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10 more cases of local Zika transmission in Florida

10 years 1 month ago
More people in Florida may have caught the Zika virus after being bitten by local mosquitoes, Gov. Rick Scott announced today. On Friday, state health officials confirmed that four people had obtained Zika from mosquitoes in a square mile area just north of downtown Miami.

Exclusive: Theranos' rise, fall and maybe rise again

10 years 1 month ago
Elizabeth Holmes, the CEO of Theranos, escorted CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta around her famously secretive lab like the proud owner she is. The two are dressed in obligatory blue lab coats, safety goggles and bright blue latex gloves.

Together in sickness, married in health

10 years 1 month ago
Leeanne Hester was seeing a patient when she suddenly felt like she was going to pass out and had to excuse herself from the room. The 23-year-old was working a part-time job at a primary care physician's office while close to finishing earning her master's degree in public health at George Washington University in the early summer of 2013.

Zika virus: Ways you can help

10 years 1 month ago
The Zika virus is a mosquito-borne virus that has spread to at least 50 countries according to the CDC. The World Health Organization estimates that 3 to 4 million people in the Americas will be infected in the next year.

Gifted kids can be more sensitive to screen violence, study says

10 years 1 month ago
The past few weeks have been full of several unfortunate violent events: the massacre in Orlando, the killing of black men by police officers, the sniper attack in Dallas, the Bastille Day attack in France, the violent coup attempt in Turkey and the shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Medicare's new ratings draw fire from hospitals

10 years 2 months ago
The federal government released its first overall hospital quality rating on Wednesday, slapping average or below average scores on many of the nation's best-known hospitals while awarding top scores to dozens of unheralded ones.
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