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By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A resident of South Lake Tahoe, California, has been diagnosed with the plague, the state’s first human plague infection since 2020. The individual is recovering at home while receiving medical care, health officials in El Dorado County announced this week.The …

By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is finalizing the termination of at least 600 employees this week, including some working in violence prevention programs.The cuts come less than two weeks after a man opened fire outside …

By Deanna Neff HealthDay ReporterTHURSDAY, Aug. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Health experts across the country are issuing warnings about a surge in infections from a “flesh-eating” bacterium known as Vibrio vulnificus.Typically found in the warm, salty waters of the Gulf Coast, the bacteria are now appearing in new areas, …

Improvement seen in average systolic BP coefficient of variance and in other variability metrics

For patients with inflammatory bowel disease and obesity, surgery linked to reduction in IBD-related outcomes

Exposure to vaginal estradiol not linked to increased rate of recurrent ischemic stroke when adjusted for comorbidity, medications, income, education

Sharp decline seen in work-related income, with relative decrease of 6.6 and 1.6 percent for mothers and fathers, respectively, in year after diagnosis

Moderate level of helping, both formal volunteering and informal helping, consistently linked to robust cognitive benefits

Low adverse childhood experiences and high positive childhood experiences together reduced disordered eating by 20 to 41 percent

Benefits include reduced polyp size and severity of nasal symptoms at 24 weeks