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AI Outperforms Urgent Care Docs, Study Says
TUESDAY, April 8, 2025 – Cough? Sore throat? UTI? Eye infection? Artificial intelligence (AI) might one day be seeing you for these sorts of conditions, a new study says. AI programs appear to...
Two Louisiana Infants Die of Whooping Cough Amid Drop in Vaccinations
THURSDAY, April 3, 2025 – Health experts are warning that whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is making a dangerous comeback. Cases are rising across the country, and Louisiana recently...
Wildfire Smoke Is Choking America's Cities -- Is Yours on the List?
TUESDAY, Dec. 10, 2024 – Heavy smoke from wildfires more frequently chokes the skies over the Western United States, but cities farther to the east are no longer being spared, new research shows....
Transitioning to E-Cigarettes Aids Resolution of Respiratory Symptoms
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 – Transitioning from cigarettes to electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is associated with resolution of respiratory symptoms, but the rate of resolution is reduced among...
Wildfires Are Gaining Speed in Western U.S., Upping Threat to People
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 – Wildfires that spread so fast they outrun the efforts of fire crews trying to contain them: These types of conflagrations are becoming far more common across the Western...
How Wildfire Smoke Could Be Harming Surgical Patients
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – Wildfire smoke could interfere with the safety of surgeries, a new study warns. Inhaling the smoke could complicate the effects of anesthesia on surgical patients, and it...
Too Much Fun? Fireworks Displays Quickly Harm Air Quality
TUESDAY, Aug. 6, 2024 – Fireworks displays can cause worse air quality than wildfire smoke, a new study reveals. About 60,000 firework shells exploded over Manhattan’s East River as part of Macy’s Fo...
Wearing Face Mask Reduces Risk for Symptoms of Respiratory Infection
WEDNESDAY, July 31, 2024 – Wearing a surgical mask in public spaces is associated with a reduced risk for self-reported symptoms consistent with a respiratory infection, according to a study...
Athletes Can Expect High Ozone, Pollen Counts for Paris Olympics
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 – Bad news for Olympians headed to Paris – high levels of ozone pollution and grass pollen are likely during the upcoming games if hot, sunny weather prevails, researchers...
Wildfires Are Creating Hazardous Air Conditions in Western North America
FRIDAY, July 26, 2024 – Wildfires raging across the western parts of the United States and Canada are prompting air quality alerts and evacuation orders. Smoke and haze have filled the skies in...
Researchers Compare Race-Based, Race-Neutral Lung Function Equations
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – The use of race-based and race-neutral equations for lung-function testing generate similarly accurate predictions of respiratory outcomes, but differ in terms of disease...
FDA Medwatch Alert: FDA Advises Consumers Not to Use Rompe Pecho Cough Syrup
October 11, 2019 – FDA advises consumers not to use Rompe Pecho EX and Rompe Pecho CF cough syrups distributed by Efficient Laboratories, Inc., Miami, Florida, due to microbial contamination risks....
FDA Medwatch Alert: Prescription Opioid Cough and Cold Medicines: Drug Safety Communication - FDA Requires Labeling Changes
ISSUE: FDA is requiring safety labeling changes for prescription cough and cold medicines containing codeine or hydrocodone to limit the use of these products to adults 18 years and older because the...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Ninjacof and Ninjacof A: Recall - Potential Burkholderia Cepacia Contamination
ISSUE: Centurion Labs is voluntarily recalling 1 lot of Ninjacof (Lot# 200N1601) and 1 lot of Ninjacof A (Lot# 201NA1601) manufactured by Vilvet and distributed by Centurion Labs to the retail level...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Opioid Pain or Cough Medicines Combined With Benzodiazepines: Drug Safety Communication - FDA Requiring New Boxed Warnings About Serious Risks and Death
ISSUE: FDA review has found that the growing combined use of opioid medicines with benzodiazepines or other drugs that depress the central nervous system (CNS) has resulted in serious side effects,...
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