Category: 5. Health

InnovationRx is your weekly digest of healthcare news. To get it in your inbox, subscribe here. AFP via Getty Images For the first time, a patient in the United States has presented with a severe case of avian flu. A man in Louisiana is… Continue Reading

People comfort their children suffering from dengue fever at a government hospital in Dhaka on … [+] October 19, 2022. (Photo by Munir uz ZAMAN / AFP) (Photo by MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images Dengue is a miserable… Continue Reading

It may seem like it’s taking forever for Hanukkah to arrive this year. But the holiday is finally around the corner — the first night of Hanukkah is on Wednesday, Dec. 25. That means Israeli-style donuts known as sufganiyot… Continue Reading

The world faced many public health challenges this year, including dangerous heat waves and outbreaks of the infectious diseases dengue and mpox. In the United States, after years of increases, there are early but promising signs of a… Continue Reading

The best way to protect your child from social media’s negative mental health effects is to engage … [+] with them about it. getty Parents are increasingly aware that too much time on social media can harm kids’ and teens’ mental health…. Continue Reading

Young girl coughs while wrapped in a blanket. Whooping cough can cause severe bouts of coughing. But … [+] babies, who are most vulnerable to the disease, may not cough at all. getty Cases of whooping cough are more than six times higher than… Continue Reading

Legislation in Congress to regulate pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) appears to be good news for … [+] pharmacies owned by Walgreens, Walmart, Rite Aid and thousands of independent drugstores. In this photo illustration, a package of NARCAN… Continue Reading

Jamie Foxx had a life-threatening brain bleed and was admitted to the hospital for emergency … [+] treatment. He credits his daughter for helping save his life through her guitar playing at the bedside during his hospital admission. (Photo by… Continue Reading

Pumpkin spice lattes have given way to turkey and stuffing, which in turn has given way to ugly sweaters and pop star Christmas albums and specials. For working professionals, it’s a time for prognostications about what might change in their… Continue Reading

LUKUTU, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Bamongo Godefroid lay in a hospital bed sick with malaria with … [+] his little sister nearby in a photo taken in March 2006, in Lukutu, DRC. On the 17th of December 2024, a mystery illness that has… Continue Reading