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No new measles cases reported in fading U.S. outbreak

NEW YORK – The nation’s worst measles epidemic in 27 years could be in its final stages as a week went by with no new reported cases. “To get to zero is tremendously encouraging,”...

DATE: Sep 16, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 states

NEW YORK – The U.S. government has refined how it is measuring an outbreak of breathing illnesses in people who vape, now counting only cases that are most closely linked to electronic cigar...

DATE: Sep 14, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

A gene-editing first: Scientists tried CRISPR to fight HIV

Scientists are reporting the first use of the gene-editing tool CRISPR to try to cure a patient’s HIV infection by providing blood cells that were altered to resist the AIDS virus. ...

DATE: Sep 13, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Scientists rethink Alzheimer’s, diversifying the drug search

WASHINGTON – When researchers at the University of Kentucky compare brains donated from people who died with dementia, very rarely do they find one that bears only Alzheimer’s trademark plaq...

DATE: Sep 10, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

U.S. health officials report new vaping deaths, repeat warning

NEW YORK – U.S. health officials on Friday again urged people to stop vaping until they figure out why some are coming down with serious breathing illnesses. Officials have identi...

DATE: Sep 6, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

San Juan Basin Public Health reports rabid bat

La Plata and Archuleta counties tested 26 bats

DATE: Sep 5, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

UN: Possible to eradicate malaria, but probably not soon

LONDON – The World Health Organization says it’s theoretically possible to wipe out malaria, but probably not with the imperfect vaccine and other control methods being used at the moment. ...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

UN: Don’t worry about drinking microplastics in water

GENEVA – The World Health Organization says the levels of microplastics in drinking water don’t appear to be risky, but that research has been spotty and more is needed into their effects on...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

When it comes to food allergies, how to help your kids snack smarter

Back-to-school time is stressful on its own. Add in the specter of food allergies – of your own kids or their friends – and the stakes can feel even higher. What to toss in the lunch bag? Wh...

DATE: Sep 4, 2019 | CATEGORY: Food

Medicare for All explored as an alternative to the status quo

Healthcare Durango explains single-payer system

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Local News

As with adults, no easy way to address weight with children

NEW YORK – Red, yellow, green. It’s a system for conveying the healthfulness of foods, and at the center of a debate about how to approach weight loss for children. This month, th...

DATE: Aug 31, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health

Mumps sickens hundreds of detained migrants in 19 states

Mumps has swept through 57 immigration detention facilities in 19 states since September 2018, according to the first U.S. government report on the outbreaks in the overloaded immigration sy...

DATE: Aug 30, 2019 | CATEGORY: Health