Flu More Widespread in US; Eases Off in Some Areas
Updated: 10:17 AM Health officials say flu is more widespread across the nation, but the number of hard-hit states has declined.
Updated: 10:17 AM Health officials say flu is more widespread across the nation, but the number of hard-hit states has declined.
Updated: 9:56 AM WACO, Texas, Friday, January 11, 2013 — Widespread flu activity is being reported across much of the country and the American Red Cross urges people who have not yet gotten a flu vaccine to get vaccinated now.
Posted: 8:24 PM Massachusetts public health officials are reporting 18 flu-related deaths in the state already this season, and Boston has declared a public health emergency.
Posted: 8:37 PM If you are looking for Tamiflu, get in line, a shortage is making it very hard to find.
Posted: 12:21 PM Heart disease and diabetes get all the attention, but what about the many other ways obesity can damage your health?
Updated: 9:09 AM Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has been released from a New York hospital where she was treated for a blood clot in her head.
Posted: 10:55 PM Doctors treating Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for a blood clot say the clot formed in her head but they stress that they are confident she will make a full recovery.
Updated: 7:02 PM Known as Kenny Claus, the volunteer brings cheer to the staff, patients, and visitors with his Christmas caroling around the halls.
Updated: 5:13 PM Baylor Health Care System and Scott & White Healthcare say they plan to merge to create the largest not-for-profit health system in Texas.
Posted: 10:58 PM Two Bryan women were arrested and charged with health care fraud on Thursday.
Updated: 2:57 PM Bryan, TX – For the second year in a row, Healthgrades has named St. Joseph among the top 100 hospitals in the nation. (See below for a complete list of awards.)
Updated: 12:03 PM COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS (November 28, 2012) – The College Station Medical Center is pleased to announce the opening of College Station MedPlus (www.csMedPlus.com), 1730 Birmingham Rd, Suite 100. MedPlus offers primary care medical services with no appointment needed.
Posted: 10:27 AM The College Station Medical Center has been awarded the Gold Seal of Approval for stroke care by The Joint Commission.
Updated: 11:14 PM If you thought you saw pink fire trucks and buses around Bryan-College Station on Wednesday, you weren't seeing things.
Updated: 8:09 AM The longtime leader of the Texas A&M Health Science Center has resigned as the school moves under the administration of the College Station campus.
Updated: 10:15 AM October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to increasing coast-to-coast awareness of a disease that has become the most common cancer in women worldwide.
Updated: 9:46 AM As criticism over sugary sodas intensifies, the beverage industry is rolling new vending machines that display just how many calories are in its drinks.
Posted: 4:49 PM A newly launched social network aims to connect many estimated 227,000 women will develop breast cancer in the United States in 2012 with other women who have or survived the disease.
Posted: 5:18 PM If you think breast cancer is just something for your grandmother, mom and aunts to worry about, think again. Not only is breast cancer striking relatively young military women at alarming rates, but male service members, veterans and their dependents are at risk, as well.
Posted: 5:28 PM I'm not a helicopter parent and my children would tell you I don't bake cupcakes for their birthday parties. But I'd readily cut off my breasts for them -- and recently, I did.
Posted: 10:28 AM A horse on Old Mill Creek Road has become the second reported case of West Nile Virus in Washington County.
Updated: 2:08 PM John Salsman the Director of Health and Safety at A&M warned of an increasing number of mosquitoes carrying the West Nile Virus and the University's plans for fogging.
