by Research Team | Apr 18, 2015 | Health News
Five commercial turkey farms in South Dakota have now been infected with a bird flu strain that’s led to the deaths of more than 250,000 turkeys in the state and over 2.4 million birds in the Midwest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant...
by Research Team | Apr 17, 2015 | Health News
Someone told Scott Kemery that if you saturate bedbugs with alcohol, they’ll die. Nobody, apparently, told Scott Kemery that you shouldn’t light a cigarette after soaking the inside of your bedbug-infested car with alcohol, while still sitting in the...
by Research Team | Apr 17, 2015 | Health News
The attorney for a 12-year-old southeastern Wisconsin girl accused of stabbing a classmate to please the horror character Slender Man has asked that her bail be reduced and she be allowed to move to a residential treatment center. Anthony Cotton wants his...
by Research Team | Apr 17, 2015 | Health News
Experts say doggie day care contributed to an epidemic of dog… . In this Thursday, April 16, 2015 photo, Beverley Petrunich, co-owner of DoGone Fun, a day care and boarding facility, visits with some of her clients in Chicago.
by Research Team | Apr 17, 2015 | Health News
The Northeast may have just escaped one of the coldest and snowiest winters to date, but that still will not reduce the risk of Lyme disease or other tick-borne illnesses. Researchers focused on ticks and the diseases they spread say the heavy snow that blanketed the...
by Research Team | Apr 17, 2015 | Health News
Teen smoking hit a new low last year while the popularity of electronic cigarettes and water pipes boomed, a government report shows. The number of high school students who tried e-cigarettes tripled in one year – to more than 13 percent.