CDC sends nearly $200 million in Zika funding to states
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding nearly $200 million in Zika funding to states and territories to continue the fight against the mosquito-borne virus, officials announced Thursday. The money, approved earlier this year by Congress as part of the emergency response to Zika, is aimed at helping local communities at greatest risk. The funds will help boost laboratory capacity to perform diagnostics and testing, add resources to track pregnancies and births affected by Zi..>> view originalHoliday stressors cause spike in heart attacks
Holiday stressors cause spike in heart attacks Risk of heart attack spikes in winter Yvonne Thomas, WMAZ 2:10 PM. CST December 24, 2016 Doctors say heart attacks spike during the winter Christmas music, family and hot meals warm the heart, but all of it can quite literally be heartbreaking.According to a study published by the American Heart Association, there's a two-week spike in heart attacks between Christmas Day and January 7.Our Yvonne Thomas explain..>> view originalNew discovery about Infant's ear infection will change the way of treatment completely: Must Read
According to a new study that published in The New England Journal of Medicine reveals short antibiotic treatment can cause big harm to infants who have an ear infection. The study says, as compared to long time duration treatment the short time treatment increase the risk and the condition gets worse. The use of antimicrobial in the treatment of babies (Infant) can affect their body and make them sick, this can even become a reason of the critical condition of an infant. After this big disco..>> view originalFinnish phone app finds reindeer, helps to avoid road kill
ROVANIEMI, Finland (AP) — There's good news for Rudolph and his friends — an app is helping officials reduce the number of reindeer killed in traffic accidents in Finland.Some 300,000 reindeer freely wander the wilds of Lapland in Arctic Finland. An estimated 4,000 are killed every year through road accidents, officials say, and compensation to reindeer herders can be expensive.Most of the accidents occur during the dark winter months when the animals are hard to spot. Several methods to cut roa..>> view originalABC 7 Great Chicago Blood Drive is coming up - WLS
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Blood donations typically fall during the winter season, leaving a critical need for the Red Cross and hospitals. Each day, the Red Cross needs 14,000 blood donations to meet the needs of patients at approximately 2,600 hospitals and transfusion centers across the country. That's why ABC 7 is teaming up with the Red Cross for the Great Chicago Blood Drive.The event is being held at two locations: the Hyatt Regency and the Drake Oak Brook Hotel on January 9, 2017. While helping t..>> view originalNew York: First detection of bird flu spread from cat to human
By: PTI | New York | Published:December 25, 2016 5:42 pm The infected veterinarian was involved in obtaining respiratory specimens from sick cats. The illness was mild, short-lived, and has resolved. (Source: Representative photo/ PTI file) In what may be the first known transmission of bird flu from cats to humans, a veterinarian in the US has been infected with a strain of avian flu that spread among more than 100 cats at animal shelters. However, the New York Ci..>> view originalThe quintessential flower of Christmas can last up to a year
Poinsettia is the flower synonymous with Christmas and made its way to the United States by Joel Roberts Poinsett, the ambassador to Mexico. In the 1820s, he brought back cuttings of a poinsettia found growing in the Mexican countryside. To honor Poinsett, Dec. 12 was named National Poinsettia Day -- the day he died in 1851. John Bartram introduced the poinsettia into commercial trade in the United States in 1829. The Ecke family started growing poinsettias in southern California in the early 1..>> view original
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