by Research Team | Jun 9, 2015 | Health News
The bird flu outbreak has caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to approve importing egg products from the Netherlands to be used for baking and in processed foods. A third of the supply disappeared in just a few weeks because of the H5N2 virus, which has led to...
by Research Team | Jun 9, 2015 | Health News
Lyme disease makes the headlines but there are plenty of additional reasons to avoid tick bites. New research highlights the latest in a growing list of tick-borne threats – a distant relative of Lyme that’s easy to confuse with other illnesses.
by Research Team | Jun 9, 2015 | Health News
New studies find that some widely used diabetes medicines help control blood sugar and do not raise heart risks, as some earlier research had suggested. Doctors say the safety results are reassuring, but some had hoped the drugs would do better and help prevent heart...
by Research Team | Jun 9, 2015 | Health News
A South Carolina daycare has agreed to temporarily close after seven cases of E. coli were traced to the center. The Learning Vine in Greenwood says it is thoroughly cleaning its daycare and has entered an agreement with the Department of Health and Environmental...
by Research Team | Jun 9, 2015 | Health News
Health officials are trying to track down people who may have been in contact with a woman with a rare and deadly form of hard-to-treat tuberculosis. The woman has an extremely drug-resistant form of the disease, which is impervious to most TB drugs.
