May 2021

Lindy Thackston’s symptoms set in around Jan. 2020, with severe stomach cramps, lower back pressure and later, blood in her stool. As an early morning news anchor and mother of a toddler, the fatigue was less noticeable. Thackston was just shy of 40 and overall healthy. CT scans showed signs of inflammation and doctors suspected…

Health officials expect to have more data surrounding infectious-disease infectious-disease and younger children by late fall, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday. Walensky, who was testifying before a Senate subcommittee on the agency’s budget request said de-escalation studies involving children down to 9 are ongoing, and will involve…

Screening and the HPV vaccine have led to drops in cancer” target=”_blank”>cervical cancers< Results were released Wednesday by the American Society of Clinical Oncology ahead of presentation at its annual meeting next month. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is the nation’s most common sexually spread infection. Most HPV infections cause no symptoms and go away without…