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New measles cases have been reported since the first death in West Texas amid the ongoing outbreak.
The pediatric patient, who lived in Gaines County, died in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday, per a statement from health officials.
The child was reported to be «school-aged» and unvaccinated, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). Identity and gender were not disclosed.
FIRST MEASLES DEATH REPORTED IN WEST TEXAS AMID GROWING OUTBREAK
A total of 124 cases of measles have been confirmed in the West Texas outbreak since late January (as of Feb. 25).
Most of the cases are in children and a total of 18 people have been hospitalized, the DSHS reported in a press release.
Cases of measles have also been reported in other states.
MEASLES OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO WORSEN AMONG KIDS IN THIS US STATE
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has reported an outbreak of the highly contagious virus in Lea County, near Gaines County, Texas.
A total of nine cases have been confirm..

Heart disease is the world’s leading cause of mortality, comprising 32% of all deaths.
But that doesn’t mean people are powerless against the condition — there are some steps they can take to help reduce the risk.
In addition to adopting healthier lifestyle habits, getting a specific screening — the coronary artery calcium (CAC) score — can help detect early signs of heart disease, experts say.
DISEASE STARTS ON YOUR PLATE, CARDIOLOGIST SAYS — HERE'S WHAT TO CHANGE
The CAC score is a specialized CT scan that measures calcium buildup in the walls of the heart’s arteries, according to board-certified cardiologist Dr. Robert Segal, founder of Manhattan Cardiology and co-founder of https://www.labfinder.com.
«This calcium points to the accumulation of plaque that can cause heart disease,» he told Fox News Digital.
The higher the score, the more calcium in the arteries, thus a greater likelihood of a heart attack, stroke or other cardiac issue.
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Tea is known to be one of the healthiest beverages — and the benefits aren’t just what’s in the cup, but what’s not in it.
The process of brewing tea was shown to remove toxic heavy metals from drinking water in a new study from Northwestern University in Illinois.
For a typical cup of tea — one mug of water and one bag of tea, brewed for three to five minutes — the preparation could remove about 15% of lead from drinking water, the researchers stated in a press release.
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During brewing, heavy metals like lead and cadmium are absorbed by the tea leaves, keeping them from entering the water, according to researchers.
The findings were published in the journal ACS Food Science & Technology this week.
«It appears quite likely that the way most people brew their tea can have a measurable impact on lead consumption,» ​​Benjamin Shindel, the study’s first author at Northwestern, told Fox News Digital.
The l..

Demi Lovato, Post Malone, Chris Stapleton, Billy Strings and Willie Nelson have all sung about being «California sober.»
What does that mean — and is it any healthier than drinking alcohol?
You don’t have to be from California to be «California sober,» but experts say you should know the risks associated with the lifestyle.
ALCOHOL-RELATED LIVER TRANSPLANTS ON THE RISE AMONG YOUNG ADULTS, DOCTOR SAYS
It originates with the idea that people transition away from alcohol to a «safer» alternative using cannabis-based products, according to Dr. Cara A. Poland, addiction medicine doctor at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine.
Some who initially identified with the term now have a different take on what sobriety really means.
After a near-fatal drug overdose, singer and actress Demi Lovato openly shared her struggle with addiction and her own version of «California sober» in 2021, but later said she had realized «sober sober is the only way to be,» according to reports.
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New evidence is highlighting just how important sleep is for overall health.
Emerging research published in The Journal of Immunology found a link between sleep deprivation and the immune system, and the potential to develop obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease through inflammation.
Researchers at the Dasman Diabetes Institute in Dasman, Kuwait, aimed to investigate how sleep quality impacts systemic inflammation and immune response in 237 participants.
DO WOMEN NEED MORE SLEEP THAN MEN? HERE'S WHAT EXPERTS THINK
After tracking the participants’ dietary intake, physical activity and sleep patterns, the researchers found that obese individuals had «significantly lower sleep quality and higher chronic low-grade inflammation,» according to a press release.
Sleep disruption also contributed to inflammation, regardless of obesity status.
In a subsection of the study, five healthy participants went without sleep for 24 hours and were monitored and tested throughout.
The experime..

The first measles death has been reported in West Texas amid the outbreak that has infected more than 100 people, Associated Press reported on Wednesday morning.
Melissa Whitfield, a spokesperson for Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center confirmed the death to AP.
MEASLES OUTBREAK CONTINUES TO WORSEN AMONG KIDS IN THIS US STATE
The patient's identity and age were not shared.
Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock did not immediately respond to a request for comment from AP.
As of Tuesday, the Texas outbreak had affected 124 people across nine counties, according to a statement from the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
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Cases have also been spreading to New Mexico, with a total of nine confirmed in that state so far.
The DSHS first confirmed the outbreak on Feb. 5.
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The agency added that the best way to prevent sickness is to receive two doses of the vaccin..

«Normal» levels of vitamin B12 may not be enough to ward off dementia, new research finds.
Researchers at University of California San Francisco studied 231 healthy older adults (averaging 71 years of age) who did not have dementia or mild cognitive impairment.
Blood tests showed that their B12 levels averaged 414.8 pmol/L, while the recommended minimum level in the U.S. is just 148 pmol/L.
DRUGS THAT REDUCE DEMENTIA RISK — AND OTHERS THAT INCREASE IT
Participants who had lower B12 levels were found to have «slower cognitive and visual processing speeds» when taking tests, which is linked to «subtle cognitive decline,» according to a UCSF press release.
The effect was more pronounced with age.
The people with lower levels also had more lesions in the white matter in their brains, which can be a warning sign of cognitive decline, dementia or stroke, the researchers found.
The findings were published in Annals of Neurology on Feb. 10.
Based on these results, the researchers recommend upd..

Is Pope Francis going to live? Is he going to die? Will he remain as pope?
How much can be learned from the daily or twice-daily Vatican announcements and from media reports?
Below are my current answers, based on my interpretation of the available information (which is, of course, subject to change).
POPE FRANCIS’ MEDICAL CONDITION: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BILATERAL PNEUMONIA
The pope has a long history of medical problems, including respiratory infections. Back in 1957, he had a piece of one lung removed.
(Despite this, Pope Francis is not a smoker, and in fact ordered a ban on the sale of cigarettes in the Vatican’s duty-free shop beginning in 2018.)
The Catholic leader was last hospitalized for pneumonia in 2023. He previously underwent abdominal surgery, when part of his colon was removed.
Most recently, the pope was hospitalized for a respiratory infection on Feb. 14, 2025, at Gemelli Hospital, one of the best hospitals in Italy.
The pope's condition has been described as bila..

Some medications could have the unintended benefit of reducing dementia risk.
That’s according to a recent study by the universities of Cambridge and Exeter, where researchers evaluated several existing drugs to see if they could do double-duty as dementia treatments.
The team reviewed data from 14 prior studies, which included more than 130 million patients and one million dementia cases, according to a press release.
They determined that several classes of prescription drugs were shown to affect dementia risk.
DEMENTIA RISK COULD BE LOWERED BY DOING THIS FOR 5 MINUTES A DAY: STUDY
The findings were published in Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions.
«We urgently need new treatments to slow the progress of dementia, if not to prevent it,» said co-first author Dr. Ben Underwood, from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Cambridge and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, in the release.
«If we can find drugs that are alr..