Articles by Jacqueline Howard
Scientists are getting a step closer to understanding exactly how autism develops in the brain and what might work to treat it.
Using artificial intelligence and data on tiny brains grown in the labοΏ½...
Two people in Michigan have died in connection with the outbreak of cyclosporiasis, health officials reported Monday.
These are the first known deaths related to the multi-state outbreak of explosivοΏ½...
Dr. Ellen Foxman still remembers her young son struggling to breathe as he battled an asthma attack that tightened his small airways. For any parent, its a frightening moment one that has stayed lockοΏ½...
The US Department of Homeland Security says a person in detention at an Arizona Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility has measles, a highly contagious virus that can cause high fevers and a diοΏ½...
Jenna Scott remembers the joy of being pregnant with her first and only child. She also remembers the immense abdominal pain.
During her pregnancy, she let her doctors know about the persistent discοΏ½...
When the flu strikes, it can feel relentless: rising fever, hacking cough, stuffy nose and sore throat. For many people, relief can come in the form of Tamiflu, a prescription antiviral medication usοΏ½...
As millions of Americans hit the road or take to the skies for the holidays, another seasonal traveler is picking up speed: influenza.
Flu activity is already rising across the country. In the week οΏ½...
Many medical organizations and frontline health care providers are grappling with a challenge they havent had to face in many years: how to protect newborns against hepatitis B.
Last week, a federalοΏ½...
The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia.
Shingles, caused by thοΏ½...
