You can contract measles simply by being in the same room with someone who has it, even after they leave,” Dr. Griffin said.

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Now 124 people infected in West Texas, nine more in New Mexico and outbreak 'still has a lot of energy and steam behind it.' ...

Stacy A. Bartlett, chief of staff at Point University, in Georgia, has been named president. Elizabeth R. Cantwell, president ...

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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education granted TTUHSC accreditation for a general surgery residency in ...

As the measles outbreak in Texas keeps spreading, parents who previously chose not to vaccinate their children are now lining ...

New Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Professor and Chairman of the Psychiatry Department Dr. Rajendra Badgaiyan was drawn to the Permian Basin by the new behavioral health hospital being ...

BayCare Health System in Clearwater, Fla., will launch seven new graduate medical education programs in the 2025-26 academic year. These include the system's first emergency medicine residency, four ...

As Raymond Drake Cagle finished the last note of a song he handpicked from the Broadway musical “Waitress,” the Frenship High ...

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center will launch a new general surgery residency program in Amarillo. According to officials with Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, the program is ...