- AI-powered ‘Lifesaving Radio’ helps surgeons operate with greater efficiency and accuracyNextMed Health with Klick Health created the first AI-based health care radio station, Lifesaving Radio. It features over 30 hours of hard rock music curated for peak surgical performance. Read more »
- Kids as young as 4 years old can begin to learn medical emergency training: New reportMedical groups including the American Heart Association found that teaching kids as young as age 4 to begin to understand health emergencies and how to respond is smart and proactive. Read more »
- COVID public health emergency is over: Here's what it means for youThe government officially ended the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11. Now that the public health emergency is officially over, how will things change? Read more »
- Dianne Feinstein was sicker than public knew due to shingles that caused brain inflammationAs Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California "continues to have complications from Ramsay Hunt syndrome" — even as she returns to the Senate — what to know about her rare neurological complications. Read more »
- Reports reveal the risk for strokes is on the rise in young adultsMay is National Stroke Awareness Month, and researchers are spreading awareness on increasing occurrence of strokes in younger adults Read more »
- RSV vaccine for pregnant women inches closer to approval with FDA committee recommendationThe FDA voted to recommend approval of Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for pregnant women, bringing it one step closer to becoming the first maternal immunization to protect infants from respiratory syncytial virus. Read more »
- New FDA blood donation guidelines ease restrictions for gay and bisexual menWith new guidelines released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, blood donor eligibility will now be based on individuals’ responses to screening questions rather than group-wide restrictions. Read more »
- Ringworm resistant to common antifungals for first time in US: What to know about the skin infectionTwo cases of a common fungal infection known as tinea, or ringworm, failed to respond to standard treatment due to a recently emerged fungus in the United States, according to the CDC. Read more »
- Iowa woman, 27, has 99% chance of developing dementia: ‘I needed to know’Alyssa Nash, from Iowa, was just 20 years old when she found out she is a carrier for a gene mutation that can cause FTD (frontotemporal dementia), an early-onset neurodegenerative disease. Read more »
- Maine health officials confirm first Powassan virus death, case this yearMaine health authorities reported the first confirmed Powassan virus death this year in an adult Sagadahoc County resident who developed neurologic symptoms. Read more »