Most of states and U.S. territories do not have good policies or protocols in place for getting women with high-risk pregnancies or at-risk newborns to specialized care centers and then back to their local hospitals for follow-up.
The FDA has approved the drug Keytruda for patients with the most common form of lung cancer. Keytruda is already approved for use against advanced melanoma.
Heroin overdose has been one predicament the country is facing in recent years. In Chicago, 74 people overdosed on heroin in just 72 hours and officials are tracing the probable source of the dangerous drugs.
A new study says, however, that young children given inhaled asthma medication or steroids before the age of two may end up shorter than their peers in later life.
A new study says that taking in supplements and drinking milk might not actually promote stronger bones. In fact, risk for fractures and brittle bones do not improve even when they take calcium supplements in seniors.
Thesoftware hack that allowed Volkswagen engines to dodge emitssions tests may have spewed enought pollution to have killed up to 20 people a year annually in the United States.
