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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...

Your Allergy Meds Come With Hazards: Be Aware

SATURDAY, May 18, 2024 – People with seasonal allergies often turn to over-the-counter and prescription medicines to relieve symptoms like coughing, sneezing, runny nose, congestion and itchy eyes,...

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...

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