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Although American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) adults make up 5% of California’s adult population, they shoulder a disproportionate weight of chronic disease and substance use, according to a new study from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR). 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of July 21, is reporting over 4,000 confirmed cases of cyclosporiasis, the illness caused by the parasite cyclospora cayatenensis, which enters the gut after someone eats food or drinks water contaminated by feces

Researchers, clinicians, people with lived experience and industry representatives from across the UK, Europe and the United States gathered at King’s College London to strengthen collaboration on rare diseases linked to the mTOR signalling pathway

A fifth person has died as a result of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in a Manhattan neighborhood, according to the city’s health department, which also shared that dozens of buildings were found to have live legionella bacteria in their cooling towers

You use your eyes all day—but are you taking care of them?From long hours on screens to time spent in the sun, everyday habits can quietly affect your vision. But protecting your eyes doesn’t have to be complicated.Eric J. Rothchild, MD, an ophthalmologist at the John A. Moran Eye Center, shares six simple things you…

Texas (KLTV) – When a test comes back positive for a reportable illness in East Texas, epidemiologists at the Northeast Texas Public Health District get to work — tracing contacts, reviewing exposures, and searching for a common

States are challenging the Trump administration’s plan to require some Medicaid enrollees with serious health issues to submit additional paperwork to prove they’re exempt from work requirements

Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt is a urologist and robotic surgeon with Orlando Health and an assistant professor at the University of Central Florida’s College of Medicine

Provided by Houston Humane Society Tony Malone, the chief clinical veterinarian at the Houston Humane Society, performs a procedure.

Los legisladores de Kentucky están considerando expandir la Ley de Derecho a Intentar del estado, que permitiría a más pacientes acceder a tratamientos experimentales no aprobados por la FDA, incluyendo aquellos con enfermedades graves que no sean necesariamente terminales. Los defensores de esta expansión argumentan que daría a los pacientes y sus familias opciones adicionales…