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RSV is on the rise in our community and a local research center needs your help to find a…
Continue ReadingRSV is on the rise in our community and a local research center needs your help to find a…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN After nearly three years of the pandemic, national test scores for students aren’t where educators hoped they would…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN It’s shaping up to be a severe season for respiratory syncytial virus infections — one of the worst some doctors…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Amoxicillin, a common antibiotic used to treat a broad range of conditions, is in short supply, according to the US Food and…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN After nearly three years of the pandemic, national test scores for students aren’t where educators hoped they would…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN A monoclonal antibody treatment for Alzheimer’s disease that showed promise in a Phase 3 trial may have contributed to…
Continue ReadingWhile the two most recent flu seasons involved very low activity levels, a Wyoming Department of Health official says this influenza season may be…
Continue ReadingBy Melanie Radzicki McManus, CNN Mindfulness and mind-body practices are hot topics today, especially since the Covid-19 pandemic brought with it…
Continue ReadingThe Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of COVID-19 infections in the United States, according to estimates released Friday by…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN The Omicron BA.5 subvariant is no longer the dominant cause of Covid-19 infections in the United States, according to…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Flu season has ramped up early in the United States, and flu hospitalizations are worse than usual for this time of year,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Heart pounding, I sit bolt upright in bed, flushed, sweaty and utterly panicked. My brain has snatched me from a nightmare —…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Knowing you have higher than normal blood pressure — and taking medications daily to treat it — may be one key to avoiding…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Amid a surge of respiratory infections, children’s hospitals across the United States are so busy that some had to set…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN Amid a surge of respiratory infections, children’s hospitals across the United States are so busy that some had to set…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Heart pounding, I sit bolt upright in bed, flushed, sweaty and utterly panicked. My brain has snatched me from a nightmare —…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Black and Hispanic adults who go into cardiac arrest in public are less likely to receive CPR from anyone standing by…
Continue ReadingPeople of color — especially Black and Hispanic people — were less likely to receive Paxlovid and other COVID-19 treatments, according to a study…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN A common respiratory virus, respiratory syncytial virus, is surging in the United States, leading to some children’s…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN In a possible warning sign for the US and other Northern Hemisphere countries, Chile’s 2022 flu season started much…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN People of color — especially Black and Hispanic people — were less likely to receive Paxlovid and other…
Continue ReadingBy Kristen Rogers, CNN Whether you’re getting kicked off your parent’s health insurance plan or have been doing open enrollment for…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN A common respiratory virus, respiratory syncytial virus, is surging in the United States, leading to some children’s…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN About half of the US — 22 states, along with Washington, DC, New York City and Puerto Rico — is reporting high…
Continue ReadingBy Tami Luhby, CNN Even though the price of gas, groceries and other essentials shot up in 2022, health care premiums for employer-sponsored coverage…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Jacqueline Howard, CNN The United States is dealing with a unique season of respiratory virus transmission: Flu cases are on…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN For nearly two decades, Kristin Friberg has been a librarian with the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, where one of…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Monkeypox can have “devastating outcomes” on severely immunocompromised patients such as those with untreated HIV,…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 1,041 new COVID-19 cases and 13 new deaths in the last week.…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Brenda Goodman, CNN Government health officials on Friday warned of an early and severe start to cold and flu season in the…
Continue ReadingThe updated COVID-19 booster shots appear to work about as well against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants as the original boosters they replaced,…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN The social media platform TikTok has helped spread yet another potentially dangerous idea: taping your lips shut to stop mouth…
Continue ReadingBy Upasna Gautam, CNN Sahaj Kohli, whose family immigrated to the United Kingdom from India, struggled with an identity crisis familiar to many…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN The measures that helped keep us safe from Covid-19 over the past 2½ years — lockdowns, physical distancing, wearing…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN The updated Covid-19 booster shots appear to work about as well against the BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants as the original…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN Parents who need to take a child to the emergency room are facing agonizing waits in many parts of the United States because…
Continue ReadingThe Institute of Rural Health at ISU is hosting suicide intervention trainings in October and…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN For nearly two decades, Kristin Friberg has been a librarian with the Princeton Public Library in New Jersey, where one of…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN New ads promoting the Covid-19 vaccines are making their debut this week, targeting specific communities that have had a…
Continue ReadingBy Steve Almasy and Sara Turnbull, CNN Hundreds of students missed class Monday at a northern Virginia high school where “a number of students…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Cosmetics company L’Oréal, along with multiple other parties, is being sued over claims that its chemical hair…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN People who reported experiencing side effects to the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna Covid-19 vaccines such as fever, chills or…
Continue ReadingBy Rob Frehse, Katherine Dillinger and Alaa Elassar, CNN Six people who tested positive for monkeypox — two in New York City, two in Chicago,…
Continue ReadingBy Jessica DuLong, CNN Straight away, Nora McInerny noticed core differences in how people responded to the coronavirus pandemic. For some, the…
Continue ReadingBy Ray Sanchez, CNN Fourth- and eighth-graders fell behind in reading and had the largest ever decline in math, according to a national educational…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe. Photographs by Travis Dove for CNN A roomful of teenagers — some old friends and some strangers — stood with their hands,…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN In the wake of flooding from Hurricane Ian, Lee County, Florida, has seen what the state’s Department of Health called…
Continue ReadingEastern Idaho Public Health and Southeastern Idaho Public Health offices are offering free health screenings to anyone 18 years or…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN One in 10 Americans over 65 had dementia, while 22% experienced mild cognitive impairment, the earliest stage of the slow…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Janelle Chavez, CNN When Covid-19 patients younger than 5 also test positive for another respiratory virus, they tend to…
Continue ReadingBy Paul LeBlanc and Sarah Fortinsky, CNN President Joe Biden will receive the updated Covid-19 booster shot Tuesday, White House assistant press…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN In September, an 8-month-old baby came into Dr. Juanita Mora’s office in Chicago with an infection the doctor…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht and Alaa Elassar, CNN Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tested positive for…
Continue ReadingBy Faith Karimi, CNN Eris Eady was scrolling through social media this week when she saw a news headline linking hair-straightening chemical products…
Continue ReadingBy Raja Razek, CNN As US health officials are becoming increasingly concerned about the impact of this year’s flu season, nearly half the…
Continue ReadingYoung children are more likely to experience lead’s negative effects because their bodies are still…
Continue ReadingBy Madeline Holcombe, CNN Limiting your child’s candy this Halloween might be more of a trick than a treat, experts say. Once you’re a…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips and Amanda Sealy, CNN Drugmaker Pfizer said Friday that as government contracts come to an end, possibly by early next year, its…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN With this year’s Thanksgiving the third since the onset of the pandemic, there are now many tools to help manage Covid-19…
Continue ReadingHeart patients in southeast Idaho will benefit thanks to the generosity of a Portneuf Medical Center Heart and Vascular…
Continue ReadingBy Dana Santas, CNN Many high performers across sports, business and the arts will tell you they swear by their intuitive sense. It allows them to…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen and Raenu Charles, CNN When Amber Sizemore and her family went out of state to celebrate her birthday last week, she had hoped her…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Two researchers are urging health-care providers to educate and screen pregnant women about intimate partner violence, as…
Continue ReadingBy Katia Hetter, CNN Last week, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance recommending the updated Covid-19 booster for…
Continue ReadingCOVID-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a unanimous vote by the US Centers…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Covid-19 vaccines will be part of recommended immunization schedules in 2023 for both children and adults, after a…
Continue ReadingU.S. Attorney Josh Hurwit announced the formation of the District of Idaho’s COVID‑19 Fraud Task Force and highlighted the District of Idaho’s…
Continue ReadingA flurry of new COVID-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A surge in respiratory illnesses among children is beginning to put a strain on hospitals. In particular,…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Many more survivors of sexual assault are seeking emergency medical care, but still represent a fraction of all assaults…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United…
Continue ReadingBy Chris Boyette and Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A surge in respiratory illnesses among children is beginning to put a strain on hospitals. In particular,…
Continue ReadingBy Brenda Goodman, CNN A flurry of new Covid-19 variants appears to be gaining traction globally, raising fears of a winter surge. In the United…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Raenu Charles, CNN There’s growing evidence that Black heart failure patients are less likely to get advanced…
Continue ReadingOpen enrollment for health insurance is here, and while you may need to adjust your plan or keep things the same, it is important to be on guard for…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, CNN Abbott Nutrition plans to build a $500 million nutrition facility for specialty and metabolic infant formulas, Chairman…
Continue ReadingUsing information from public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Stacker looked at how the flu vaccine is…
Continue ReadingIdaho officials reported 726 new COVID-19 cases and 5 new deaths…
Continue ReadingBy Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN A US Food and Drug Administration advisory committee voted Wednesday that a drug approved more than a decade ago to reduce…
Continue ReadingBy Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Economic factors, not just lockdown-induced forced proximity, played a key role in last year’s “baby…
Continue ReadingThe US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for use as a first booster dose among adults 18 and older, at…
Continue ReadingBy Katherine Dillinger, Jen Christensen and Tierney Sneed, CNN The US Department of Justice took legal action against six e-cigarette manufacturers…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN If you want to keep your heart healthy, add a good night’s rest to your to-do list, a new study says. Heart disease is…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN If your body and brain fail to rev up until later in the day, you’re likely a night owl, naturally programmed to enjoy…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Raenu Charles, CNN It has been well-known in research that Black babies are about twice as likely to die as White babies…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine is now available in the United States for use as a first booster dose for people 18 and…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard and Raenu Charles, CNN It has been well-known in research that Black babies are about twice as likely to die as White babies…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN If your body and brain fail to rev up until later in the day, you’re likely a night owl, naturally programmed to enjoy…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN An increase in infections with a rare flesh-eating bacteria was reported in Florida in the days after Hurricane Ian due to…
Continue ReadingBy Jen Christensen, CNN A large new study published provides evidence that people 50 and older who sleep five hours or less at night have a greater…
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic adults are more likely than their White peers to be hospitalized for the flu,…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Cosmetics company L’Oréal, along with multiple other parties, is being sued over claims that its chemical hair…
Continue ReadingBy Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN The trial of five Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy resumed Tuesday morning after a juror who tested positive…
Continue ReadingBy Deidre McPhillips, CNN Despite improving stock rates, many families with new babies in the United States are still having trouble finding baby…
Continue ReadingBy Jacqueline Howard, CNN Scientists are uncovering new details in the connection between using certain hair straightening products, such as chemical…
Continue ReadingBy Naomi Thomas, CNN In December, Stephanie Arceneaux of Utah will have been living with type 1 diabetes for 30 years. She was diagnosed at age 6.…
Continue ReadingBy Sandee LaMotte, CNN Physical activity guidelines for older adults stress doing at least two days of strength training and 2½ hours of moderate to…
Continue ReadingIt’s been months since your ability to taste and smell disappeared after a COVID-19 infection. You’ve tried to schedule an appointment with a…
Continue ReadingBy Melissa Lopez-Martinez, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — More…
Continue ReadingBy Elissa Strauss, CNN Hollywood’s version of childbirth bears little resemblance to my experience, or that of anyone else I know. On the…
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