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FILE - This scanning electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows rod-shaped Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using the over-the-counter eye drops, EzriCare Artificial Tears, that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday night, Feb. 1, 2023, sent a health alert to physicians, saying the outbreak includes at least 55 people in 12 states. One died.

Eye drops linked to U.S. drug-resistant bacteria outbreak

February 2, 2023, 2:10pm Health

U.S. health officials are advising people to stop using over-the-counter eye drops that have been linked to an outbreak of drug-resistant infections. Read story

A woman carries her son, who has cholera, at Bwaila Hospital in Lilongwe central Malawi, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. Malawi's health minister says the country's worst cholera outbreak in two decades has killed 750 people so far. The southern African country of 20 million people first reported the outbreak in March last year.

African countries lack ‘immediate access’ to cholera vaccine

February 2, 2023, 7:40am Health

Africa’s public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent have no “immediate access” to vaccines amid a global supply shortage. Read story

CDC urges people to stop using eye drops brand that infected Washington resident

February 2, 2023, 7:35am Health Free

Health officials are urging people to stop using EzriCare Artificial Tears after a Washington resident got infected by the eyedrops. Read story

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is displayed outside their offices in Silver Spring, Md., on Dec. 10, 2020. The head of the Food and Drug Administration has announced, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023, an overhaul of the agency's food safety and nutrition division. FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf is vowing to better protect consumers and the U.S.

FDA revamping foods program to move past ‘constant turmoil’

January 31, 2023, 8:41am Health

The head of the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday announced an overhaul of the agency’s food safety and nutrition division, vowing that a new structure will better protect consumers and the U.S. food supply. Read story

Color-coded emergencies can confuse health workers

January 31, 2023, 6:05am Health

Anyone who has ever seen a medical show knows what a “code blue” is. Read story

Here’s why many get the winter blues

January 31, 2023, 6:03am Health

For many of us, the start to the new year offers a clean slate from our grueling end-of-year holiday schedules, providing us with an opportunity to reset and create resolutions. Read story

Many different berries in the form of a frame on a white background.

7 fruits experts say you should eat each week for better health

January 31, 2023, 6:02am Health

An apple a day might keep the doctor away, but experts say you need more kinds of fruit than that to maintain good health. Read story

Jessie Blanchard's jeep bumper holds a sticker with the slogan "Yes We Narcan" on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023, in Albany, Ga. Naloxone, available as a nasal spray and in an injectable form, is a key tool in the battle against a nationwide overdose crisis linked to the deaths of more than 100,000 people annually in the U.S.

Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

January 31, 2023, 6:02am Health

Jessie Blanchard started small nearly five years ago, just trying to get enough of the rescue drug naloxone that reverses opioid overdoses to keep her daughter from dying from an overdose. Read story

Washington health, LGBTQ orgs praise plan to allow more gay men to donate blood

January 30, 2023, 7:42am Health

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday its plans to ease restrictions on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, overturning a decades-long rule that LGBTQ organizations, Seattle blood banks and local public health leaders say they’re thrilled to see lifted. Read story

Students select lunch items at Garfield High School on Sept. 23, 2022, in Los Angeles.

How school lunch is made. It’s more complicated than you think

January 30, 2023, 6:00am Food

At precisely 11:35 a.m. on a recent Friday, hundreds of kids with backpacks slung over their shoulders file through the blue and red doors of the Garfield High School lunchroom in East Los Angeles. Many carry books, folders and brightly colored notebooks. Some chat enthusiastically as they dig their hands… Read story