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Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology believe they’ve found a way to determine if people have coronavirus based on the sound of their cough through artificial intelligence. The human ear is incapable of picking up on the acoustic variations of a coronavirus cough, but AI can, the researchers say. The technology could be a could indicator of whether...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed artificial intelligence that can identify cases of COVID-19 based on audio recordings of coughs. The AI model it was able to identify 98.5% of coughs from people who had confirmed cases of the virus, including 100% of the coughs from those reportedly did not have symptoms but still tested positive.

The first lady’s spokeswoman said Melania Trump had a “lingering cough” and would not travel to Erie, Penn., Tuesday out of an abundance of caution.

A smoke-filled stench fills a refugee camp just a short walk from the U.S.-Mexico border, rising from ever-burning fires and piles of human waste. Parents and children live in a sea of tents and tarps, some patched together with garbage bags. Others sleep outside in temperatures that recently dropped to freezing. Justina, an asylum seeker who fled political persecution in...

Six more Connecticut residents have reported vaping related lung injuries, public health officials said Friday.

Dr. Anna Nguyen spoke with none of the five patients she treated on a recent weekday morning. She didn’t even leave her dining room.

New Hampshire health authorities say they’ve identified the first person in the state with a lung injury associated with electronic cigarette use. The state’s Division of Public Health Services says the person is an adult from Sullivan County who developed respiratory symptoms and had chest imaging showing evidence of lung injury.

Vape shop owners and industry leaders appeared in court to attempt to convince a judge that Massachusetts’ temporary ban on the sale of vaping products is unconstitutional.

U.S. health officials are investigating what might be causing hundreds of serious breathing illnesses in people who use e-cigarettes and other vaping devices. They have identified 380 confirmed and probable cases in 36 states and one territory, including six deaths.

Massachusetts health officials on Wednesday announced that suspected cases of unexplained vaping-associated lung illnesses must be reported to the state, amid heightened concern over the health effects of e-cigarettes. The Department of Public Health said a new mandate requires health care providers in Massachusetts to report any such cases over the next year to the department.

A teenage girl with measles visited Disneyland, Disney California Adventure and Universal Studios theme parks this month and may have exposed other park-goers to the disease, Orange and Los Angeles County health officials said Friday.

A New Hampshire child has been diagnosed with measles and public health officials have listed three locations where others may have been exposed to the infection.

Nearly 100 more measles cases have been reported across the nation since last week, marking a 10 percent increase in total cases as the number in the U.S.’ worst outbreak in decades eclipses the 800 mark, officials said Monday.

Five dozen more measles cases have been reported across the nation, an 8 percent increase over the prior week as the case total in the U.S.’ worst outbreak in decades edges closer to a stunning 800, officials said Monday.

A woman who went to the midnight showing of “Avengers: Endgame” at an Orange County movie theater last week was diagnosed with measles, and now health officials are warning others in the crowd that they may have been exposed.

Quarantines in California. Fines in New York City. Orders for some people to avoid public places in Rockland County, New York. As an outbreak of measles surges across the United States — with 704 cases this year and counting — some local health officials are trying to deal with contagion in unvaccinated communities by turning to extraordinary police powers from...

Measles in the U.S. has climbed to its highest level in 25 years, closing in on 700 cases this year in a resurgence largely attributed to misinformation that is turning parents against vaccines. “This is alarming,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University vaccine expert. Not only is measles dangerous in itself, but its return could mean other vaccine-preventable diseases...

Babies wail as a nurse tries to reassure mothers who have come to vaccinate their children against a measles outbreak that has killed more than 1,200 people in this island nation where many are desperately poor. Madagascar faces its largest measles outbreak in history, with cases soaring well beyond 115,000, but resistance to vaccinating children is not the driving force...

Kingston Pharma is recalling bottles of children’s cough syrup sold at Dollar General stores nationwide over concerns that the medicine could make babies sick. The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that the Massena, New York-based company is recalling 2-fluid ounce bottles of DG health NATURALS baby Cough Syrup + Mucus because it could possibly be contaminated with Bacillus cereus...