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With the US maternal death rate already the highest among affluent countries and still rising, a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests pregnant people experience high levels of mistreatment and discrimination during maternity care. The survey of 2,402 mothers from around the country found that one in five experienced some…

Maryland detected a locally acquired case of malaria, the first in over 40 years, health officials said. It comes after similar cases were reported earlier this summer in Florida and Texas. Health officials maintain there is an "extremely low" risk of locally contracting malaria in the US. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up!…

Enlarge / A vial containing Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at a vaccination center. Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine provided a "significant boost" in people's neutralizing antibody levels against the latest omicron SARS-CoV-2 subvariants circulating in the US, that is, EG.5 and FL.1.5.1, according to a press release from the company. The updated booster shot is expected…

Enlarge / A picture of containers taken from the illegal UMI lab in Reedley, California. The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use any at-home tests made by Universal Meditech, Inc. (UMI), the company behind an illegal medical lab hidden in a warehouse in the small city of Reedley, California. The lab…

Enlarge / An armadillo prepares to cross a gravel road as the space shuttle Endeavour rests on the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center before the scheduled launch of STS-130 in Cape Canaveral, Florida, February 4, 2010. A Florida man's unexplained case of leprosy last year adds to mounting evidence that the rare and often…

For a fourth consecutive summer, COVID-19 is on the rise, though this year's warm-weather wave appears milder than those in the emergency period of the pandemic. COVID-19 indicators of hospital admissions, emergency department visits, test positivity, and wastewater levels have all been increasing in the past month, with a peak not yet clearly in sight,…

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. For the second time, contaminated bone graft products from the medical company Aziyo Biologics Inc. are linked to a highly unusual and deadly outbreak of tuberculosis. This week, three new tuberculosis cases were identified, bringing the outbreak total to five, according to Politico. One person…

Local and federal authorities have shut down what seems to be an illegal medical lab hidden in a California warehouse that contained nearly 1,000 laboratory mice, hundreds of unknown chemicals, refrigerators and freezers, vials of biohazardous materials, including blood, incubators, and at least 20 infectious agents, including SARS-CoV-2, HIV, and a herpes virus. According to…

Enlarge / A vector ecologist displays a vial of live lone star ticks. A little over a decade ago, researchers discovered that bites from lone star ticks could cause some people to develop a food allergy to meat and meat products—an allergic condition called alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), which can vary from mild to life-threatening. The…

A new CDC study found that some people have taken to smoking both cigarettes and vapes. Vapes were previously pitched as a way to switch or quit smoking cigarettes.  People who smoke both risk more "exposure to toxins and worse respiratory outcomes," the CDC said. Loading Something is loading. Thanks for signing up! Access your…