Rural Americans fight to keep local hospitals open amid closure fears

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/27 5:47A Stephanie Liebergen

Rural Virginians are pushing back against the potential closure of hospitals in their communities after a state report flagged 13 facilities as at risk of shutting down. Cyliene Montgomery has lived in rural southern Virginia for decades and goes...

FDA identifies second cyclospora outbreak as US case count reaches record high

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/23 9:53A Jay Gray

Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak of cyclosporiasis, with the number of cases of the parasitic intestinal illness already at a record high in the U.S. and growing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is...

FDA reviews peptide injections favored by RFK Jr. and wellness influencers

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/23 7:12A AP via Scripps News Group

Health advisers begin meeting Thursday to review more than a half-dozen peptides, unproven substances that have become a growing wellness trend despite little evidence they are safe or effective. The two-day meeting hosted by the Food and Drug...

NYC Legionnaires’ outbreak claims fifth life as source remains unknown

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/22 5:42A AP via Scripps News Group

A fifth person has died in a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in New York City, health officials said Tuesday night. The New York City Health Department said it has confirmed the presence of the bacteria in 34 cooling towers in 33 buildings, all of...

Novo Nordisk sues Eli Lilly, alleging the company's GLP-1 ads are 'deliberately false'

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/21 8:51A Scripps News Group

Novo Nordisk, maker of the popular medications Ozempic and Wegovy, filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly, accusing it of making deceptive advertising claims about its weight-loss drug Zepbound. The company has taken...

FDA says Cyclospora test on Taylor Farms lettuce was false positive

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/20 3:45A Scripps News Group

Lettuce supplied by Taylor Farms that initially tested positive for Cyclospora was a false positive, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The agency said laboratory experts re-reviewed the sample because of the complexity of detecting...

CDC links Taco Bell lettuce supplier to massive cyclospora outbreak

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/17 1:27A Justin Boggs

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday that lettuce supplied to Taco Bell in five states is tied to a massive outbreak of cyclospora in the Midwest. The CDC said that 1,644 people in five states have been infected with...

Canadian wildfire smoke brings hazardous air to the US Midwest

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/16 7:30A Scripps News Group

Americans across the Upper Midwest and parts of the Northeast are dealing with some of the worst air quality in the world as wildfire smoke from Canada blankets the region. Over 100 wildfires continue to burn across Canada as smoke from the fires...

Congress is considering doing away with daylight saving. How might that affect your heart?

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/15 12:21P Scripps News Group

The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to make daylight saving time permanent. The vote to pass the Sunshine Protection Act was 308 to 117. The bill is now on its way to the Senate. Passage means summer right now would stay as it is, with...

CDC nominee says she won't betray science — and also backs Kennedy's actions

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/15 9:32A AP via Scripps News Group

The Trump administration's latest nominee to lead the nation' top public health agency drew frustrated reactions from some U.S. senators on Wednesday when they pressed her on whether she would protect the Centers for Disease Control and...

Health officials confirm tuberculosis case at Colorado ICE facility; ICE denies any active cases

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/15 4:10A Scripps News Group

Adams County, Colorado, health officials have confirmed one case of active tuberculosis at an Aurora immigration detention center, but health officials said Tuesday the company that runs the facility has failed to provide the legally required...

Taco Bell removes some ingredients during nationwide cyclospora investigation

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/15 2:38A AP via Scripps News Group

Infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora are surging, with state-level data suggesting that 2026 is already the nation's worst year for reported cases. More than 30 states have reported infections this year, and current data from...

Congo’s Ebola crisis deepens with most new cases unlinked to known contacts

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/14 4:06A AP via Scripps News Group

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo continues to outpace the response efforts, the World Health Organizations emergencies chief said on Tuesday after returning from a trip to Bunia, in Ituri province, which is one of the worst hit areas. Perhaps...

An experimental Alzheimer's drug is showing some promise

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/14 3:45A AP via Scripps News Group

An experimental drug might help slow early Alzheimer's disease in a markedly different way than today's treatments by lowering levels of a brain protein called tau, researchers reported Tuesday. Tau is one part of a toxic duo fueling Alzheimer's...

Health officials eye lettuce in spreading Cyclospora outbreak

News 5 Cleveland (Your Health Matters) 7/14 1:42A Scripps News Group

Health officials in Michigan say lettuce and salad greens may be behind a diarrhea outbreak as cases rise above 3,000. Lettuce and salad greens have repeatedly come up during the investigation into the Cyclospora parasite, but officials caution...