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Why Were Kids Hit Less Hard by COVID? New Study Offers Clues
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 – Your children's never-ending colds and sniffles may have protected them from the worst effects of COVID-19, new research suggests. Throughout the pandemic, it was clear...
Florida Keys Issues Dengue Fever Alert After Two Cases Reported There
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 – Health officials in the Florida Keys have issued a dengue fever alert after two confirmed cases of the mosquito-borne disease were reported there. In the alert, issued this...
FDA Study Shows Pasteurization Kills Bird Flu in Milk
MONDAY, July 1, 2024 – As bird flu continues to spread among U.S. dairy cows, reassuring new government research finds the pasteurization process widely used in the industry effectively kills all...
Scientists Uncover Links Between MS and Epstein-Barr Virus
WEDNESDAY, June 19, 2024 – The discovery that the Epstein-Barr virus might be a major driver of multiple sclerosis has re-energized research into the autoimmune disease. Now, investigators in the...
This Travel Season, Know Your Risks for Yellow Fever
SATURDAY, June 8, 2024 – If tropical lands like South America or Africa are your travel destinations, getting yourself protected against yellow fever before you go is imperative, an expert says....
U.S. Will Make Millions of Bird Flu Vaccines This Summer
MONDAY, June 3, 2024 – As the H5N1 avian flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, nearly 5 million doses of flu vaccine are now being prepared for possible use in humans. Since...
CDC Reports Third Dairy Worker Infected With Bird Flu, Risk to Public Remains 'Low'
THURSDAY, May 30, 2024 – Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there's been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. The...
Bird Flu Spotted in Alpacas for First Time
WEDNESDAY, May 29, 2024 – Bird flu has been detected for the first time in alpacas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced Tuesday. The animals that tested positive were on a farm in...
Scientists Developing mRNA-Based Vaccine Against H5N1 Bird Flu
TUESDAY, May 28, 2024 – An experimental mRNA vaccine against the H5N1 avian flu is highly effective in preventing severe illness and death in lab animals, researchers report. The vaccine could help...
Bird Flu Found in Beef Tissue; Officials Say It Did Not Enter Food Supply
TUESDAY, May 28 – Bird flu virus has been detected in beef tissue from a sick dairy cow, but U.S. health officials stressed the country's meat supply remains safe. In an update issued Friday, the...
In Experiments, Mice Got ill From Raw Milk Carrying Bird Flu Virus
FRIDAY, May 24, 2024 – Confirming the dangers of drinking raw cow's milk when the H5N1 avian flu virus is circulating in U.S. dairy herds, researchers found that mice fed the milk quickly got ill....
Repeat COVID Vaccination Could Shield Against Wide Range of Viruses
TUESDAY, May 21, 2024 – Powerful COVID vaccines could be setting people’s immune systems up to successfully fight off not just future COVID variants, but other types of coronaviruses as well, a new s...
Avian Flu Virus Showing Up in NYC Wild Birds
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – The H5N1 avian flu virus has been discovered in a small number of wild birds in New York City. The highly infectious and severe virus was detected in fecal samples in six...
USDA, HHS Announce New Measures to Monitor, Prevent Bird Flu
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture and U.S. Department of Health & Human Services have jointly announced a myriad of initiatives aimed at preventing the H5N1 avian flu virus,...
Feds Announce New Measures to Monitor, Prevent Bird Flu
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 – H5N1 avian flu is now infecting U.S. dairy cows and the federal government on Friday announced a myriad of initiatives aimed at preventing the virus' mutation and spread in...
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