Carla K. Johnson

After four years, a less harsh chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma patients proved more effective than the standard chemo, one study found. <span class="rte rte-comment" data--id="00000169-b65f-d577-abfb-b7df37250000" data--label=" Martha Lynch" data-time="06/4/2024 6:11:54 PM" data-replies="" data-collapse="false">FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are istered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. Scaling back treatment in some cancers — ovarian, esophageal and Hodgkin lymphoma — can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in early June 2024. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)</span>

Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment, new research finds

June 11, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world's largest cancer conference.It's part of a long-term trend...

Dave Crenshaw poses for a photo with his service dog, Doc, in front of his home in Kearny, N.J., on Monday, June 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in US military veterans, researchers say

June 5, 2024 at 12:22 a.m.

Specially trained service dogs helped ease PTSD symptoms in U.S. military veterans in a small study that the researchers hope will help expand options for service .The U.S. Department of...

FILE - In this May 25, 2017 file photo, chemotherapy drugs are istered to a patient at a hospital in Chapel Hill, N.C. Scaling back treatment in some cancers — ovarian, esophageal and Hodgkin lymphoma — can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in early June 2024. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment, new research finds

June 2, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference.It’s part of a long-term trend...

ARCHIVO - Un médico sostiene un frasco de Gardasil, la vacuna contra el virus del papiloma humano, el 28 de agosto de 2006, en Chicago. (AP Foto/Charles Rex Arbogast, Archivo)

Nuevos estudios dejan entrever que vacunas contra el VPH previenen el cancer en hombres y mujeres

May 23, 2024 at 11:48 p.m.

Nuevas investigaciones dejan entrever que la vacuna contra el virus del papiloma humano previene el cáncer tanto en hombres como en mujeres, pero en Estados Unidos se vacunan menos niños...

FILE - A doctor holds a vial of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2006. Research published Thursday, May 23, 2024, by the American Society of Clinical Oncology suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing throat cancer in men, as well as cervical cancer in women, but fewer boys than girls are getting the shots in the United States. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

HPV vaccines prevent cancer in men as well as women, new research suggests

May 23, 2024 at 9:04 p.m.

New research suggests the HPV vaccine is preventing cancer in men, as well as in women, but fewer boys than girls are getting the shots in the United States.The HPV...

ARCHIVO - Plantas de marihuana en una tienda de San Francisco, el lunes 20 de marzo de 2023. (AP Foto/Jeff Chiu, Archivo)

El uso diario de marihuana supera al consumo diario de alcohol en EEUU, dice nuevo estudio

May 22, 2024 at 7:07 p.m.

El consumo diario y casi diario de marihuana es ahora mayor al del alcohol en Estados Unidos, de acuerdo con un análisis de datos de estudios nacionales que abarcan cuatro...

FILE - Marijuana plants are displayed at a shop in San Francisco, Monday, March 20, 2023. Daily and near-daily marijuana use is now more common than similar levels of high-frequency drinking in the U.S., according to an analysis of survey data over four decades, according to research published Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in the journal Addiction. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)ff

Daily marijuana use outpaces daily drinking in the US, a new study says

May 23, 2024 at 1:41 a.m.

For the first time, the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has sured the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the...

Can pink noise enhance sleep and memory? Early research drives a color noise buzz

May 20, 2024 at 6:28 p.m.

You may have heard of white noise used to mask background sounds. Now, it has colorful competition.There’s a growing buzz around pink noise, brown noise, green noise — a rainbow...

<span class="rte rte-comment" data--id="00000169-b65f-d577-abfb-b7df37250000" data--label=" Martha Lynch" data-time="05/1/2024 5:43:30 PM" data-replies="" data-collapse="false">FILE -</span> A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer <span class="rte rte-comment" data--id="00000169-b65f-d577-abfb-b7df37250000" data--label=" Martha Lynch" data-time="05/1/2024 5:42:56 PM" data-replies="" data-collapse="false">in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010.</span> An influential U.S. task force now says women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance last Tuesday<span class="rte rte-comment" data--id="00000169-b65f-d577-abfb-b7df37250000" data--label=" Martha Lynch" data-time="05/1/2024 5:43:23 PM" data-replies="" data-collapse="false">, April 30, 2024</span>. <span class="rte rte-comment" data--id="00000169-b65f-d577-abfb-b7df37250000" data--label=" Martha Lynch" data-time="05/1/2024 5:43:27 PM" data-replies="" data-collapse="false">(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)</span>

Mammograms should start at 40, says

May 7, 2024 at 12:01 p.m.

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other...

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. An influential U.S. task force now says women should get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force announced the updated guidance Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Mammograms should start at 40 to address rising breast cancer rates at younger ages, says

May 2, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other...

FILE - Bottles of alcohol sit on shelves at a bar in Houston on June 23, 2020. Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods starting in the 2010s have thrown cold water on that. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Less alcohol, or none at all, is one path to better health

April 29, 2024 at 9:26 p.m.

It’s wine time. Beer Thirty. Happy hour. Five o’clock somewhere.Maybe it's also time to rethink drinking?Moderate drinking was once thought to have benefits for the heart, but better research methods...

In this image from Richmond Police Department body-camera video, a paramedic, left, holds a syringe as he prepares to inject Ivan Gutzalenko, 47, with the sedative midazolam in Richmond, Calif., on March 10, 2021. When the paramedic returned three minutes after the injection, Gutzalenko lay motionless. He was declared dead at a hospital. An investigation by The Associated Press found that at least 16 people died in California in 2012-2021 following physical encounters with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative. (Richmond Police Department via AP)

At least 16 people died in California after medics injected sedatives during encounters with police

April 26, 2024 at 8:51 p.m.

At least 16 people died in California over a decade following a physical encounter with police during which medical personnel also injected them with a powerful sedative, an investigation led...

FILE - Tabs of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, are photographed in Greenfield, Mass., on July 23, 2018. It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe buprenorphine, a gold standard medicine for opioid addiction, since the U.S. government lifted barriers in January 2023. But despite the looser restrictions and a continuing overdose crisis, a new study finds little change in the number of patients taking the medication, according to findings published Wednesday, April 24, 2024, in the New England Journal of Medicine. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

More doctors can prescribe a leading addiction treatment. Why aren’t more people getting help?

April 24, 2024 at 9:04 p.m.

It’s easier than ever for doctors to prescribe a key medicine for opioid addiction since the U.S. government lifted an obstacle last year. But despite the looser restrictions and the...

Buildings associated with Memorial Hermann Hospital and medical complex are visible Friday, April 12, 2024 in the Medical Center district of Houston. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center has halted its liver transplant and kidney transplant programs. The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that the hospital discovered a doctor manipulated records for liver transplant candidates. (Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via AP)

Houston hospital says doctor’s changes to a database made patients ineligible for liver transplants

April 12, 2024 at 9:42 p.m.

HOUSTON — A Houston hospital has halted its liver and kidney transplant programs after it says a doctor manipulated a database for liver transplant patients, making them ineligible to receive a new...

Esta imagen del 10 de diciembre de 2020 muestra un letrero de la istración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos afuera de sus oficinas, en Silver Spring, Maryland. (AP Foto/Manuel Balce Ceneta, Archivo)

Estudio: Muchos farmacos contra el cancer no dan resultado 5 anos despues de su aprobacion acelerada

April 8, 2024 at 12:50 a.m.

El programa de aprobación acelerada de la istración de Alimentos y Medicamentos de Estados Unidos pretende que los pacientes cuenten con temprano a fármacos prometedores. Pero, ¿con qué frecuencia...

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug istration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. According to research published Sunday, April 7, 2024, in the Journal of the American Medical Association, most cancer drugs granted accelerated approval by the FDA, meant to give patients early access to promising drugs, do not demonstrate such benefits within five years. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Many cancer drugs remain unproven 5 years after accelerated approval, a study finds

April 7, 2024 at 6:06 p.m.

The U.S. Food and Drug istration’s accelerated approval program is meant to give patients early access to promising drugs. But how often do these drugs actually improve or extend patients’...

Catalina de Gran Bretaña, duquesa de Cambridge, en una recepción para padres de s del Centro para la Infancia Temprana en la inauguración del Centro para la Infancia Temprana de la Fundación Real en el Palacio de Kensington en Londres el viernes 18 de junio de 2021. (Tolga Akmen/Pool Photo vía AP, archivo)

Lo que se sabe sobre el diagnostico de Cancer de Catalina

March 22, 2024 at 11:05 p.m.

Catalina, la princesa de Gales, reveló en un video que padece cáncer y se está sometiendo a quimioterapia, aunque no dijo qué tipo de cáncer ni reveló detalles de su...

Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge attends a reception for parents of s of a Centre for Early Childhood, on the day of the launch of the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood at Kensington Palace in London, Friday, June 18, 2021. (Tolga Akmen/Pool Photo via AP, File)

What is known about Kate’s cancer diagnosis

March 22, 2024 at 10:55 p.m.

Kate, the Princess of Wales, has disclosed that she has cancer and is undergoing chemotherapy — though in a video announcement Friday, she did not say what kind of cancer...

FILE - Olivia Munn arrives at the Governors Awards on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, at the Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles. When Munn revealed in March 2024 that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy, she urged people to ask their doctors to figure out their score on a breast cancer risk calculator, a questionnaire on the National Cancer Institute’s website that is designed for health care providers to use with patients. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

What is the breast cancer risk calculator recommended by Olivia Munn?

March 14, 2024 at 9:17 p.m.

When Olivia Munn revealed this week that she was diagnosed with breast cancer and had a double mastectomy, she urged people to ask their doctors to figure out their score...

A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study, expanding options for screening

March 13, 2024 at 9:09 p.m.

A blood test for colon cancer performed well in a study published Wednesday, offering a new kind of screening for a leading cause of cancer deaths. The test looks for...

In this photo provided by University of Michigan Health-West, Dr. Lance Owens, chief medical information officer at the university, demonstrates the use of an AI tool on a smartphone in Wyoming, Mich., on Sept. 9, 2021. The software listens to a doctor-patient conversation, documents and organizes it to write a clinical note. (University of Michigan Health-West via AP)

New AI tools can record your medical appointment or draft a message from your doctor

March 13, 2024 at 2:43 p.m.

Don’t be surprised if your doctors start writing you overly friendly messages. They could be getting some help from artificial intelligence.New AI tools are helping doctors communicate with their patients,...

FILE - Plastic bottles and other garbage are seen next to a beach at Fiumicino, Italy, near Rome, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020. We breathe, eat and drink tiny particles of plastic. But are these minuscule specks in the body harmless, dangerous or somewhere in between? A small study published Wednesday, March 6, 2024, in the New England Journal of Medicine raises more questions than it answers about how these bits — microplastics and the smaller nanoplastics — might affect the heart. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Study raises questions about plastic pollution’s effect on heart health

March 6, 2024 at 10:05 p.m.

We breathe, eat and drink tiny particles of plastic. But are these minuscule specks in the body harmless, dangerous or somewhere in between?A small study published Wednesday in the New...

FILE - TV talk show host Wendy Williams attends a ceremony honoring her with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Los Angeles. Williams has been diagnosed with a rare form of dementia called frontotemporal dementia, or FTD, according to a statement released Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024, on behalf of her caretakers. It affects parts of the brain controlling behavior and language. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Wendy Williams has frontotemporal dementia. What is FTD?

February 22, 2024 at 8:51 p.m.

Wendy Williams has been diagnosed with a form of dementia, according to a statement released Thursday on behalf of her caretakers.The 59-year-old former talk show host was diagnosed last year...

Jill Feldman, 54, poses for a photo at her home in Deerfield, Ill., Friday, Jan. 19, 2024. Lung cancer patient and advocate Jill Feldman takes pills at home that shrink tumors by blocking a signal that tells cancer cells to grow. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs’ harsh side effects

February 13, 2024 at 2:01 p.m.

For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary.They've...

As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs’ harsh side effects

February 7, 2024 at 1:23 a.m.

For cancer patients, the harsh side effects of powerful drugs have long been the trade-off for living longer. Now, patients and doctors are questioning whether all that suffering is necessary....

Activistas de Black Lives Matter protestan en el barrio de Harlem de Nueva York, el 16 de julio de 2019. (Foto AP/Craig Ruttle, Archivo)

Dos estudios analizan efecto de la violencia policial en poblacion afroestadounidense

February 5, 2024 at 6:38 p.m.

Dos nuevos estudios rastrean el efecto de la violencia policial en la población afroestadounidense: Uno relaciona las muertes en que los policías están implicados con trastornos del sueño y el...

FILE - Activists with Black Lives Matter protest in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Tuesday, July 16, 2019, in the wake of a decision by federal prosecutors who declined to bring civil rights charges against New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, in the 2014 chokehold death of Eric Garner. The decision was made by Attorney General William Barr and announced one day before the five-year anniversary of his death, officials said. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, File)

The effect of police violence on Black Americans’ health is documented in 2 new studies

February 5, 2024 at 4:55 p.m.

The effect of police violence on Black Americans is tracked in two new studies, with one tying police-involved deaths to sleep disturbances and the other finding a racial gap in...

FILE - A sign hangs from the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Aug. 18, 2022, in Boston. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute announced it’s requesting six retractions and 31 corrections of scientific papers after a British blogger flagged problems in early January 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Science sleuths are using technology to find fakery and plagiarism in published research

January 28, 2024 at 8:32 p.m.

Allegations of research fakery at a leading cancer center have turned a spotlight on scientific integrity and the amateur sleuths uncovering image manipulation in published research.Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, a Harvard...

FILE - Britain's King Charles III hosts a gathering of young UK community and faith leaders to discuss the challenges their communities face, at Buckingham Palace, in London, Dec. 13, 2023. King Charles III has arrived at a private London hospital to undergo a “corrective procedure” for an enlarged prostate, Buckingham Place said Friday Jan. 26, 2024. (Aaron Chown/Pool Photo via AP, File)

What are the symptoms of an enlarged prostate and how is it treated?

January 26, 2024 at 3:32 p.m.

The announcement that King Charles III was itted to a private hospital Friday to undergo a procedure for an enlarged prostate has sparked interest in what is an extremely common...

ARCHIVO - Dos adultos y un niño cruzan el puente de Brooklyn durante una tormenta de nieve el sábado 29 de enero de 2022, en Nueva York. (AP Foto/Brittainy Newman, archivo)

Como mantenerse saludable durante la temporada de resfriados, influenza y COVID-19

January 23, 2024 at 3:02 a.m.

El invierno sigue aquí y provoca su habitual variedad de síntomas —tos, congestión nasal, fatiga y fiebre—, y este año una nueva variante del COVID-19 predomina en el marcador.El COVID-19...

FILE - A pedestrian wears a heavy coat against the cold in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022. January can be the worst month for respiratory illnesses and vaccination rates are low. When relatives, friends and co-workers are coming down with coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever, keeping viruses at bay means thorough hand-washing, good ventilation and wearing a mask in crowded areas. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

How to stay healthy during cold, flu and COVID-19 season

January 19, 2024 at 10:45 p.m.

Winter is here, inflicting its usual array of symptoms — coughs, nasal congestion, fatigue and fever — and, this year, a new COVID-19 variant is dominating the scoreboard. COVID-19 is...

Estudio sueco revela tasa de mortalidad mayor entre los que tienen miedo a la enfermedad

December 13, 2023 at 5:52 p.m.

Un amplio estudio sueco revela una paradoja acerca de la gente diagnosticada con miedo excesivo a la enfermedad: tienden a morir antes que las personas hipervigilantes sobre sus problemas de...

FILE - A hospital exam room is seen in Alabama on Thursday, July 30, 2015. A large Swedish study, published Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, in JAMA Psychiatry, has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health concerns. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

In hypochondria paradox, Swedish study finds a higher death rate in those who fear serious illness

December 13, 2023 at 5:10 p.m.

A large Swedish study has uncovered a paradox about people diagnosed with an excessive fear of serious illness: They tend to die earlier than people who aren’t hypervigilant about health...

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. Annual mammograms are now recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries including the United States. Now a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good. The findings were being discussed Friday, Dec. 8, 2023 at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, UK study suggests

December 8, 2023 at 9:12 p.m.

Annual mammograms are recommended indefinitely for breast cancer survivors in many countries, including the U.S., but a large British study finds that less frequent screening is just as good.Yearly screening...

This March 1988 microscope photo provided by the National Cancer Institute shows human cells with acute myelocytic leukemia. Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death rates, according to a new report published Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023. (National Cancer Institute via AP)

Progress in childhood cancer has stalled for Blacks and Hispanics, report says

November 16, 2023 at 11:52 a.m.

Advances in childhood cancer are a success story in modern medicine. But in the past decade, those strides have stalled for Black and Hispanic youth, opening a gap in death...

Jesse Johnson of the Family Resource Center drives a client to Walmart in Findlay, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The organization does outreach to people in jail and overdose survivors to help them guide them through addiction recovery. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

November 3, 2023 at 12:55 p.m.

FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America’s opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements.Most of that money comes with a requirement that it...

Peer worker Jesse Johnson of the Family Resource Center looks to her client Tyler Baker as they talk in the driveway of Baker's home in Findlay, Ohio, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. Peer services for people in recovery are a major component of Hancock County's strategy for addressing the opioid epidemic. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

As billions roll in to fight the US opioid epidemic, one county shows how recovery can work

November 3, 2023 at 9:57 a.m.

FINDLAY, Ohio — Communities ravaged by America's opioid epidemic are starting to get their share of a $50 billion pie from legal settlements.Most of that money comes with a requirement that it...

Carole Stovall, a participant in the Tomosynthesis Mammographic Imaging Screening Trial, poses for a portrait in her office in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. “We all need a mammogram anyway, so why not do it with a study that allows the scientists to understand more and move closer to finding better treatments and ways of maybe even preventing it?” Stovall says. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough)

Breast cancer is deadlier for Black women. A study of mammograms could help close the gap

October 17, 2023 at 1:32 p.m.

Are 3D mammograms better than standard 2D imaging for catching advanced cancers?A clinical trial is recruiting thousands of volunteers — including a large number of Black women who face disparities...

FILE- This image from police body camera video provided by Roth and Roth LLP, shows a Rochester police officer as he puts a hood over the head of Daniel Prude in Rochester, N.Y., March 23, 2020. Prude died after police held him down until he stopped breathing after encountering him running naked through the snowy streets of Rochester, NY. On Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023, a leading doctors group has formally withdrawn its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by police. (Rochester Police via Roth and Roth LLP via AP, File)

A doctors group calls its ‘excited delirium’ paper outdated and withdraws its approval

October 12, 2023 at 9:20 p.m.

A leading doctors group on Thursday formally withdrew its approval of a 2009 paper on “excited delirium,” a document that critics say has been used to justify excessive force by...

FILE - Carolina Panthers offensive guard Greg Van Roten slides while trying to tackle Atlanta Falcons cornerback Ricardo Allen after an interception during an NFL football game Sept. 16, 2018, in Atlanta. When Aaron Rodgers went down with an injury just a few plays into his first season with the New York Jets, it reignited calls from NFL players to have all the stadiums in which they play use natural grass fields for their safety. In major college football, the players don’t have a union behind them to voice concerns. (AP Photo/Jeff Haynes, File)

What does the science say about the grass vs. turf debate in sports?

October 9, 2023 at 4:11 p.m.

Which playing surface is safer for athletes: natural grass or artificial turf?The question is important not just in football, but also for soccer, recreational sports and high school and college...

ARCHIVO - En esta fotografía de archivo, tomada con exposición prolongada, se ve la silueta de un hombre frente a luces reflejadas en las aguas de Cape Neddick, el 11 de diciembre de 2017, en Maine. (AP Foto/Robert F. Bukaty, archivo)

Estudio: La droga extasis disminuye los sintomas del trastorno por estres postraumatico

September 15, 2023 at 7:59 p.m.

La droga psicodélica MDMA puede reducir los síntomas del trastorno por estrés postraumático, informaron investigadores en un nuevo estudio publicado el jueves.La compañía patrocinadora de la investigación dijo que tiene...

FILE - In this photo made with a long exposure, a man is silhouetted against lights reflected in the waters off Cape Neddick in Maine on Dec. 11, 2017. A study published Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023, in the journal Nature Medicine has found that the psychedelic drug MDMA, combined with talk therapy, can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible US approval

September 15, 2023 at 4:55 a.m.

The psychedelic drug MDMA can reduce symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, researchers reported in a new study published Thursday. The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year...

A man holds an iPhone next to an Amazon Echo, center, and a Google Home, right, in New York on June 14, 2018. A study published Monday, Aug. 28, 2023, in JAMA Network Open, says Alexa, Siri and other voice assistants could do a better job giving instructions on R to help bystanders respond in emergencies. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Need to know about lifesaving R? A new study says it’s probably wise not to ask Alexa or Siri

August 28, 2023 at 9:15 p.m.

Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that.Voice assistants often fall flat when asked how to perform R, according...

Surgeons perform a bilateral mastectomy on a transgender patient at a hospital in Boston on Friday, July 15, 2016. The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 before declining slightly in 2020 when about 12,800 procedures were done, according to a study published Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, in JAMA Network Open. (Christine Hochkeppel/Worcester Telegram & Gazette via AP)

Gender-affirming surgeries in the US nearly tripled before pandemic dip, study finds

August 23, 2023 at 3:01 p.m.

The number of gender-affirming surgeries in the U.S. nearly tripled from 2016 to 2019 before dropping slightly in 2020, according to a study published Wednesday.The increase likely reflects expanded insurance...

Esta fotografía muestra un letrero que indica que es necesario portar mascarilla en un hospital de Buffalo Grove, Illinois, el viernes 13 de enero de 2023. (AP Foto/Nam Y. Huh)

Hospitalizaciones por COVID-19 van al alza en EEUU, aunque no como antes

August 8, 2023 at 9:41 p.m.

Aquí vamos otra vez: Las hospitalizaciones por COVID-19 han aumentado en Estados Unidos desde principios de julio, en un ciclo similar al experimentado en los tres veranos anteriores. Aún faltan...

A sign announcing a face mask requirement is displayed at a hospital in Buffalo Grove, Ill., Friday, Jan. 13, 2023. COVID-19 hospital issions are inching upward in the United States since early July 2023. It's a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before

August 8, 2023 at 6:55 p.m.

Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital issions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers.With an updated vaccine still...

FILE - This illustration provided by AstraZeneca depicts packaging for their medication Beyfortus. On Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023, a of outside advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that babies get the drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year. (AstraZeneca via AP, File)

Babies should get recently approved drug for RSV, CDC says

August 3, 2023 at 11:42 p.m.

Infants should get a recently approved drug to protect them against a respiratory virus that sends tens of thousands of American children to the hospital each year, U.S. health officials...

ARCHIVO - Esta imagen de microscopio electrónico provista por los Institutos Nacionales de Salud muestra viriones del virus respiratorio sincicial humano, coloreados de azul, y anticuerpos proteicos anti-VRS, coloreados de amarillo, derramándose de la superficie de células pulmonares humanas. Las personas mayores de 60 años pueden obtener una nueva vacuna contra el VRS, pero antes deben consultar a su médico, recomendaron las autoridades sanitarias de Estados Unidos el jueves 19 de junio de 2023. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH via AP, File)

Nueva vacuna contra el VRS estara disponible en proximos meses

June 29, 2023 at 2:11 p.m.

Las personas mayores de 60 años pueden obtener una nueva vacuna contra el VRS, pero antes deben consultar a su médico, recomendaron las autoridades sanitarias de Estados Unidos el juevesEstas...

FILE - This electron microscope image provided by the National Institutes of Health shows human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) virions, colorized blue, and anti-RSV F protein/gold antibodies, colorized yellow, shedding from the surface of human lung cells. Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first, U.S. health officials recommended Thursday, June 29, 2023. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH via AP, File)

Older Americans can get RSV vaccine this fall after consulting their doctor, CDC says

June 29, 2023 at 4:44 p.m.

Americans 60 and older can get a new RSV vaccine but should discuss it with their doctor first, U.S. health officials recommended Thursday.The newly approved vaccines are expected to be...

Mueren 6 personas por brote de meningitis fungica tras cirugias en Mexico

June 27, 2023 at 7:52 p.m.

Seis personas han muerto debido a un brote de meningitis fúngica relacionado con procedimientos quirúrgicos en una ciudad del norte de México, y las autoridades de salud dicen que no...

This microscope photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a Fusarium sp. fungal organism in 1972. The U.S. CDC says the death toll has risen to six in an outbreak of fungal meningitis tied to surgical procedures in a city along the U.S.-Mexico border, and they have not been able to reach everyone who may be at risk of infection. Labs have detected fungal signals consistent with Fusarium solani species complex from the cerebrospinal fluid of patients receiving follow-up care in Mexico or the United States. (Dr. Lucille K. Georg/CDC via AP)

6 dead in a meningitis outbreak tied to Mexico clinics as officials struggle to reach more patients

June 27, 2023 at 7:58 p.m.

The death toll has risen to six in an outbreak of fungal meningitis that's tied to surgical procedures in a city along the U.S.-Mexico border, and health officials say they...

La doctora Nora Disis, directora del Instituto de Vacunas contra el Cáncer del Centro Médico de la Universidad de Washington posa para una fotografía el jueves 25 de mayo de 2023, en las instalaciones del instituto en Seattle. (AP Foto/Lindsey Wasson)

El siguiente gran avance en el tratamiento del cancer podria ser una vacuna

June 27, 2023 at 2:24 a.m.

SEATTLE — El siguiente gran avance en el tratamiento contra el cáncer podría ser una vacuna.Tras décadas de éxito limitado, los científicos dicen que la investigación ha llegado a un punto de...

ed nurse Erika Obrietan isters the third dose of an experimental breast cancer vaccine to patient Kathleen Jade at University of Washington Medical Center - Montlake, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, in Seattle. Jade, 50, learned she had breast cancer in late February. She's getting the vaccine to see if it will shrink her tumor before surgery. “Even if that chance is a little bit, I felt like it’s worth it," said Jade, who is also getting standard treatment. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine

June 26, 2023 at 8:40 p.m.

SEATTLE — The next big advance in cancer treatment could be a vaccine.After decades of limited success, scientists say research has reached a turning point, with many predicting more vaccines will be...

FILE - A nurse holds tabs of buprenorphine, a drug which controls heroin and opioid cravings, as he prepares to ister the drug in Greenfield, Mass, on July 23, 2018. A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, finds only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a gold standard medicine for opioid addiction. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Few rehab centers for addicted teens offer recommended medicine, US study finds

June 13, 2023 at 3:06 p.m.

Only 1 in 4 residential treatment centers for teens offers a recommended medicine for opioid addiction, according to a study that exposes an important gap in care. Posing as an...

FILE - Brian Hackel, right, an overdose prevention specialist, helps Steven Baez, a client suffering addiction, find a vein to inject intravenous drugs at an overdose prevention center, OnPoint NYC, in New York, Feb. 18, 2022. For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin and other narcotics and be revived if they take too much. The grant is expected to provide more than $5 million over four years to New York University and Brown University to study overdose prevention centers in New York City and Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

US backs study of safe injection sites, overdose prevention

May 8, 2023 at 1:51 p.m.

For the first time, the U.S. government will pay for a large study measuring whether overdoses can be prevented by so-called safe injection sites, places where people can use heroin...

Esta foto facilitada por la Red Sanitaria de la Universidad de Vermont, la enfermera Jordan Bushy, a la derecha, y una estudiante de enfermería atienden a recién nacidos en el Hospital Infantil de la Universidad de Vermont, en Burlington, Vermont, el viernes 28 de abril de 2023. (Ryan Mercer/Red Sanitaria de la Universidad de Vermont vía AP)

s de opioides ayudan a sus recien nacidos: Estudio

May 1, 2023 at 4:57 a.m.

Los bebés nacidos de s de opioides tuvieron estancias más cortas en hospitales y necesitaron menos medicación cuando su cuidado incluyó en forma activa la participación de los padres, el...

In a photo provided by the University of Vermont Health Network, licensed nursing assistant Jordan Bushy, right, and a student nurse care for newborns at the University of Vermont Children’s Hospital in Burlington, Vt., Friday, April 28, 2023. Research led by Dr. Leslie Young of the children’s hospital has found that babies born to opioid s had shorter hospital stays and needed less medication when their care emphasized parent involvement, skin-to-skin and a quiet environment. (Ryan Mercer/University of Vermont Health Network via AP)

Quiet and parents’ touch help opioid s’ newborns: study

April 30, 2023 at 7:33 p.m.

Babies born to opioid s had shorter hospital stays and needed less medication when their care emphasized parent involvement, skin-to-skin and a quiet environment, researchers reported Sunday.Newborns were ready...

Esta fotografía de diciembre de 1993, tomada con un microscopio electrónico y facilitada por el Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de Estados Unidos muestra un neuroblastoma típico con formación de rosetas. (Dr. Maria Tsokos/Instituto Nacional del Cáncer de EE.UU. vía AP)

Novedosa terapia muestra eficacia contra cancer en ninos

April 6, 2023 at 1:16 a.m.

Un novedoso tratamiento con células inmunitarias supercargadas parece funcionar contra los tumores en niños con cierto tipo de cáncer, reportaron investigadores el miércoles.Nueve de 27 niños en un estudio italiano...

This December 1993 microscope photo provided by the National Cancer Institute shows a typical neuroblastoma with rosette formation. In a study published Wednesday, April 5, 2023, in the New England Journal of Medicine, a novel treatment, CAR-T cell therapy, using supercharged immune cells, appears to work against tumors in children with the rare kind of cancer. (Dr. Maria Tsokos/National Cancer Institute via AP)

Novel treatment shows promise against rare cancer in kids

April 5, 2023 at 9:03 p.m.

A novel treatment using supercharged immune cells appears to work against tumors in children with a rare kind of cancer, researchers reported Wednesday.Nine of 27 children in the Italian study...

FILE - In this image from video, Dr. Bill Smock, a Louisville physician in forensic medicine, testifies in the trial of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin, charged in the 2020 death of George Floyd, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis, Minn., on Thursday, April 8, 2021. Smock testified that he believes excited delirium is real. But he said Floyd met none of the 10 criteria developed by the American College of Emergency Physicians. In a statement posted on the National Association of Medical Examiners’ site on March 23, 2023, the leading group of medical experts says the term “excited delirium”should not be listed as a cause of death. Critics have said the term has been used to justify excessive force by police. (Court TV via AP, Pool)

Medical examiners group steps away from ‘excited delirium’

April 3, 2023 at 10:27 p.m.

A leading group of medical experts says the term “excited delirium” should not be listed as a cause of death. Critics have said the term has been used to justify...

FILE - This July 23, 2018 file photo shows packets of buprenorphine, a drug used to control heroin and opioid cravings, in Greenfield, Mass. Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment, but a study published Wednesday, March 22, 2023, by JAMA Psychiatry suggests doctors may be missing some cheaters. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)

Doctors may miss how addiction patients cheat drug tests

March 22, 2023 at 8:41 p.m.

Doctors often use urine tests to make sure patients taking medication for opioid addiction are sticking with treatment. A new study suggests they may be missing some cheaters.Nearly 8% of...

ARCHIVO - Tránsito extremadamente ligero avanza a lo largo de la vía rápida 110 Harbor a media tarde del 20 de marzo de 2020, en dirección del centro de Los Ángeles. (AP Foto/Mark J. Terrill, archivo)

La pandemia 3 anos despues: gano el COVID-19?

March 18, 2023 at 1:42 p.m.

Al cumplirse el tercer aniversario de la pandemia de COVID-19, el coronavirus se sigue propagando y el número de muertos se acerca a 7 millones en todo el mundo. No...

La pandemia 3 anos despues: gano el COVID-19?

March 18, 2023 at 1:48 a.m.

Al cumplirse el tercer aniversario de la pandemia de COVID-19, el coronavirus se sigue propagando y el número de muertos se acerca a 7 millones en todo el mundo. No...

ARCHIVO - Esta imagen tomada con microscopio y facilitada por los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de las Enfermedades muestra cambios en las células, en un indicio de adenocarcinoma en una próstata. (Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr./CDC vía AP)

Estudio: Tratamiento para cancer de prostata puede esperar

March 12, 2023 at 1:47 a.m.

Los investigadores han encontrado pruebas a largo plazo de que el monitoreo activo del cáncer de próstata localizado es una alternativa segura a la cirugía o radioterapia inmediatas.Las conclusiones, dadas...

FILE - This 1974 microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows changes in cells indicative of adenocarcinoma of the prostate. A study published by the New England Journal of Medicine on Saturday, March 11, 2023, finds long-term evidence that actively monitoring prostate cancer can be a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation. (Dr. Edwin P. Ewing, Jr./CDC via AP)

Prostate cancer treatment can wait for most men, study finds

March 11, 2023 at 11:01 p.m.

Researchers have found long-term evidence that actively monitoring localized prostate cancer is a safe alternative to immediate surgery or radiation. The results, released Saturday, are encouraging for men who want...

FILE - A person is taken on a stretcher into the United Memorial Medical Center after going through testing for COVID-19 Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Houston. On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won?

March 10, 2023 at 3:11 p.m.

On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives,...

Un grupo de pasajeros, con mascarillas para protegerse del coronavirus, en el aeropuerto de Beijing el 13 de diciembre de 2022. . (Foto AP/Ng Han Guan)

EEUU exigira prueba COVID para los que vengan de China

December 28, 2022 at 10:27 p.m.

Estados Unidos empezará a exigir pruebas de COVID-19 para todas las personas provenientes de China, uniéndose a otros en imponer ese tipo de restricción debido al repunte de la enfermedad...

FILE - engers wearing masks walk through the Capital airport terminal in Beijing on Dec. 13, 2022. On Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, the U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements for all travelers from China, ing other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

US will require COVID-19 testing for travelers from China

December 29, 2022 at 2:06 p.m.

The U.S. announced new COVID-19 testing requirements Wednesday for all travelers from China, ing other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge of infections.The increase in cases across China follows...

Tina Sandri, directora general de la casa para ancianos Forest Hills de DC, hace una prueba de coronavirus, el jueves 8 de diciembre de 2022, en Washington. (AP Foto/Nathan Howard)

EEUU: Aumentan hospitalizaciones por COVID-19

December 11, 2022 at 9:18 p.m.

Las hospitalizaciones relacionadas con el coronavirus están volviendo a subir en Estados Unidos, donde las personas de edad avanzada representan una proporción cada vez mayor de las muertes y menos...

Tina Sandri, CEO of Forest Hills of DC senior living facility, es a COVID-19 informational sign while walking to her office on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2022, in Washington. Coronavirus-related hospital issions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard)

Hospitalizations signal rising COVID-19 risk for US seniors

December 11, 2022 at 5:26 p.m.

Coronavirus-related hospital issions are climbing again in the United States, with older adults a growing share of U.S. deaths and less than half of nursing home residents up to date...

FILE - A technician displays images of a mammogram scan on a computer screen at a hospital in Odessa, Texas, on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. A study discussed Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium finds many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed. (Eli Hartman|Odessa American via AP, File)

More breast cancer patients can choose smaller surgery

December 9, 2022 at 3:02 p.m.

Many women with two or three breast tumors can get by with lumpectomy surgery instead of having their whole breast removed, a new study suggests.In recent years, more patients with...

This Aug. 9 2018 photo provided by Amy Bianchi of Albany, N.Y. shows her with her newborn son, Brayden, with his father, Christopher, and sister, Mia, at Bellevue Woman’s Center in Niskayuna, N.Y. (Courtesy Amy Bianchi via AP)

Pausing breast cancer treatment for pregnancy appears safe

December 8, 2022 at 3:49 p.m.

Young women diagnosed with breast cancer often must delay pregnancy for years while they take hormone-blocking pills.A reassuring new study finds they can take a two-year break from these drugs...

Manifestantes sostienen papeles en blanco y gritan consignas durante una protesta, el domingo 27 de noviembre de 2022, en Beijing. (AP Foto/Ng Han Guan)

AP EXPLICA: Protocolos de China contra COVID-19

November 28, 2022 at 10:33 p.m.

La estrategia de China de controlar la propagación del coronavirus mediante confinamientos, pruebas diagnósticas en masa y cuarentenas ha desatado la mayor demostración de descontento público hacia el Partido Comunista...

Protesters hold up blank papers and chant slogans as they march in protest in Beijing, Sunday, Nov. 27, 2022. Protesters angered by strict anti-virus measures called for China's powerful leader to resign, an unprecedented rebuke as authorities in at least eight cities struggled to suppress demonstrations Sunday that represent a rare direct challenge to the ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

China’s ‘zero-COVID’ limits saved lives but no clear exit

November 28, 2022 at 10:03 p.m.

China's strategy of controlling the coronavirus with lockdowns, mass testing and quarantines has provoked the greatest show of public dissent against the ruling Communist Party in decades.Most protesters on the...

This 2014 photo made available by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a feeding female Anopheles funestus mosquito. The species is a known vector for malaria. The parasitic disease killed more than 620,000 people in 2020 and caused 241 million cases, mainly in children under 5 in Africa. (James Gathany/CDC via AP)

Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria

November 1, 2022 at 12:15 a.m.

Research in Africa found a one-time dose of an experimental drug protected adults against malaria for at least six months, the latest approach in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease.Malaria...

This 1981 photo provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows an electron micrograph of Respiratory Syncytial Virus, also known as RSV. Children's hospitals in parts of the country are seeing a distressing surge in RSV, a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies. Cases fell dramatically two years ago as the pandemic shut down schools, day cares and businesses. Then, with restrictions easing, the summer of 2021 brought an alarming increase in what is normally a fall and winter virus. (CDC via AP)

What’s behind worrying RSV surge in US children’s hospitals?

October 24, 2022 at 9:13 p.m.

Children's hospitals in parts of the U.S. are seeing a surge in a common respiratory illness that can cause severe breathing problems for babies. RSV cases fell dramatically two years...

FILE - An embryologist uses a microscope to examine an embryo, visible on a monitor, center, at a clinic in New York on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2013. Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, according to a study of U.S. births, released on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022. Researchers found a gap in deaths of infants born to Black women who used fertility treatment compared to white women, a gap much wider than seen in babies born without fertility treatment. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Race gap seen in US infant deaths after fertility treatment

October 19, 2022 at 2:41 p.m.

Black-white disparities exist in fertility medicine, reflected in life-and-death outcomes for babies, according to a large study of U.S. births. The study, published Wednesday in the journal Pediatrics, is the...

FILE - Booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are displayed during a vaccine clinic in Townshend, Vt., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as public health experts bemoaned President Joe Biden’s recent remark that “the pandemic is over.” (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP)

4.4M Americans roll up sleeves for omicron-targeted boosters

September 23, 2022 at 12:41 a.m.

U.S. health officials say 4.4 million Americans have rolled up their sleeves for the updated COVID-19 booster shot. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted the count Thursday as...

El presidente Joe Biden antes de abordar el avión presidencial en la Base Aérea Andrews, en Maryland, el 12 de septiembre de 2022. (AP Foto/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

Biden anunciara ambicioso plan de lucha contra el cancer

September 12, 2022 at 3:36 p.m.

WASHINGTON — En un intento por emular el discurso donde John F. Kennedy prometió llevar a un hombre a la Luna, el presidente Joe Biden se dispone el lunes a anunciar un...

President Joe Biden speaks on the cancer moonshot initiative at the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum, Monday, Sept. 12, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden hopes ending cancer can be a ‘national purpose’ for US

September 12, 2022 at 1:16 p.m.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday urged Americans to come together for a new “national purpose" — his istration's effort to end cancer "as we know it."At the John F. Kennedy...

Harold Lewis, a recovering drug , looks at a pair of sunglasses he won by picking paper slips with prizes written on them out of a fishbowl, Monday, July 18, 2022 at Liberation Programs in Bridgeport, Conn. “Recovery is just not all balled-up fists and clutched teeth, you know what I mean

Candy, cash, gifts: How rewards help recovery from addiction

September 7, 2022 at 5:41 a.m.

Harold Lewis has been fighting drug addiction for years, but only recently started thinking recovery could be fun. The 59-year-old former cook earned small prizes — candy, gum, gift cards,...

Esta imagen muestra una taza de té negro con una cuchara y hojas de té, el lunes 29 de agosto de 2022, en Londres. (AP Foto/Alastair Grant)

Estudio: Bebedores de te disfrutan de posibles beneficios

August 30, 2022 at 1:12 a.m.

Tomar una taza de té se acaba de volver todavía más relajante.El té puede ser parte de una dieta saludable y las personas que lo beben incluso podrían tener un...

This photo shows a cup of black tea with a spoon and tea leaves pictured in London, Monday, Aug. 29, 2022. According to a large study of British tea drinkers published Monday in Annals of Internal Medicine, scientists found two or more cups daily was tied with a modest benefit: a 9% to 13% lower risk of death from any cause. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Tea drinkers enjoy possible health benefits, study suggests

August 30, 2022 at 3:23 p.m.

A cup of tea just got a bit more relaxing. Tea can be part of a healthy diet and people who drink tea may even be a little more likely...

ARCHIVO - Un enfermero istra una vacuna de viruela símica en una clínica en el North Jersey Community Research Initiative en Newark, Nueva Jersey, el 16 de agosto del 2022. (AP Foto/Seth Wenig)

EEUU: Disparidad racial en vacunacion contra viruela simica

August 26, 2022 at 9:24 p.m.

El gobierno estadounidense dijo el viernes que hay suficientes dosis de la vacuna contra la viruela símica en estos momentos, pero funcionarios de salud señalan que las inyecciones no están...

FILE - A ed nurse prepares a dose of a monkeypox vaccine at the Salt Lake County Health Department in Salt Lake City on July 28, 2022. The Biden istration said Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, that it has shipped enough monkeypox vaccine to deliver the first of two doses to all of the 1.6 million people identified to be at highest risk of infection from the virus. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

US data reveals racial gaps in monkeypox vaccinations

August 26, 2022 at 7:55 p.m.

The Biden istration said Friday there's enough monkeypox vaccine available now but health officials say the shots aren’t getting to some of the people who need the protection the most.About...

Mary Beth Orr posa para una fotografía en su casa en Burien, en Seattle, Washington, el 23 de agosto del 2022. Orr solía tomarse de cinco a seis tragos todas las noches y más los fines de semana, antes de participar en un estudio en 2018 para ver si la psilocibina, el compuesto principal en los hongos psicodélicos, ayuda a los alcohólicos a reducir o eliminar el hábito. (AP Foto/Ted S. Warren)

Estudian si la psilocibina puede ayudar con el alcoholismo

August 25, 2022 at 12:27 a.m.

Un compuesto de los hongos psicodélicos ayudó a bebedores a reducir o dejar el hábito, en la prueba más rigurosa del uso de psilocibina para el alcoholismo.Se necesitan más estudios...

Mary Beth Orr poses for a photo in her home, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022 in Burien, Wash., south of Seattle. Orr used to have five or six drinks every evening and more on weekends before she enrolled in a study in 2018 to see if the compound in psychedelic mushrooms could help heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely. She stopped drinking entirely for two years, and now has an occasional glass of wine, and credits psilocybin for her progress. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

‘Magic mushroom’ psychedelic may help heavy drinkers quit

August 24, 2022 at 9:29 p.m.

The compound in psychedelic mushrooms helped heavy drinkers cut back or quit entirely in the most rigorous test of psilocybin for alcoholism.More research is needed to see if the effect...

President Joe Biden speaks about "The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Deal on Capitol Hill could ease seniors’ health costs

July 28, 2022 at 10:22 p.m.

A deal on Capitol Hill that could cut prescription drug costs for millions of Medicare beneficiaries was cautiously cheered by older Americans and their advocates Thursday even as many worried...

President Joe Biden speaks to of the media after exiting Air Force One, Wednesday, July 20, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is returning from a trip to Somerset, Mass., where he spoke about climate change. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

EXPLAINER: What’s known about Biden catching COVID-19?

July 21, 2022 at 7:57 p.m.

President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday, is experiencing mild symptoms and has begun taking Paxlovid, an antiviral pill treatment. A look at what we know about the...

Nick Barragan wears a mask while running errands in Los Angeles on Wednesday, July 13, 2022. Los Angeles County is facing a return to a broad indoor mask requirement if current trends in hospital issions continue, health officials said. Barragan said he's disappointed that the fast spread of COVID-19 could mean the return of a mandate, but he's used to wearing a mask because it's always been required for his job in film production. (AP Photo/Christopher Weber)

With COVID surging, Los Angeles may soon require masks

July 14, 2022 at 10:38 p.m.

LOS ANGELES — Nick Barragan is used to wearing a mask because his job in the Hollywood film industry has long required it. So he won't be fazed if the county that's...

Viajeros hacen largas filas en un punto de revisión, el martes 5 de julio de 2022, en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Denver. (AP Foto/David Zalubowski)

Expertos: Respuesta de Estados Unidos a nueva ola de COVID fue tardia

July 14, 2022 at 1:13 a.m.

Ante el incremento de las hospitalizaciones y decesos debido a las nuevas variantes de ómicron en las últimas semanas, los estados y las ciudades de Estados Unidos están replanteando sus...

FILE - Travelers wait in long lines at a security checkpoint in Denver International Airport Tuesday, July 5, 2022, in Denver. The Fourth of July holiday weekend jammed U.S. airports with the biggest crowds since the pandemic began in 2020. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge

July 13, 2022 at 9:16 p.m.

With new omicron variants again driving COVID-19 hospital issions and deaths higher in recent weeks, states and cities are rethinking their responses and the White House is stepping up efforts...

FILE - This March 7, 2017 file photo shows a 35-mg liquid dose of methadone at a clinic in Rossville, Ga. As the coronavirus pandemic shut down the nation in March of 2020, the U.S. government told methadone clinics they could allow stable patients with opioid addiction to take their medicine at home unsupervised. Released on Wednesday, July 13, 2022, a study on fatal overdoses from January 2019 to August 2021 suggests that easing access to methadone was safe. It did not lead to more deaths involving the treatment drug. (AP Photo/Kevin D. Liles, File)

Relaxed methadone rules appear safe, researchers find

July 13, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.

As the coronavirus pandemic shut down the nation in March of 2020, the U.S. government told methadone clinics they could allow stable patients with opioid addiction to take their medicine...

Slow pace for youngest kids getting COVID vaccine doses

July 7, 2022 at 10:00 p.m.

WASHINGTON — Nearly 300,000 children under 5 have received COVID-19 shots in the two weeks since they became available, a slower pace than for older groups. But the White House says that...

ARCHIVO - Un velero de la St. Joseph Junior Foundation Summer Sailling School pasa junto a personas pescando en el río St. Joseph en Michigan el 15 de junio del 2022. El cambiante coronavirus ha arrancado el verano en Estados Unidos con muchas infecciones, pero relativamente pocas muertes en comparación con encarnaciones previas. El COVID-19 sigue matando a centenares de estadounidenses cada día, pero no es tan peligroso como lo fue el otoño y el invierno pasados. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium vía AP)

Muchas infecciones en EUA por COVID-19, pero pocas muertes

July 2, 2022 at 5:46 p.m.

El verano comenzó en Estados Unidos con muchas infecciones por el cambiante coronavirus, pero relativamente pocas muertes en comparación con sus encarnaciones previas. El COVID-19 sigue matando a centenares de...

FILE - A sailor with the St. Joseph Junior Foundation Summer Sailling School cruises past fishermen along the St. Joseph River in St. Joseph, Mich., Wednesday, June 15, 2022. The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations. COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each day, but for many people the virus is not nearly as dangerous as it was. (Don Campbell/The Herald-Palladium via AP)

For now, wary US treads water with transformed COVID-19

July 2, 2022 at 12:49 p.m.

The fast-changing coronavirus has kicked off summer in the U.S. with lots of infections but relatively few deaths compared to its prior incarnations.COVID-19 is still killing hundreds of Americans each...

ARCHIVO - En esta foto de marzo de 2021 proporcionada por Pfizer, los viales de la vacuna contra el COVID-19 de Pfizer-BioNTech se preparan para su empaquetado en las instalaciones de la empresa en Puurs, Bélgica. (Pfizer vía AP)

Estudio: Vacunas contra COVID salvaron 20 millones de vidas

June 24, 2022 at 2:58 a.m.

Casi 20 millones de vidas se salvaron gracias a las vacunas contra el COVID-19 durante su primer año de aplicación, pero pudieron haberse evitado más muertes si se hubieran alcanzado...

FILE - In this March 2021 photo provided by Pfizer, vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for packaging at the company's facility in Puurs, Belgium. According to a study published Thursday. June 23, 2022 in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if global targets had been reached. (Pfizer via AP)

COVID vaccines saved 20M lives in 1st year, scientists say

June 23, 2022 at 10:30 p.m.

Nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if international targets for the shots had been reached,...

ARCHIVO - El doctor Anthony Fauci durante una audiencia en el Capitolio, en Washington, el martes 17 de mayo de 2022. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo vía AP, Archivo)

EEUU: Fauci da positivo a coronavirus; tiene sintomas leves

June 15, 2022 at 9:10 p.m.

El doctor Anthony Fauci, el rostro de la respuesta a la pandemia en Estados Unidos durante dos istraciones de la Casa Blanca, ha dado positivo en una prueba diagnóstica de...

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 17, 2022. Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two booster shots, tested positive for COVID-19, and was experiencing mild coronavirus symptoms, according to a Wednesday, June 15, 2022, press release posted by the NIH. (Shawn Thew/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Fauci tests positive for virus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms

June 15, 2022 at 7:25 p.m.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the face of America's pandemic response through two White House istrations, has tested positive for the coronavirus.The 81-year-old Fauci, who is fully vaccinated and has received two...

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