May 21 | News
ATLANTA (AP) — For the first time, the government is proposing that all baby boomers get tested for hepatitis C.
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May 10 | News
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon investigators have traced an outbreak of norovirus to a reusable grocery bag that members of a Beaverton girls' soccer team passed around when they shared cookies.
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May 7 | News
MIAMI (AP) — Federal health officials confirmed 33 cases of a rare fungal eye infection across seven states on Thursday, stemming from products mixed in a Florida pharmacy that also mixed supplements that killed 21 elite polo horses in 2009.
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Apr 27 | News
The drug, widely sold under its generic name, naloxone, counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other powerful painkillers and has been routinely used by ambulance crews and emergency rooms in the U.S. for decades. But in the past few years, public health officials across the nation have been distributing it free to addicts and their loved ones, as well as to some police and firefighters.
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Apr 24 | News
ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. health officials say only 13 percent of U.S. adults have high total cholesterol. That may seem incredible in a nation where two-thirds of adults are overweight.
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Apr 20 | Video
Just over a decade ago, U.S. health officials believed measles would be eradicated, but according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control, infections are back and the numbers are growing. Dr. Nancy Snyderman, NBC's Chief Medical Editor reports.
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Apr 20 | News
ATLANTA (AP) — Last year was the worst year for measles in the U.S. in 15 years, health officials said Thursday.
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Apr 17 | News
ATLANTA (AP) — Accidents are killing far fewer children and teenagers than in the past, according to a new government report released Monday.
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Apr 2 | News
ATLANTA (AP) — More than twice as many people called a toll-free number to help them quit smoking a week after the launch of a $54 million ad campaign that shows graphic images of diseased smokers, federal health officials said Friday.
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Mar 30 | News
ATLANTA (AP) — Cancer rates in the U.S. continue to fall, according to a report released Wednesday.
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