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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! South Carolina is facing a major measles outbreak, resulting in the quarantine of hundreds of residents.The South Carolina Department of Health (DPH) reported in a media briefing on Wednesday that the current number of measles cases has reached 111 as part of the current Spartanburg County outbreak.CLICK HERE FOR MORE HEALTH STORIESDPH first reported a measles outbreak in the Upstate region on Oct. 2. The health department confirmed that 254 people are currently in quarantine in the upstate region. (Getty Images)The health department confirmed that 254 people are currently in quarantine and 16 are in isolation to prevent further spread.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTER"This significant jump in cases is unfortunate," a DPH spo...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A sperm donor whose samples helped conceive nearly 200 children across Europe unknowingly carried a cancer-causing genetic mutation — a hidden risk now tied to multiple childhood illnesses and early deaths.An investigation led by the BBC and multiple other public service broadcasters revealed that the donations were made to Denmark's European Sperm Bank (ESB), and it was then used by 67 fertility clinics in 14 countries over a 17-year span.The donor, who was not identified, was paid to donate as a student beginning in 2005, according to the report.ROBOTS POWER BREAKTHROUGH IN PREGNANCY RESEARCH, BOOSTING IVF SUCCESS RATESAlthough the donor passed the initial health screenings, he had hidden genetic mutations that damaged the TP53 gene, whic...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Massachusetts health officials announced Tuesday that the state has confirmed its first case of an incurable lung disease linked to exposure from certain countertop stones.The disease is particularly associated with quartz, which has become increasingly popular in recent years for its practicality and aesthetic, according to health officials.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) said a 40-year-old man, who has worked in the stone countertop industry for 14 years, was recently diagnosed with silicosis, a condition that can cause death. "The confirmation of this case in Massachusetts is a tragic reminder that silicosis is not just a distant threat – it is here, and it is seriously impacting the health of workers in Massachusetts...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Weight loss can be tricky, especially when approaching it without the support of medication.For India Gants, winner of Season 23 of "America’s Next Top Model," her weight loss journey led her to lose 50 pounds with what she described as "very little effort."In a TikTok video, the Seattle-based model shared the "secret sauce" that led to her weight loss success, including three main lifestyle factors: quitting alcohol, eating more protein and weightlifting.100-YEAR-OLD GREAT-GRANDMOTHER REVEALS HER SECRET OF LIVING A LONG LIFENo. 1: Quitting alcohol"First of all, weight loss was not my goal," Gants said. "It was kind of an afterproduct … a byproduct of quitting drinking … [that] kind of kick-started everything else."In an interview with Fox ...

GLP-1 weight loss pill in development Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel discusses advancements in weight loss drugs, safety concerns surrounding nicotine patches and his interview with FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary on vaccine protocol. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Scientists in Sweden have created a new pill designed to help the body burn fat and control blood sugar in a different way than popular GLP-1 drugs, like Ozempic.While injectable GLP-1s work by suppressing appetite, this new treatment boosts metabolism in the muscles.A study led by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm University included both an early animal study and a human clinical trial with 48 healthy adults and 25 people with type 2 diabetes, according to a press relea...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A tragic series of events led to a fatal case of transplant-associated rabies earlier this year.Health officials announced last Thursday that an organ recipient who underwent transplant surgery in Ohio died of rabies in February. Further investigation revealed that the donor had become infected with the fatal virus after saving a kitten from a skunk. The unnamed patient, from Michigan, received the donor’s kidney in December 2024, and later developed severe symptoms that prompted hospitalization and "invasive" procedures, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said.He reportedly experienced fever, tremors, difficulty swallowing and fear of water, and died 51 days after the transplant.‘SILENT KILLER’ PARASITIC DISEASE SPREADING...

CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook speaks at length with former CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky about the Hepatitis B vaccine and last week's vote by the CDC's vaccine advisory panel to change the recommendation for when children should get their first dose of the vaccine.

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The world’s first GLP-1 weight loss treatment is being administered for pets on an experimental basis.The first cat was successfully dosed in the MEOW-1 study of OKV-119 – an investigational "ultra-long acting" GLP-1 implant, which, according to a press release, is being developed for weight management in cats.OKAVA Pharmaceuticals, the San Francisco-based manufacturer of the medication, said the landmark clinical study of the "first-in-class" device could have "profound" implications for diabetes, kidney disease, healthy aging and longevity in pets.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR HEALTH NEWSLETTERThe implant allows for continuous delivery of a GLP-1 receptor agonist, improving cardio-metabolic health and potentially "enhancing quality of lif...

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A new experimental scalp treatment called clascoterone has shown strong results in helping reduce male-pattern hair loss (also known as androgenetic alopecia, or AGA).Experts call the results promising, claiming that this could be the first new approach to reversing hair loss in decades.Conducted by Cosmo Pharmaceuticals in Ireland, the two large, late-stage trials — named Scalp 1 and Scalp 2 — enrolled a combined total of 1,465 men across the U.S. and Europe, according to a press release.EXPERIMENTAL SERUM SHOWS PROMISE IN REVERSING BALDNESS WITHIN 20 DAYSParticipants either used the topical solution or a placebo under randomized conditions. The main measure of success was "target-area hair count" (TAHC), an objective count of hairs in a d...

An Ohio-based company is recalling mixed nuts sold at Wegmans in 9 U.S. states because they may be contaminated with Salmonella, according to the Food and Drug Administration.The affected products, 34-oz tubs of Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted and 11.5-oz bags of Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts Unsalted, were sold in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, D.C., between Nov. 3 and Dec. 1, according to the FDA's recall notice. Both items were manufactured by Mellace Family Brands California, which is based in Warren, Ohio.The FDA said the issue came to light after routine testing from the supplier detected that one lot of raw pistachios tested positive for Salmonella, a bacte...