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What you need to know about the bird flu outbreak, concerns about raw milk, and more
Los Angeles Times· 1 day agoThere is a bird flu outbreak going on. Bird flu is what’s known as a highly pathogenic avian...
Cows have human flu receptors, study shows, raising stakes on bird flu outbreak in dairy cattle
KEYT 3 Santa Barbara· 7 days agoWorkers there were seeing a lot of cows with mastitis, an infection of the udder. What they found –...
RI nursing home patients can be violent with each other. What can be done?
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoA majority of discharges from nursing homes were prompted by "endangering behavior," specifically...
Smoking and ear infections: What to know
Medical News Today· 6 days agoSmoking and secondhand smoke can affect the immune system and cause ear infections in both adults and children. Learn more about the link between smoking...
Is 'herd immunity' in intensive care doing more harm than good?
Medical Xpress· 3 days agoApproximately one ICU patient in four will acquire an infection, most commonly pneumonia (in 20%) or...
Papua New Guineans, genetically isolated for 50,000 years, carry Denisovan genes that help their...
LiveScience· 5 days agoPapua New Guineans, who have been genetically isolated for millennia, carry unique genes that helped...
US government announces new financial incentives for farms to stem the spread of bird flu in dairy...
CNN.com· 6 days agoNewly announced financial incentives to farms to help stem the spread of bird flu in dairy cattle...
Researchers conduct first-ever study to characterize microbiota in saliva of weaned piglets
Phys.org· 19 hours agoAccording to the researchers, this was the first study ever to characterize the microbial...
Do Hot Summer Temperatures Weaken the Immune System?
Scientific American· 1 day agoA hot day might not seem like a threat that the immune system would need to deal with. A team of scientists recently untangled how short-term heat...
Adding salt to your food may significantly increase stomach cancer risk
Newsweek· 7 days agoOver-salting your food might be putting you at risk of certain cancers, researchers have found....