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North Dakota has reported its first case of measles in over a decade.
This case — the state's first since 2011 — involves an unvaccinated child, who, according to North Dakota Health and Human Services, may have contracted the virus from an out-of-state visitor.
The infected person is currently isolating at home to avoid spreading measles to others, according to the press release.
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«HHS is contacting those who may have been exposed and advising unvaccinated individuals [on] how long to quarantine,» reads the statement. «Because the majority of North Dakotans are vaccinated, the risk to the general public is low.»
«Anyone with symptoms consistent with measles should call ahead before visiting a clinic to avoid exposing others,» said Molly Howell, HHS immunization director, in a statement.
«Vaccination remains the most effective defense against measles. Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination is safer t..

Two years ago, Emma Dimery was told her stage 4 colon cancer was incurable. Today, she is healthy and cancer-free — and she says a last-resort clinical trial saved her life.
Dimery, who lives in Minnesota, was just 23 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer, which has been rising sharply among teens and young adults in recent years.
After experiencing abdominal pain and having abnormal blood work, Dimery underwent a colonoscopy, which revealed a «softball-sized» tumor and another «golf ball-sized» one, she told Fox News Digital.
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Despite multiple surgeries, chemotherapy, radiation and some combination therapies, Dimery’s treatment-resistant cancer spread throughout her body over the years, leading to what she described as a «low point.»
«I was basically treading water, doing immunotherapy every other week for probably four years or so,» she told Fox News Digital during an on-camera interview, adding that she ..

People who pay more in taxes could be less likely to die from cancer.
The link was revealed in a new study published in JAMA Network Open, which aimed to explore how state-level tax revenue impacts cancer screenings and mortality in the U.S.
Researchers from The Ohio State University, Emory University in Georgia and the University of Verona in Italy analyzed 1,150 state-years of tax data over a 23-year period, between 1997 and 2019. (A state-year refers to one year of data from one state.)
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They also reviewed population-level cancer screening rates and cancer-related deaths from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) databases.
The states with higher tax income were found to have increased cancer screening rates and decreased cancer mortality rates, the researchers found.
For each $1,000 increase in tax revenue per capita, the population had a 1.61% increase in colorectal cancer screening, a 2.17% i..

Scientists have developed what they believe is the most widely effective antivenom ever — and the secret ingredient came from one man’s blood.
In the course of their research, the team found a man, Tim Friede, who had been bitten hundreds of times by 16 species of deadly snakes — the poison lethal enough to kill a horse, according to the scientists — over an 18-year period.
Friede had received the bites intentionally as part of a self-immunization process using escalating doses. As a result, he had become «hyper-immune» to the effects of snake neurotoxins, the researchers stated.
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«After being introduced to Tim Friede and his incredible journey and immune history, we decided there was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study his blood and isolate the basis of a universal antivenom,» lead study author Jacob Glanville, CEO of Centivax, a San Francisco biotechnology company, told Fox News Digital.
Friede agreed t..

Gossiping gets a bad rap, but psychology experts say it could actually benefit our mental health.
The activity can help «make meaning of our world and situations,» according to Thea Gallagher, PsyD, director of wellness programs at NYU Langone Health.
«It can also help us be more informed about the intentions of others when we are sharing true information about what someone did or didn’t do,» she said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
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Gossiping can be helpful in terms of exposing certain behaviors of others so that people can protect themselves, Gallagher noted.
«Or if it’s something that someone is struggling with, like an ill parent, it can actually give us more empathy [so we can] be more compassionate.»
Gossip can also help people process their feelings before reacting, Gallagher suggested.
«If you’re irritated at a friend and talk to another friend about it, you might actually be able to see..

A Grammy-winning singer and his family have revealed the surprising early symptoms of his brain cancer.
Michael Bolton, who was diagnosed in December 2023 with glioblastoma — the most aggressive and fastest-growing form of brain cancer — first exhibited signs that something was amiss the month prior, according to his daughters.
During a family night at the bowling alley, Bolton, 72, bowled out of turn several times, they told People during a recent interview.
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That same night, the singer had also fallen out of his chair, which was «very unusual,» Taryn, 45, told the outlet.
«He’s super athletic, and he doesn’t drink,» she said. «So he fell, and we were like, ‘What just happened?’»
«That was when we were like, ‘Something’s wrong with his brain.»
Looking back now, Bolton’s daughters recognize «so many things» they missed.
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Using semaglutide injections, scientists were able to reverse life-threatening cases of liver disease in a new clinical trial published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Semaglutide, which is traditionally a treatment for type 2 diabetes, was given to participants who had been diagnosed with a life-threatening form of liver disease called metabolic dysfunction associated steatohepatitis (MASH).
«This is a major step forward in the field,» said Arun Sanyal, M.D., director of the VCU Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Liver Disease and Metabolic Health, in a video from VCU. «It provides patients with additional choices when we think about treating fatty liver disease.»
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MASH is a severe form of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), which was previously known as non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, according to WebMD.
Both MASH and MASLD are marked by excessive fat in the liver, which can be dangerous…

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is sounding the alarm on a potential measles exposure at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
In a news release on April 30, the department identified two confirmed measles cases in Cook County.
These are the first two cases in the county, following the state’s first confirmed case in a southern Illinois adult on April 23.
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One case was identified as a suburban Cook County adult with an unknown vaccination status who sought medical care at a local hospital on April 28.
The second case was identified in a Chicago adult who traveled internationally through O’Hare Airport in April.
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The patient, who had one prior dose of the MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine, reported a rash onset on April 25.
Both individuals have been isolated at home since being diagnosed.
The state health departm..