Health & Safety

Pregnant Women Should Consider Not Traveling To Southeast Asia

7:49pm September 29, 2016

by Michaeleen Doucleff

U.S. health officials are advising pregnant women to postpone travel to parts of Southeast Asia because of the risk of catching Zika. Recent outbreaks have occurred in Singapore and Thailand.

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Nearly 130 Guilford County School Students Barred From Class Over Vaccine Requirements

5:16pm September 29, 2016

by Keri Brown

Over a hundred students in Guilford County Schools weren't allowed to return to school Thursday.

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Rats are great at remembering where they last sniffed the strawberries.

Rats That Reminisce May Lead To Better Tests For Alzheimer's Drugs

4:34pm September 29, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

Most potential Alzheimer's drugs are tested on mice. But rats may be a better choice because they seem to have a type of memory that's more like ours, and also are highly vulnerable to Alzheimer's.

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A new rule by an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services preserves the right of patients and families to sue nursing homes in court.

New Rule Preserves Patients' Rights To Sue Nursing Homes In Court

4:03pm September 29, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

A new rule is the most significant overhaul of federal funding regulations for nursing homes in more than two decades. It also requires "nourishing, palatable" food and infection-control plans.

Tryphena Natukunda, 18, won her title in a field of more than 150 contestants.

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Uganda Crowns Mr. And Miss HIV Positive

3:54pm September 29, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

There's a talent competition. A tiara for the winner. And a chance for people with HIV to speak out despite the stigma they face.

Greensboro Officer Resigns After Police Body Camera Footage Reveal

3:41pm September 29, 2016

by Eddie Garcia

The City of Greensboro has confirmed that Officer C.N. Jackson has left the police force. She was on the scene of the altercation between former officer Travis Cole and Dejuan Yourse.

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Luz Barajas took her son Carlos Cholico to get his flu shot at Crawford Kids Clinic in Aurora, Colo., last year. Health officials say there is some evidence the flu shot is more protective than the nasal flu vaccine.

CDC Urges Americans To Get A Flu Shot As Soon As Possible

2:49pm September 29, 2016

by Rob Stein

There's plenty of vaccine available this year, and the sooner people get vaccinated the better, federal health officials say. A recent drop in vaccination, especially among the elderly, concerns them.

Sarepta Therapeutics was awarded a voucher for a fast-track drug review by the Food and Drug Administration when the company's medicine for Duchenne muscular dystropy was approved Sept. 19. Now Sarepta is looking to sell the voucher to the highest bidder.

Are Golden Tickets That Speed Drugs Through FDA Worthwhile?

2:16pm September 29, 2016

by Sarah Jane Tribble

A voucher awarded to a company that finds a treatment for a rare childhood disease can be sold to the highest bidder and then used to fast-track the review of another drug. Are the prizes worth it?

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid were hit by airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria, last week. Twenty people were killed, including 12 aid workers.

Why Is No One Punished For Attacks On Aid Workers?

1:03pm September 29, 2016

by Malaka Gharib

The attack on the trucks delivering humanitarian aid in Aleppo was potentially a war crime. But it's not likely anyone will go to jail for it. Is this the new normal?

A multi-million dollar effort to produce a test to guide treatment for a potentially lethal skin cancer recently fell apart after the scientific investigator discovered that the commercial antibodies he was using were unreliable.

Flawed Research Tool Leads To Faulty Medical Findings

5:00am September 29, 2016

by Richard Harris

Just as natural antibodies help your body find and fight microbial invaders, tailored research antibodies let scientists target and study cancer cells. But too many are poorly made, scientists say.