(Photo | Fotolia.com) Louisiana diagnosed 989 people with HIV last year, its lowest number of new HIV cases in at least a decade in a state with a heavy number of infections within the African American community. Although Louisiana ranked in the top 10 states to register the highest number of new HIV cases in… Read More: Louisiana experiences major drop in new HIV cases, its lowest… »
Measles continues to spread in the United States, federal health officials said on Monday, surpassing 700 cases this year as health officials around the country sought aggressive action to stem the worst outbreak in decades. In New York, an epicenter of the outbreak, city officials closed two more schools for Orthodox Jewish children for failing… Read More: Global Health: Measles Cases Surpass 700 as Outbreak Continues Unabated »
FRIDAY, Jan. 11, 2019 (HealthDay News) — The flu season is picking up steam, with about 7 million Americans having been struck by a strain of the flu virus, health officials said Friday. Almost half of those folks went to a doctor, while between 69,000 and 84,000 people have been hospitalized for flu-related illness, the… Read More: U.S. Flu Cases Hit 7 Million Mark: CDC »
By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Oct. 18, 2018 (HealthDay News) — Giving antiviral medications to gay men without HIV led to a 25 percent reduction in new infections of the AIDS-causing virus, a new study shows. Researchers followed 3,700 gay men who were given what’s known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) under a program in… Read More: Protective Use of Antivirals Cuts New HIV Cases »