Tuberculosis infected 8 million people last year, the most WHO has ever tracked

LONDON — More than 8 million people were diagnosed with tuberculosis last year, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, the highest number recorded since the U.N. health agency began keeping track. About... Read more »

Florida Medical Device Maker Exactech Declares Bankruptcy

Fred Schulte, KFF Health News Exactech, a Florida device manufacturer that faces more than 2,000 state and federal lawsuits from patients who allege the company sold defective hip and knee implants, filed... Read more »

California Mental Health Agency Director To Resign Following Conflict of Interest Allegations

California’s mental health commission on Thursday announced its executive director would resign amid revelations that he traveled to the U.K. courtesy of a state vendor while he sought to prevent a budget... Read more »

Dynacare baby powder expands recall due to asbestos concerns on additional products

A recall involving Dynacare baby powder potentially tainted with asbestos has been expanded to include additional cases of the product shipped to 35 states and sold online on Amazon, according to a... Read more »

Colorado teen fights kidney failure after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounders

A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected.... Read more »

Florida Medical Device Maker Exactech Declares Bankruptcy

Fred Schulte, KFF Health News Exactech, a Florida device manufacturer that faces more than 2,000 state and federal lawsuits from patients who allege the company sold defective hip and knee implants, filed... Read more »

California Mental Health Agency Director To Resign Following Conflict of Interest Allegations

California’s mental health commission on Thursday announced its executive director would resign amid revelations that he traveled to the U.K. courtesy of a state vendor while he sought to prevent a budget... Read more »

Tips on how to maximize your annual wellness checkup

Tips on how to maximize your annual wellness checkup – CBS News Watch CBS News As the year wraps up, it might be a good time to book that doctor’s visit before... Read more »

Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills 2 police officers

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, triggering a shootout that left two police officers dead, local authorities said. Three... Read more »

Long-Term Care Facilities Must Provide Addiction Care, Advocates Say

When you think about the opioid crisis, the image of adults in their 20s, 30s, even sometimes those who are middle-aged, may come to mind. Rightly so, since most overdose deaths occur in people... Read more »
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