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Ems crew. gillian: that is the clark county fire chief commending job done by first-responders called to the chaotic scene of last sundays mass shooting in las vegas n situations like this, first-responders and e.r. doctors have to make split-second decisions to save as many lives as possible. for more on this, joining me now is dr. manny alvarez, senior managing editor at foxnewshealth.com. dr. alvarez, thanks for being here. >> you got it. gillian: i want a quick temperature check from you wha...

>> reporter: it is. off year special election. jon: john roberts, thanks. jenna: during his hit you could hear the kids playing in the background at the y. according to new study in pediatrics, sounds logical enough but here is what the study found out t found out parents are too absorbed in the smartphones and parents who did get too absorbed had a shorter fuse with their children. researchers studied parents eating at fast-food restaurants for one month. 1/3 of parents were on the phone contin...

What is going on here? manny alvarez, foxnewshealth.com and member of the medical a-team. you say cruise ships are like petri dishes. that sounds inviting. >> these things are built larger and larger. 3, 4, 5,000 people coming in from all points of entry. these boats stop in different ports and basically takes one person or person zero. the norovirus which i think might be the thing going on here which is a very common virus. it is highly infectious. instantly you get one, then you get 20, 20 be...

Differences between a 10 and 12-year-old are not that great. nothing happens dramatically changes at the age of 12. so they just picked that age. now, from a point of view of pediatric donations, children dont have a lot of available organs for transplant. they just dont. adults do. right now you have about 1700 people waiting for lung transplantations. among them, 31 children in this country, right now. there are over 200 cases done yearly. so we dont have enough organs in the pediatric side. s...

Over-the-counter sales for emergency contraception to people as young as 15 years old. our own dr. manny alvarez writes this. quote, this decision is just another example of how our healthcare system is broken, and no one is really watching what is going on in america today. seems like everything else in this administration changes when there are hard decisions to make. dr. manny alvarez is the senior managing editor of foxnewshealth.com, and gemu green joins me on the set, former president of t...

With eight deaths worldwide, think of that, that is more than 50%. today none reported in the united states. could this mysterious virus, though, make its way to our shores? dr. manny alvarez is senior managing editor of foxnewshealth.com and a member of our medical a team. 14 cases doesnt sound like a huge number and its not. >> its not. its more than one. they still dont know how its spreading. its a corona virus almost like the sars flu type of virus, it gives you upper respiratory infection....

The term, mood lighting before in reference to romance. well a new study from researchers as johns hopkins university say mood light something a real thing. if youre falling asleep with a lot of lights on at night, you might be seriously disrupting your state of mind. dr. manny alvarez, senior managing editor for foxnewshealth.com and a member of our fox news medical a-team. dr. manny, im so guilty of this. why is it a problem? >> what are you guilty of? jenna: no, leaving all the lights on at n...

Pediatrician develop some strategies to make sure that child doesnt become obese. we have the calculator for you on foxnewshealth.com. we should point out, jenna it ask for your infants birth rate in kilograms. take the weight in pounds and divide it by 2.2 before you plug in the number. it is all very interesting and fascinating and folks here at fox are plugging in the numbers you wouldnt believe. jenna: foxnewshealth.com. john, thank you. >> reporter: thanks, jenna, scientists make a major di...

Arthel: right now a deadly new virus is raising alarms around the world. it is related to the sars virus which emerged in china back in 2003 killing hundreds of people. dr. manny alvarez is the senior managing editor of foxnewshealth.com and a medical a-teamer. dr. manny, good to see you. before we start this discussion though, what is this sars-like virus? how does it attack the body? >> lets be clear. it is not related to the sars virus at all. it is basically now a virus that is still, has be...

Visitors may have been exposed to a deadly hantavirus. it is spread by rodents. six people have been infected, two of them have died the park sending letters to guests who stayed in certain cabins between june and august sparking a wave of phone calls from frightened visitors looking for answers. >> i did think about it and i know i had my dad calling me. he knew we were staying here. he was concerned about us. >> we didnt rent one very close to the park, about 45 minutes away because we didnt w...