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Coronavirus: More countries may be added to UK travel quarantine list “straight away”
By Laura F. Nixon on July 29, 2020
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden said testing passengers at airports is not a “silver bullet” allowing restrictions to be eased. He made the comments as the...
COVID-19: Possible coronavirus cluster identified in Scotland
By Laura F. Nixon on July 29, 2020
A possible coronavirus cluster has been identified in Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Nicola Sturgeon has said. Giving the daily coronavirus figures, the first minister said...
Ada Valley beef contamination: Roughly 3500 pounds of raw beef recalled
By Laura F. Nixon on July 15, 2019
Ada Valley raw ground beef recalled due to possible contamination with broken metal bits. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)...
Tennessee Man dies from FLESH-EATING bacteria after swimming in Florida
By Christopher B. Taub on July 14, 2019
Tennessee man dies after being infected with flesh-eating bacteria in Destin. In a post written by the man’s daughter on Wednesday, she described a weekend...
Neuronal Sleep Patterns Go Back 450 Million Years Ago (Study)
By Christopher B. Taub on July 11, 2019
Neural sleep patterns developed over 450 million years ago. When you stop to think about it, the idea that most mammals lose consciousness for a...
Moderate dose of novel form of stress promotes longevity, A New Study Reveals
By Laura F. Nixon on July 11, 2019
A moderate amount of a certain type of stress could boost longevity? researchers from the Baylor College of Medicine and the Houston Methodist Research Institute...
Sugary Drinks Linked to Cancer Onset (New Study)
By Laura F. Nixon on July 11, 2019
Sugary drink consumption and risk of cancer: results from NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort. The study, published on Thursday in the British Medical Journal, reports a possible...
Cognitive behavioral therapy in Internet addiction (Study)
By Christopher B. Taub on July 11, 2019
Addicted to the internet? Behavioral therapy could work, scientists find. A German study has found a type of psychotherapy developed for people with substance abuse...
Longer work hours may raise stroke risk, study finds
By Laura F. Nixon on June 21, 2019
People who work an average of one 10-hour day a week see their risk of suffering a stroke rise by a third compared with someone...
German Parents Who Don’t Vaccinate Their Kids Could Face Hefty Fines
By Staffs on May 5, 2019
German Health Minister Jens Spahn is proposing a law that allows for fining parents of unvaccinated children up to €2,500 ($2,800). The conservative lawmaker said...
Measles case confirmed in Long Beach, first case in the city since 2015
By Staffs on May 5, 2019
A Long Beach resident has been diagnosed with measles, the first case in the city since 2015, the Health Department confirmed Saturday morning, May 4....
Diabetes, high BMI cause nearly 6 Percent of cancers worldwide
By Laura F. Nixon on November 28, 2017
More than one in 20 cancers worldwide are attributable to diabetes and high Body Mass Index (BMI), according to the first study of its kind....
Kirsty Clark: Mum investigated over child abuse after her baby sucked his own arm
By Staffs on November 26, 2017
A mum who took her five-day-old son to hospital after she found a mark on his arm has spoken of her shock when she was...