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By Brad Broker A physician who recently returned to New York City from a humanitarian trip in Guinea has tested positive for Ebola. The New ...

By Jimmy Golen, AP BOSTON (AP) — Colleges remain inconsistent in the way they handle athletes’ concussions, according to a Harvard University study that comes ...

By Alan Lyndon The MCAT is changing and pre-med should be aware of the new topics if they want to get in to medical school. ...

By Jordan Rau While Ebola stokes public anxiety, more than one in six hospitals — including some top medical centers — are having trouble stamping out ...

By Charles Settles The ICD-10 mandate may be delayed another year, but providers and EHR vendors shouldn’t view the reprieve as an opportunity to relax. ...

Patients using medicine to treat high blood pressure, asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) were likely to buy cigarettes while filling prescriptions at pharmacies, according ...

By Julie Watson ASSOCIATED PRESS When a Dallas County sheriff’s deputy who had entered the apartment of the first patient to die from Ebola in ...

By Brad Broker Concerned about the growing popularity and use of electronic cigarettes, physicians are calling on the entertainment industry to stop glamorizing and endorsing ...

By Phil Galewitz A new survey finds the public has a lot to learn about how the Ebola virus is transmitted, which could help explain the growing ...

By April Dembosky, KQED Troy and Alana Pack had spent the day at their neighborhood Halloween party in Danville. Ten-year-old Troy went as a baseball player, ...