by Research Team | Jan 1, 2015 | Health News
Wash your hands often and stock up on tissues. We’re heading into what looks like a “very early and pretty aggressive flu season,” according to Michael Smith, a doctor and medical director of WebMD.
by Research Team | Jan 1, 2015 | Health News
Tripp Foy’s sing-song chant rang out like a sentimental oldie for die-hard farmers clinging to the old way of selling tobacco, as a small procession of buyers shadowed him down long rows of reddish-brown leaf piled in bales. Farmers who have spent their lives...
by Research Team | Jan 1, 2015 | Health News
Authorities in Hong Kong began destroying 15,000 chickens at a poultry market Wednesday and suspended imports from mainland China after some birds were found to be infected with bird flu. The market in Cheung Sha Wan in the Kowloon district will be closed and imports...
by Research Team | Jan 1, 2015 | Health News
Dr. Michael Fine said Tuesday’s declaration triggers state regulations requiring all health care workers who have not been immunized against influenza to wear a surgical mask when directly caring for patients. Fine said vaccines are one of the best ways to...
by Research Team | Jan 1, 2015 | Health News
Revelers are preparing to ring in the New Year with parties and celebrations, and those whose heads are still ringing will spend their first waking hours of 2015 searching for hangover relief. Although there are drinks, tablets and home-made remedies, a cure for the...
by Research Team | Jan 1, 2015 | Health News
Australia is the second country, after Brazil, to ban them. The country has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world.
