A week ago, Legionnaires’ Disease hit the headlines when an outbreak occurred at Disneyland in Anaheim, California. In that case, nine people who visited the theme park in September developed the disease. Three more people, who had been nearby but had not visited Disneyland also got sick, including one person with additional health issues who [...]
Background The risk of developing asthma in those with early food allergy is unknown, particularly when early life food allergy has resolved. Objective To understand whether challenge-proven food allergy in infancy increases the risk of asthma at age 4 years, using data from a population-based cohort. Methods A total of 5,276 12-month-old infants were recruited [...]
Exposure poses potential risks for pregnant women working in retail Women of reproductive age could be exposing themselves to harm by working on retail cosmetics and perfume counters. Researchers found higher levels of phthalates in these workers in Taiwan and warn that this can pose health risks, particularly for pregnant women. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA [...]
CIUDAD GUAYANA, Venezuela (Reuters) - On a recent morning in Venezuela’s southern jungle state of Bolivar, Amanda Santamaria, her two sons, one daughter-in-law, and a granddaughter lined up in front of a shabby community health center in the hope of receiving treatment for malaria. All five of them are afflicted by the mosquito-borne disease, which [...]
Thomas Frieden, MD, MPH, may no longer be working with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but he is still actively engaged in national and global public health. The former director of the CDC under President Barack Obama, who left the agency earlier this year with the arrival of the new administration in [...]
Every month there seems to be a new story about whether you should eat more eggs or swear off of them for good. So are they good for your heart or not? It may seem like a simple question: Are eggs good or bad for your heart? But answering this question may be even more confusing [...]
Creative Commons License sugar cookies by freefoodphotos.com is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. These holiday cookies, with subtle hints of vanilla, are sure to please. They’re also lower in fat than most cookies. But with all the flavor, you won’t miss the fat. Ingredients 2 [...]
As Southern Nevada reports its first pediatric influenza death of the 2017-2018 flu season, a new study out of Canada has found that children who receive the flu vaccine are far less likely to be hospitalized with the virus. For Week 45 ending November 11, 2017, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported [...]
Luanda — MORE than 1 200 people have died of malaria since the outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease in Angola this year. Most of the victims are children under five years of age, mostly in the central Huambo Province. Clementino Sacanombo, Huambo malaria programme supervisor, said the province was experiencing its worst malaria outbreak in [...]
ABSTRACT The use of phages as antibacterial agents is limited by their generally narrow host ranges. The aim of this study was to make a T4-like phage, WG01, obtain the host range of another T4-like phage, QL01, by replacing its host-determinant gene region with that of QL01. This process triggered a direct expansion of the WG01 host range. The [...]
