In the U.S., Hispanic women have been disproportionately affected by the HIV epidemic in recent years. Yet they’ve been less likely to take advantage of PrEP, a medication that significantly reduces the risk of getting HIV. So we...
LONDON — The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus...
Sweden has just announced the country's first case of clade 1 mpox, a deadlier version of mpox that previously had been reported only in Africa.Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, is caused by a group of viruses with two main branches...
Viruses armed with the gene-editing tool CRISPR could someday be used to treat urinary tract infections (UTIs), results from an early clinical trial suggest.However, the experimental treatment, which would be used in tandem with traditional...
In your 20s and 30s, heart disease can seem like a far-off concern. It’s more common among people 75 or older than in any other age group.But there’s good reason to think about your heart health decades earlier: “While young...
If you’re asked to share a few fun facts about yourself, you’re probably not going to rattle off your blood pressure or cholesterol levels (even if your “good” cholesterol is, well, really good). But you should have a solid...
All week the media tried to find out where the fundraising event would be held in Rhode Island for vice president candidate, Tim Walz. Initially planned for Belcourt Castle, a new location was needed for undisclosed reasons. It was...
A fast-spreading mpox outbreak in Africa was declared a continent-wide public Health emergency, as the region’s main Health advisory body invoked this power for the first time as it moved to marshal resources.The declaration will...
Facing millions of dollars in fines, dozens of violations, legions of complaints from homeowners as well as local governments, oil and gas operator Prospect Energy on Wednesday had its right to do business in Colorado canceled. The...
More than 35 people have been referred for rabies post-exposure treatment following last week’s announcement about a rabid puppy at a rescue adoption event. But Colorado has so far identified no human cases as a result of the event,...
The mounting mpox outbreak in Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared Wednesday (Aug. 14).The declaration hinged on advice from an emergency committee that...
Face it: sometimes, you’re just too busy to pay attention to your skin. What’s a harried person to do, when skin-care routines touted online often have 10+ steps? We went straight to the source—five dermatologists—for their...
This summer, some iNFLuencers have jumped on the bandwagon of posting TikToks of themselves making sunscreen at home after a popular iNFLuencer did so. Experts are now warning people not to make DIY sunscreen as it can be dangerous.INFLuencer...
Alarmed by the surge in mpox cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control has taken the unprecedented step of declaring the outbreak sweeping through African countries a continental public Health emergency. The World Health Organization...
For a while, MDMA looked poised to make history. After decades of advocacy from impassioned supporters, the party drug best known as ecstasy emerged as the frontrunner to be the first psychedelic approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...
Photo, above: design plan for DCYF’s new female adolescent residential campus A $45M new residential facility for female adolescents, ages 13 to 18 will be built on state-owned land in Exeter, RI. The new Department of Children...
Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol.That is the key finding of a new study that we and our colleagues published...
U.S. Health officials on Friday approved a nasal spray to treat severe allergic reactions, the first needle-free alternative to shots like EpiPen.The Food and Drug Administration said it approved the spray from drugmaker ARS Pharmaceuticals...
Oropouche virus disease, a Zika-like illness that spreads in the Americas, has been detected in Europe for the first time, affecting people in Spain, Italy and Germany.Meanwhile, officials are investigating whether the germ may cause...
Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutics announced on Aug. 9, 2024, that the Food and Drug Administration declined to approve the company’s application for the use of MDMA-assisted therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder....
One sunny day in Los Angeles, Katherine Wilemon was gardening when she developed crushing chest pain, as well as pain radiating down her left arm. She was 39 and fit. Wilemon—who had known since she was a teenager that she had extremely...
