Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered eliminated from the U.S. since 2000.
Property taxes, public schools, and healthcare were among the topics constituents questioned three area legislators about during a packed town hall meeting Saturday in Highland.
Most of the 80,000 federal workers responsible for researching diseases, inspecting food and administering Medicare and Medicaid under the auspices of the Health and Human Services Department were emailed an offer to leave their job for as much as a $25,000 payment as part of President Donald Trump’s government cuts.
Volunteers with Open Heart Magic have been entertaining young patients through bedside magic at 12 children’s hospitals for 20 years.
Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday.
Stefania Marzelia’s history as a barista inspired her to start Sips, a business that makes syrups with minimal ingredients for coffee and other foods.
The virus can cause a severe and sometimes deadly lung infection called hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the new health secretary, has said Americans are being “unknowingly poisoned” by seed oils and has called for fast-food restaurants to return to using beef tallow, or rendered animal fat, in their fryers instead.
Illinois patients worry about losing Medicaid coverage, and hospital leaders say cuts could lead to serious limits on care.
City officials began the process Wednesday of finding apartments for about 30 homeless people living in a Gompers Park encampment.