Nearly all US states see hefty drop in teen births
The nation's record-low teen birth rate stems from robust declines in nearly every state, but most dramatically in several Mountain States and among ...
Fever hits thousands in parched West farm region
California and federal public health officials say valley fever, a potentially lethal but often misdiagnosed disease infecting more and more people ...
Feds: Hepatitis B no barrier to health practice
Peter Nguyen was a promising medical student when his school learned that he had tested positive for the hepatitis B virus. He said he was blackballed ...
US suicide rate rose sharply among middle-aged
The suicide rate among middle-aged Americans climbed a startling 28 percent in a decade, a period that included the recession and the mortgage crisis, ...
Parents see more food, skin allergies in children
Parents are reporting more skin and food allergies in their children, a big government survey found. Experts aren't sure what's behind the increase.
Germ-zapping 'robots': Hospitals combat superbugs
They sweep. They swab. They sterilize. And still the germs persist. In U.S. hospitals, an estimated 1 in 20 patients pick up infections they didn't ...
Food poisonings up from raw milk, poultry bacteria
Bacteria commonly linked to raw milk and poultry is causing more and more food poisonings, health officials said Thursday. Cases of campylobacter grew ...
Ricin: A bioterror agent with few real victims
Ever since the anthrax and terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the poison ricin has at times been lumped in with other bioterrorism agents because ...
Budget: cover uninsured, trim Medicare, tax cigs
President Barack Obama's new budget offers Medicare cuts to entice Republicans into tax negotiations, while plowing ahead to cover the uninsured next ...
Lead poisoning toll revised to 1 in 38 young kids
More than half a million U.S. children are now believed to have lead poisoning, roughly twice the previous high estimate, health officials reported ...
Many young women live with men first, marry later
Nearly half of young women say the first time they lived with a guy, they weren't married. That's the finding of a government survey released Thursday
FDA says longer use of nicotine gum is OK
The Food and Drug Administration says smokers who are trying to quit can safely use over-the counter nicotine gum, patches and lozenges for longer ...
CDC: 24 E. coli illnesses linked to frozen foods
Health officials say at least 24 people have become sick from an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to frozen snack foods marketed to children.
HIV test urged for 7,000 Oklahoma dental patients
Health officials on Thursday urged thousands of patients of an Oklahoma oral surgeon to undergo hepatitis and HIV testing, saying unsanitary ...
US launches new batch of graphic anti-smoking ads
Government health officials launched the second round of a graphic ad campaign Thursday that is designed to get smokers off tobacco, saying they ...
US study: Fewer dying in hospitals, more at home
Surveys show most Americans would rather die at home than in a hospital. Now, a new government study suggests more and more people getting their wish.
105 US kids died of flu; most didn't get vaccine
The flu season is winding down, and it has killed 105 children so far — about the average toll. The season started about a month earlier than usual, ...
Health officials: 1 in 50 school kids have autism
A government survey of parents says 1 in 50 U.S. schoolchildren has autism, surpassing another federal estimate for the disorder. Health officials say ...
Correction: Transplant-Rabies Death story
In a story March 16 about the death of a transplant recipient from a rabies-infected liver, The Associated Press, relying on information from a ...
More US than Europeans drivers are on the phone
Distracted driving is more widespread in the U.S. than in Europe, according to a study released Thursday that surveyed drivers about their cellphone ...
Hard to find good info on drug safety in pregnancy
Nearly every woman takes a medication at some point during pregnancy. Yet there's disturbingly little easy-to-understand information about which drugs ...
CDC: Frogs with salmonella could still be in homes
They live underwater, eat bloodworms, and are promoted on pet websites. But African dwarf frogs can carry salmonella. An outbreak tied to the frogs ...
Flu shot doing poor job of protecting older people
It turns out this year's flu shot is doing a startlingly dismal job of protecting older people, the most vulnerable age group. The vaccine is proving ...
Drug overdose deaths up for 11th consecutive year
Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite ...
CDC app lets you solve disease outbreaks at home
You may not be a disease detective, but now you can play one at home. The nation's public health agency has released a free app for the iPad called ...
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