Redmond, Ore. – The Oregon Medical Board will hold a hearing next week in the case of Dr. Rose Kenny, who says may have endangered patients’ health by prescribing high amounts of narcotics, antibiotics and testosterone when it wasn’t medically Read More
John Dietz(CORAL SPRINGS, Fla.) — A Florida teen who battled cancer has been granted her one wish. Lacey Dietz, 15, of Coral Springs, Florida, was introduced to her new best friend, Casper, a miniature American Eskimo dog, on Aug. 13. “She still had a couple Read More
iStock/ThinkstockBy DR. JENNIFER ASHTON, ABC News Senior Medical Contributor Summertime means late nights outside and often when bats are flying around. So what do you do if a bat flies past you and touches you? In the United States, most people get rabies from bats, not Read More
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — CVS has managed to turn the millions of single-serve coffee machines currently sitting on kitchen counters worldwide, into doctors. Sort of. The pharmacy giant has just begun selling K-Cups filled with cold and flu medicine. Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Alexandre Anderson accelerates his boat past a waterfall of sewage. The third-generation fisherman used to make his livelihood in this bay in Rio de Janeiro, where several Olympic watersports were held this week. “We are Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(MIAMI) — Two possible cases of Zika have been reported in Miami Beach, setting off alarm in one of the country’s biggest tourist destinations even as public officials stress that the location where the virus was actually transmitted has not Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — An “explosive” outbreak of yellow fever has left officials struggling access to enough of the vaccine to protect millions who may need it. With the shortage, some experts are concerned the virus could spread past Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — While the number of uninsured people in the United States appears to have declined since 2010, Hispanics remain at increased risk of going without health insurance compared with other racial and ethnic demographic groups, according to a Read More
Portland, Ore. – The American Red Cross Cascades Region (Oregon and Southwest Washington) is responding to the massive wildfires in California by deploying eight volunteers to help with relief efforts. Responders from Nehalem, Beaverton, Portland, Keizer, Gresham Read More
iStock/Thinkstock(KNOXVILLE, Tenn.) — A set of newborn triplets were the talk of their Tennessee hospital this year, after tipping the scales at a combined 19.6 pounds at birth. Jack, Stella and Luke Tipton arrived in that order, weighing 7 pounds, 4 ounces; 6 Read More
