What to know about Marburg disease
Twenty-six people in Rwanda have contracted Marburg disease, and eight of them have died, according to the CDC and Rwanda ...
Study: Cord blood therapy benefits patients of all races equally
In a new study, Black, Asian, Hispanic and White patients who received cord blood transplants survived equally well.
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Q&A: NIAID’s Jeanne Marrazzo speaks on bird flu, mpox, and succeeding Anthony Fauci
Marrazzo became the first new director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in decades, taking over a ...
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CDC widens mpox vaccine recommendations
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a health advisory recommending that select travelers to countries where a certain strain of mpox is endemic should be fully ...
Four in 10 U.S. adults are now obese, with severe obesity rising
Over 40 percent of U.S. adults are now obese, with rates roughly the same for men and women, new government data shows.
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Morning Rounds: How much did health care’s top-earning CEO make in 2023?
Good morning! What would you buy if you earned $305 million in one year? Maybe I'd have a different color KitchenAid mixer for every season. Bird flu: ...
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Obesity rates in US not growing for first time in a decade, but severe obesity on the rise: CDC
A report compiled by the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics found that between August 2021 and August 2023, the rate of obesity among the nation's adults was approximately 40.3%.