lend hope the outbreak among dairy cattle can potentially be contained. View original article Contributor: Carl Zimmer

How are we feeling? As a world, that is. The global polling organization Gallup Inc. has been asking that question for the past 18 years with its Global Emotions poll—and this year, the answer is a little less bleak than you might think. Gallup researchers surveyed more than 146,000 people aged 15 years or older … Read more

The statement followed a report in The Times that a federal health official had urged the removal of age minimums from treatment guidelines for transgender minors. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin, Teddy Rosenbluth and Noah Weiland

Hoau-Yan Wang, a professor at City College, published studies supporting simufilam, now in advanced clinical trials. View original article Contributor: Apoorva Mandavilli