Northern Michigan's News Leader is working to keep you up to date on the Zika virus and what you need to know about it. None of the Michigan cases was acquired locally, and none included pregnant women, said Jennifer Eisner, spokeswoman for Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Read More »
In it, University of California, San Francisco researchers uncover a long history of sugar companies influencing research. "This study suggests that the sugar industry sponsored its first CHD [coronary heart disease] research project in 1965 to downplay early warning signs that sucrose consumption was a risk factor in CHD". Read More »
In a brief telephone interview with CNN , the Democratic presidential nominee - who abruptly left a September 11 memorial service Sunday in NY - said that she's "feeling so much better" and that she'll be back on the campaign trail in "the next few days". Read More »
Unlike past events, everyone is wondering this year whether or not it's actually worth getting the new iPhone or any Apple product. It introduces advanced new camera systems . The 7 packs a single 12MP rear camera . And with an all-new depth-of-field effect (coming soon), portrait shots will look better than ever. IPhone 7 features a 4.7-inch display with 3D touch, while iPhone 7 Plus has a 5.5-inch Retina HD display with 3D touch. Read More »
Adrian Martineau . Speaking at a review of the research at London's Science Media Centre on Monday, lead research author Professor Adrian Martineau said: "Asthma is a rising problem in the United Kingdom, with one out of 11 people receiving treatment for it every day". Read More »
The obesity rate among blacks in Alabama is 43.2 percent, compared to 31.1 percent for whites and 27.6 percent for Latinos. Tied with Alabama and MS, the states are behind only Louisiana with an obesity rate of 36.2 percent, according to the 13th Annual State of Obesity Report: Better Policies for a Healthier America released Thursday. Read More »
Her role deepened as Clinton won a New York Senate seat in 2000, ran for president in 2008 and later served as President Barack Obama's secretary of state. Campaign strategist Joel Benenson contended during an interview on CNN's "New Day" that Trump's suggestion Clinton was "careless and negligent" by allowing Weiner - who resigned from Congress after mistakenly tweeting an explicit image of himself - to be close to highly classified information is "another one of the outlandish things ... Read More »
The FDA has authorized use of two experimental blood screening tests for Zika, one made by Roche and another from Hologic Inc . and Grifols. The FDA issues such Emergency Use Authorization during public health emergencies. The mosquito-borne Zika virus has triggered an epidemic of birth defects that leave newborns with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains. Read More »
Genetic testing shows the illnesses were caused by a strain of hepatitis A that has been associated with past outbreaks due to frozen strawberries from Egypt. Exposure can occur through direct contact with another person who has the infection or by consuming food or drinks that had been contaminated, health officials said. Read More »
Elizabeth Warren for claiming that a vote for the Green Party nominee could only help Donald Trump. That means, if 6.3 million people across the country "waste" their votes on Johnson, Stein, or De La Fuente, the 2020 election becomes a break-through year in the American two-party system. Read More »
Because the Zika virus has forced the deferral of hundreds of thousands of donors across the nation, Prijatel said, blood centers have asked people who have never given blood before to consider making a donation. Zika's confusing, because it can hang out in a man's semen for months. But since there had been no confirmations of the Zika-carrying Aedes aegypti mosquito in or around the Baton Rouge area, experts actually feared an outbreak of West Nile virus , not Zika, according to the New ... Read More »
Sebastian DeLeon contracted the Naegleria fowleri infection after swimming on private property in Broward County, Florida Department of Health officials believe. The cases are so rare that only four people have survived in the past 50 years. "We were fortunate to be so close", said Sebastian's mother Brunilda Gonzalez. Read More »
West Nile Virus has been a public health concern since 2002, when Canada's first human infection occurred. One source can be neglected swimming pools which can lead to West Nile Virus carrying mosquitoes. Wear long-sleeved shirts, pants, shoes and socks whenever possible outdoors. DEET , Picaridin, Oil of Lemon Eucalyptus (also called p-menthane-3,8-diol or PMD) and IR3535 are good choices. Read More »
Costa Dillon, a spokesperson for the fire department, says containment of the fire some 60 miles east of Los Angeles was at 83%. Power outages are keeping people from returning home: a spokesperson from Southern California Edison said that they need to replace more than 300 fallen power poles and miles of wire, but can't do so until fire danger has passed. Read More »
Both are in Miami-Dade County, and Scott said the state still believes local transmissions are occurring in one-square mile in Wynwood, a trendy arts neighborhood near Miami . Overall, Florida has more than 450 known Zika cases, 440 of them in travelers. All county health departments are now offering free Zika risk assessment and testing to any pregnant woman who would like to be tested. Read More »
Earlier this month, the first cases of locally acquired Zika infection were confirmed in the Miami-area Wynwood neighborhood. "Making insect repellent available for guests in public areas of hotels and other public accommodations, as well as directing them to information such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC] website, would help to build protective behaviors", said Cahyanto, an affiliate TCMI researcher from Black Hills State University in Spearfish, S.D. Read More »
The heat wave is expected to continue through the weekend with highs in the mid-90s and a heat index around 105. Th combination of hot temperatures and high humidity will combine to create a situation in which heat illnesses are possible. Read More »
It's passed due that we expand opportunities for medical research, and now the DEA needs to take the next step and remove marijuana from schedule I . The drug is now listed on Schedule I, meaning that it is viewed as having "no acceptable medical use in treatment", and is therefore banned in the United States. Read More »
He will be replaced by Sione Molia while Joe Webber is the other New Zealand player who is also in doubt. Sonny Bill Williams will play no further part at the Olympics for the New Zealand 7s team. "You never see a minnow come here and beat a team which is supposed to be a gold medal contender". It was not the only shock to the New Zealand team. Read More »