The first human case of West Nile virus in Illinois has been confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health.

The state agency announced Tuesday evening that a southern Illinois resident tested positive for the virus after being hospitalized. This is the earliest in the year that a human ...Read more

The number of measles cases continue to rise in Kansas, reaching 80 confirmed cases, according the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s 2025 Kansas Measles Case Data dashboard.

The majority of cases, 77, are associated with the outbreak concentrated in the southwestern part of Kansas, with six new cases related to the outbreak ...Read more

DENVER — Colorado will use $3 million from the state’s opioid settlement fund to provide the overdose-reversal drug naloxone to local organizations, Attorney General Phil Weiser announced Tuesday.

The new grant comes as Colorado saw more than 300 fewer people die from drug overdoses in 2024, marking a 15.6% drop from 2023’s total, ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — North Carolina has its first case of measles this year, the Department of Health and Human Services confirmed Tuesday.

A child from another country where measles has been reported became ill while visiting Forsyth and Guilford counties, according to a news release.

State officials are working with the Forsyth County ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — CPR can be lifesaving when a baby stops breathing — but only if it’s done properly.

Paramedics must push down hard enough on the infant’s chest to manually squeeze blood from the heart through the rest of the body, but not so hard that they risk puncturing an organ.

The hard-to-perfect technique is at the center of a new...Read more

Medical experts are dismayed over a federal report’s claim that kids are overprescribed asthma medications, saying it minimizes how many lives the drugs save.

Safe treatment protocols for asthma management have been carefully studied over the years, said Dr. Perry Sheffield, a pediatrician and professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at ...Read more

This June, like every other, has been filled with talk of graduations, the scent of barbecue and Fathers’ Day sales. But amid all the hype, we need to remember that June is also Men's Health Month – a vital, often overlooked, opportunity to shine a spotlight on the unique health challenges and preventative care needs of men. More than that, ...Read more

The culture wars were on full display Wednesday when the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a Tennessee law that banned gender transition treatments for children. While the legal issues were arcane, the ruling is a victory for common sense.

Progressives and many media sympathizers portrayed the decision as an “attack” on trans rights (Vox). ...Read more

Artificial intelligence chatbots are now a part of daily life for many families. As you make dinner, maybe you realize you're out of an ingredient. So, you ask a smart speaker what you can use instead. Or, you have trouble assembling a product you bought. For help, you chat with a virtual service agent online.

But children and teens ...Read more

Starting this fall students in New York will join those in other states like California in not being able to access cellphones during the day. These bans are the culmination of years of education and activism by parents, teachers and researchers concerned about the effect of technology not only on academic performance but also on children’s ...Read more

This month, the number of measles cases reported in California so far in 2025 jumped above the total for all of 2024.

There have been 16 measles cases reported in the Golden State so far this year, compared to 15 total last year and just four the year before. The highly contagious, sometimes-fatal disease was considered eradicated in the United...Read more

Eli Lilly & Co.’s experimental weight loss pill helped patients shed pounds without serious side effects in a clinical trial, burnishing the drug’s blockbuster potential in the company’s competition with Novo Nordisk A/S.

The highest dose helped patients with Type 2 diabetes lose 7.6% of their body weight, during the 40-week study, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES – Missed childhood vaccinations. Skipped blood sugar checks. Medications abandoned at the pharmacy.

These are among the health care disruptions providers have noticed since Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations began in Southern California earlier this month.

Across the region, once-busy parks, shops and businesses have ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials on Friday finalized regulations aimed at making it more difficult to enroll in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

The rules will limit the time frame for people to sign up for health insurance through the exchanges and cancel a monthly opportunity for people with incomes below 150% of...Read more

TAMPA, Fla. — Millions of Americans are set to lose health care due to changes proposed by President Donald Trump, and while most of them are on Medicaid, for Floridians, it’s a different story.

Here, it’s Affordable Care Act changes — including expiring tax credits and stricter enrollment rules — that will kick more people off their ...Read more

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: Recently, I was diagnosed with BPH. This is all new to me, and I hope you can help me better understand the condition and how it's treated.

ANSWER: Now that you've been diagnosed with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)— noncancerous tissue growth within the prostate — it's time for you and your healthcare team to talk ...Read more

Some of the most harmful genetic changes in cancer are also the hardest to see. These structural alterations, deep within a tumor's DNA, can fuel aggressive growth and evade standard testing, especially when tissue samples are small or degraded.

To address this challenge, Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new computational tool called ...Read more

#SkinnyTok is dead. Or at least that’s what TikTok wants you to believe after its recent ban of the hashtag promoting an extreme thin ideal. That might have appeased regulators, but it shouldn’t satisfy parents of teens on the app. An army of influencers is keeping the trend alive, putting vulnerable young people in harm’s way.

Today’s ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Official U.S. records dramatically underestimate mortality and life expectancy disparities for Native Americans, according to a new, groundbreaking study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The research, led by the Boston University School of Public Health, provides compelling evidence of a profound ...Read more

LONDON — Festival season can be surprisingly physically demanding. Hours spent standing, walking or dancing can put extra strain on the heart, especially for those with preexisting conditions such as heart disease, high blood pressure or diabetes, explains Gosia Wamil, M.D., Ph.D., a cardiologist at Mayo Clinic Healthcare in London.

For ...Read more