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Health officials: Record number of tick bites reported in 2017

U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 cases is a 22 percent increase from the previous year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released the numbers Wednesday. Lyme disease accounted for nearly three-quarters of the illnesses. That’s about 43,000 cases. […]

14 people fall ill after carbon monoxide leak at Tennessee hotel

Officials say a carbon monoxide leak at a Tennessee hotel has sickened more than a dozen people. News outlets reported the Nashville Fire Department was called out to the downtown Westin hotel on Wednesday morning. The Nashville Fire Department tweeted that six of the 14 people sickened were transported to a hospital. The agency said […]

[Health alert] FDA is redefining “healthy” snacks

Pizza bagels, chewing gum and bottled water want to play a starring new role in our diets: Foods that can be called healthy. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is revamping its definition of healthy to reflect our changing understanding of nutrition science. The push is fueling debate about eating habits and what the new […]

Trump drops the hammer on “unfair” drug prices

Less than two weeks before the midterm elections, President Donald Trump has announced a plan to lower prices for some prescription drugs. The president explained it would stop unfair practices that force Americans to pay much more than people in other countries for the same medications. “We are taking aim at the global freeloading that […]

Man awakes from coma in time to witness birth of his son

A Minnesota man awoke from a medically-induced coma just in time for the birth of his son after his wife, at 39 weeks pregnant, saved him from cardiac arrest. Ashley Goette says she awoke Oct. 16 to hear her husband, Andrew Goette, gasping for air in their West St. Paul home. She called 911 and […]

A call to the wrong number saved a veteran who needed ride to hospital

A phone call to a wrong number in Nebraska delivered just what a man in pain needed: a ride to a hospital. Lisa Nagengast said a driver for a Jimmy John’s sandwich shop rescued her brother, Greg Holeman, on Saturday night after he called her just as she arrived at the Tampa, Florida, airport. She […]

6 dead, 12 sick after severe viral outbreak at rehab center

A severe viral outbreak at a New Jersey rehabilitation center for “medically fragile children” has left six youngsters dead and 12 others sick, the state Health Department said Tuesday. There have been 18 cases of adenovirus at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Haskell, about 30 miles (50 kilometers) northwest of New York, […]

Sandra Day O’Connor has dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s

Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor –the first woman on the Supreme Court — announced she has the beginning stages of dementia and “probably Alzheimer’s disease.” O’Connor made the announcement in a letter Tuesday, saying that her diagnosis was made “some time ago” and that as her condition has progressed she is “no longer […]

Rare paralyzing illness in children confirmed in 22 states

U.S. health officials on Tuesday reported a jump in cases of a rare paralyzing illness in children, and said it seems to be following an every-other-year pattern. At least 62 cases have been confirmed in 22 states this year, and at least 65 additional illnesses in those states are being investigated, according to the Centers […]

[Food safety] Ground beef recalled after 57 people fall ill

An Arizona company voluntarily recalled more than 6.5 million pounds (2.9 kilograms) of beef that could be contaminated with salmonella, federal officials announced Thursday. An investigation found the products, including ground beef and beef patties likely came from JBS Tolleson Inc., a meat packing plant west of Phoenix. The raw beef was packed between July […]