It’s been a year since a measles outbreak began in West Texas, and international health authorities say they plan to meet in April to determine if the U.S. has lost its measles-free designation. Experts fear the vaccine-preventable virus has regained a foothold and that the U.S. may soon ...
TOPEKA — Kansas’ top health agency is sticking with the longstanding childhood immunization schedule instead of implementing new guidelines released Jan. 5 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a state spokeswoman said. Although the Kansas Department of Health and ...
WASHINGTON — There is broad bipartisan support in the House and Senate for reviving federal health care subsidies that expired at the beginning of the year. But long-standing disagreements over abortion coverage are threatening to block any compromise and leave millions of Americans with ...
A new review of studies has found that taking Tylenol during pregnancy doesn’t increase the risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disabilities – adding to the growing body of research refuting claims made by the Trump administration. President Donald Trump last year promoted unproven ties ...
Mental health needs continue to increase within our communities and patient populations. The National Institutes of Health estimate that more than one in five adults in the U.S. live with a mental illness. Over the past year, LMH Health has implemented a care model new to the health system to ...
As flu cases have seen increases across the country this season, LMH Health officials say they’ve also seen an uptick in cases during what has been a more severe season than in recent years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates there have been at least 15 million flu ...