The woman, who asked to remain unidentified, delivered by cesarean section Tuesday at Hackensack University Medical Center. She is visiting from Honduras.
Public health experts claim that the virus has seen a dramatic increase in spite of efforts made to diminish the number of individuals affected.
On Thursday, CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden made the following statement about the current Ebola outbreak: In the 30 years I’ve been working in public health, the…
Dr. Seema Yasmin spoke with Roland Martin and the “NewsOne Now” Straight Talk panel (Joia Jefferson Nuri, Paris Dennard and Kim Keenan) about the first Ebola case…
There have already been numerous studies that show that there are many different health benefits of marriage for men. However, according to health officials, while…
The man hospitalized in Indiana with the first U.S. case of a potentially fatal respiratory virus called Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, is improving…
Despite the high level of success with vaccines designed to prevent it, measles — a highly contagious disease — is seeing a recurrence in the…
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even though the pregnancy rate for teens between 15 and 17 seems to be declining,…
The number of calls to poison control centers for nicotine poisoning from e-cigarettes has risen dramatically in recent years, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. Calls…
Dr. Sherri Stewart, lead health scientist for the Center for Disease Control (CDC), tells “The James Fortune Show” it’s important for cancer survivors to share…
All women are at risk for gynecologic cancers no matter your age or race. Dr. Sherri Stewart, senior scientist for the CDC, joins “The James…
A new video from the CDC-TV was recently released to help Americans learn if they are at risk for type-2 diabetes. The Health Matters series,…