by Research Team | Oct 21, 2015 | Health News
The number of people who have become “acutely ill” after eating at a San Jose restaurant has grown to more than 40 as of Tuesday, and Santa Clara County health officials are searching for others who may be ill with Shigella, a severe stomach ailment that...
by Research Team | Oct 21, 2015 | Health News
As the days get shorter and cooler, leaving us to spend more time indoors, people become more susceptible to catching bacterial and viral infections. In fact, cold and flu season lasts from about October until April.
by Research Team | Oct 21, 2015 | Health News
Even if a woman gets a tetanus-containing shot before she conceives, it is still safe to give her the tetanus-containing Tdap vaccine while she is pregnant, new research indicates. As it stands, federal guidelines state that the Tdap vaccine, which also guards against...
by Research Team | Oct 21, 2015 | Health News
” Biogen plans to cut about 11 percent of its workforce as it refocuses its research on treatments for Azheimer’s disease and multiple sclerosis. The company announced the job cuts Wednesday as boosted its profit outlook and it reported a 12.7 percent jump...
by Research Team | Oct 21, 2015 | Health News
The Vatican is denying as “completely unfounded” a report in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumor. The Vatican spokesman, the Rev.