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Hiker kills rabid coyote with his bare hands after attack in New England woods

Health officials in New England said a coyote that attacked two people in Rhode Island on Feb. 8, 2024 and Feb, 9, 2024, tested positive for rabies.

Biden Slammed for Buying Fried Chicken for Black Family in ‘Outreach’ Video

“Whoever told you to show up to a black family’s house with some fried chicken and some ice tea from a restaurant called the Cook Out?”

An 83-year-old doctor and triathlete transformed his health in his 40s. He shares his 4 key diet principles.

Joseph Maroon is an 83-year-old practicing neurosurgeon who competes in triathlons.

Man Dies in First Known Fatal Case of Alaskapox

Alaska state health officials said that a man died last month of the virus, which occurs mostly in small mammals and causes lesions. There have been seven reported human cases since 2015.

Why Do Women Get More Headaches Than Men?

Women tend to struggle with sleep more than men do, and fatigue can bring on these headaches.

Little by little: Small changes can lead to heart health, Mayo Clinic expert says

"By having a good sleep, we also allow our body to recover and to be ready to continue the next day."

Debate simmers over when doctors should declare brain death

MORNING EDITION – Benjamin Franklin famously wrote: "In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes." While that may still be true, there's a controversy simmering today about one of the ways doctors declare people to be dead. The debate is focused on the Uniform Determination of Death Act, a law that was adopted by most states in the 1980s. The law says that death can be declared if someone has...

‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch Up With AI’s Use in Health Care

KFF Health News – Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in health care — and the AI industry thinks there’s a good chance they’ll mess it up. “It’s an incredibly daunting problem,” said Bob Wachter, the chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of California-San Francisco. “There’s a risk we come in with guns blazing and overregulate.” Already, AI’s impact on health care is widespread....

10 tips for healthy eyes

NEBRASKA MEDICINE – Regular eye care can have a life-changing impact, and taking steps to support your vision now can make a difference. Schedule regular eye exams with an eye doctor. Everyone needs their eyes and vision checked regularly. Comprehensive dilated eye exams help find problems that may not have warning signs and can provide an opportunity for early treatment and prevention. Your eye doctor may be able to detect certain conditions, such as diabetes or...

Defense Secretary Austin transfers duties to deputy as he is hospitalized, Pentagon says

On February 1, in his first news conference since his hospitalization, Austin acknowledged that his handling of the diagnosis and the hospitalization was a mistake.

Rare Human Case of Bubonic Plague in Oregon Confirmed by Authorities

SCIENCE ALERT: The bubonic plague might sound like an affliction of the past, but the bacterium behind the disease is still out there, causing thousands of human infections worldwide, year after year, although cases in the US are relatively rare. The state of Oregon just confirmed its first case in eight years, and officials say it probably came from a domestic cat, which also showed symptoms. Oregon health officer Richard Fawcett told Aria Bendix at NBC...

Hepatitis A outbreaks have sickened tens of thousands and killed 424; all preventable by a vaccine

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Since the Hepatitis A outbreaks were first identified in 2016, 37 states have publicly reported the following as of January 12, 2024: Cases: 44,947 Hospitalizations: 27,469 (61%) Deaths: 424 Hardly a week goes by that there is not yet another announcement of a hepatitis A positive employee putting co-workers, customers and the restaurant brand at risk. There have been illnesses, deaths, thousands of customers have had to stand in long lines to...

Denver Mayor Warns City Has to Start Kicking Migrants Out

(Headline USA) Denver Mayor Mike Johnston warned this week that the city is “out of shelter space” for illegal immigrants and will have to start kicking people out. “We have filled every single hotel room that we have available in the city and county of Denver,” Johnston said at a town-hall meeting last week. “Now, we have the terrible decision that if we don’t start exiting folks, we will have 250 folks that will arrive...

Big Pharma spends billions more on executives and stockholders than on R&D

ARS TECHNICA – When big pharmaceutical companies are confronted over their exorbitant pricing of prescription drugs in the US, they often retreat to two well-worn arguments: One, that the high drug prices cover costs of researching and developing new drugs, a risky and expensive endeavor, and two, that middle managers—pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), to be specific—are actually the ones price gouging Americans. Both of these arguments faced substantial blows in a hearing Thursday held by the...

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