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While fewer sugary-drink commercials are airing on TV, more of these ads are now being promoted on social media websites such as Facebook and Twitter,…

From the impact of the HPV vaccine on cervical cancer rates to a new 3-drug treatment for Hepatitis C, Sound Medicine's Jill Ditmire reports this week's…

Health News HeadlinesThe fight against Ebola continuesU.S. scientists in pursuit of testing Ebola vaccines are having difficulties gathering samples of…

Tuberculosis remains in the headlines this week. Cases worldwide are on the rise and the World Health Organization says it could lead to pandemic levels…

We started our show this week reporting on the continuing spread of Ebola, but two other respiratory viruses also made health news headlines this week:…

Efforts to calm public fear about Ebola continue to top news headlines this week. The practice of what’s called ‘contact tracing’ shifted to the state of…

The Ebola epidemic topped the health news once again this week. The White House ordered extra Ebola screenings at several of the countries’ largest and…

Doctors continue to monitor people who may have come in contact with the Texas man being treated for Ebola in a Dallas hospital. The CDC says the patient…

The CDC reported this week that there is a slow down in the number of new cases of Type 2 diabetes. "That’s a turnaround after a 20-year period when the…

Ditmire: Two new trials of an Ebola vaccine are underway and so far volunteers have not reported any adverse reactions. Studies in the US and UK should be…