by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
Dutch authorities said on Sunday that they had found a highly contagious strain of bird flu at a poultry farm in the central Netherlands and set about destroying 150 000 chickens. The strain, H5N8, has never been detected in humans, but an outbreak in South Korea...
by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs said it has confirmed at least one case of the virus at the farm in Yorkshire. But they insisted the risk to public health is “very low”, and said they are embarking on a cull of all poultry at the...
by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
A surgeon infected with Ebola while treating patients in Sierra Leone has died, multiple media outlets are reporting, the at Nebraska Medical Center. Dr. Martin Salia arrived in Omaha on Saturday morning for Surgeon dies after ‘false negative’ Ebola test A...
by Research Team | Nov 18, 2014 | Health News
Drugmaker Merck & Co. says its cholesterol-lowering medicine ezetimibe met its main goal in a study testing whether adding it to an older type of cholesterol medicine could reduce heart risks.
by Research Team | Nov 17, 2014 | Health News
The Obama administration went into the first hours of the new enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act with confidence that last year’s problems with HealthCare.gov were behind them. “We’ve spent the last year improving and upgrading...
by Research Team | Nov 17, 2014 | Health News
” The Dutch government has banned the transport of poultry and eggs throughout the country after confirming an outbreak of bird flu at a chicken farm. The Ministry for Economic Affairs said Sunday the outbreak is deadly to poultry and can also be transmitted to...
