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U.S. flu cases hit 7 million mark: CDC

(HealthDay)—The flu season is picking up steam, with about 7 million Americans having been infected with 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

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- FDA: Chocolates, candies may be contaminated with hepatitis A
  
  (HealthDay)—A public health alert about possible hepatitis A contamination in Modjeskas from Bauer’s Candies was announced Thursday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Consumers who
- Routine screening for pancreatic cancer not warranted, expert panel says
  
  (HealthDay)—There’s nothing to be gained by screening for pancreatic cancer in people with no signs or symptoms of the lethal tumor, according to an influential U.S.
- Coronavirus airborne: Is coronavirus in the air? |
  
  We know COVID-19 is mainly spread from person-to-person via close contact throughout droplets which contain the virus. It can spread through physical contact like handshaking and
- Pressure on food budgets linked to poor mental health for at least 100,000 Danish households
  
  Credit: CC0 Public Domain A major study at the University of Copenhagen reports that food quality is affected when people’s food budgets are constrained, as per
- Researchers prove a simple device can reduce rates of child diarrhea
  
  It kills a child under 5 every minute on average. Diarrheal disease, the second leading cause of death for children globally, could become even more difficult
- Vitamin D warning: Three signs you may have had too many vitamin D supplements |
  
  Vitamin D plays several roles in helping your body function properly. But are you having too much of the good stuff? What are the three warning
- Argentina lawmakers propose legalizing elective abortion – ABC News
  
  More than 70 Argentine lawmakers of several political parties presented a bill Tuesday to legalize elective abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
- New twist on old surgical technique helps repair patient's skull base
  
  A Rutgers-led team of surgeons developed a groundbreaking procedure based on a century-old plastic surgery technique, to save the life of a patient who suffered complications