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Managing pain in older adults can be accomplished safely with a plan that balances risk and benefit, including drug- and non-drug-based treatments, according to a commentary published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings....Read More

Health officials in Santa Clara County, Calif., announced Friday that a second person has tested positive for COVID-19 without having prior travel or contact with someone who has the disease....Read More

There were 3 million new cases of influenza across the country during the week ending February 22. The percentage of lab specimens testing positive for influenza, however, dropped to 26.4 percent, the CDC said....Read More

WHO officials have raised their risk assessment for spread and impact of COVID-19 from “high” to “very high,” but still declined to declare the outbreak a pandemic despite its impact on an increasing number of nations....Read More

A new analysis in JAMA Network Open found that the Affordable Care Act — Obamacare — has reduced the risk for “catastrophic health expenditures” among U.S. adults who experienced “traumatic injuries” by 30 percent....Read More

Health and Human Services workers interacted with Americans evacuated from the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in China without proper training for infection control, according to a whistle-blower complaint....Read More

City and state health departments have asked hundreds of Americans to self-quarantine to protect against community spread of the novel coronavirus, as fears of the potential pandemic reaching the U.S. continue to grow....Read More

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a food safety alert following a multi-state outbreak of E. coli infections linked to clover sprouts sold by the fast-food sandwich chain Jimmy John’s....Read More

It’s going to be a long and severe allergy season for the eastern U.S., with above-normal rainfall and near-average temperatures driving tree, weed and grass pollen production....Read More

In separate budget hearings before two congressional committees, Azar told members of Congress that the spread of the novel coronavirus is contained at the moment — comments that seem to contradict the CDC....Read More