The CDC issued a health alert for Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), a tickborne illness, after five people were hospitalized and three died of the disease. Those infected had all recently been to northern Mexico.
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Adenovirus - a virus outbreak is said to be causing fear among parents in the State of West Bengal as the new virus is threatening children’s lives leading to deaths. There seems to be some confusion in the reason behind the death of children while some attribute it to acute respiratory infections which are on the rise in the State. However state-run hospitals are not
body. why he s not so fat anymore. in washington, the supreme court will decide a challenge to the sweeping health care law that president obama signed last year. a lot of people have been paying attention to this. the main issue is that controversial requirement that everyone be covered by insurance. it s called the mandate. starting in 2014, if you don t have coverage through a job or medicare or medicaid, you have to buy it yourself. while this are subsidies for those who can t afford it, the specific part of the law requiring the mandate has been unpopular. according to a new cnn/orc poll, a majority of americans are in favor of it overall. joining me from new york is nyu medical center andrew rubin. he s been on the show before. host of health care connect on siris xm talk radio. let me start off, did it surprise you the supreme court was taking this on? no, we knew it would happen. it s the best way to get to the finish line on whether health care verchl going to