by Research Team | Feb 9, 2015 | Health News
A California city ravaged by whooping cough despite a high immunization rate is revealing the limitations of the current vaccine used to protect against the disease. The Sacramento Bee reports that Elk Grove had a whooping cough infection rate three to five times...
by Research Team | Feb 9, 2015 | Health News
In this Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2014 file photo, Adam Taliaferro, alumni of Penn State University, who along with Eric LeGrand, alumni of Rutgers University, are two college football players who suffered serious spinal cord injuries on the field, answers a question...
by Research Team | Feb 8, 2015 | Health News
Students entering the University of California system in 2017 will have to be vaccinated against measles and other diseases under new immunization rules announced Friday. The change, which had been in the works before the latest measles outbreak, has taken on new...
by Research Team | Feb 8, 2015 | Health News
The flu is still hitting the United States hard, but fewer people seem to be getting sick and the number of new infections seems to be slowing down from week to week. The data comes from the week ending January 31 based on pneumonia and influenza mortality...
by Research Team | Feb 8, 2015 | Health News
Researchers found that female patients have a 40% increased risk of death from any cause and are twice as likely to die from heart disease than men with the same condition. Scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia analysed data from 26 studies involving...
by Research Team | Feb 8, 2015 | Health News
The skyscrapers of Manhattan look almost close enough to touch from parts of the waterfront of Brooklyn’s industrial Red Hook neighborhood. But a distance of mere miles can take an hour or more in travel time for residents in the remote area, who have limited...
