TUESDAY, May 14, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having private insurance may not be all it is cracked up to be when it comes to hospital bills, new research warns. In a report published Monday by the nonprofit research institute RAND Corp., researchers discovered that patients with private health insurance may wind upContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — 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 humans. The illness is typically not fatal in bovines, but monitoring and prevention onContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Doctors in Texas are describing the only known human case of H5N1 avian flu connected to the ongoing outbreak of the disease in dairy cows. Bird flu in humans remains extremely rare, but in the hundreds of cases documented worldwide over the pastContinue Reading
FRIDAY, May 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Primates are capable of tending to wounds using medicinal plants, a new case report says. A male Sumatran orangutan treated a facial wound with a climbing plant known to have anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving properties, researchers say in the journal Scientific Reports. The orangutan,Continue Reading
THURSDAY, May 2, 2024 (HealthDay News) — After investigation, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that the nation’s ground beef supply is so far testing negative for the presence of H5N1 avian flu. In a statement, the agency said that its Food Safety and Inspection Service tested 30 samples ofContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — People drinking raw unpasteurized milk are at risk for potentially contracting bird flu, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned Wednesday. “We continue to strongly advise against the consumption of raw milk,” Dr. Donald Prater, acting director of the FDA’s Center for FoodContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — In yet another sign that bird flu is spreading widely among mammals, a new report finds more than half of cats at the first Texas dairy farm to have cows test positive for bird flu this spring died after drinking raw milk. PublishedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A toxin found in paint strippers that’s responsible for 85 U.S. deaths over the past five decades will be phased out for many uses, under an Environmental Protection Agency rule finalized Tuesday. The cancer-causing solvent methylene chloride will still have some allowed uses,Continue Reading
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As bird flu continues to spread among dairy cows, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday it is now testing ground beef for any presence of the virus. The agency said it is sampling ground beef bought in grocery stores in states whereContinue Reading
TUESDAY, April 30, 2024 (HealthDay News) — H5N1 avian “bird” flu is making headlines this week, with new reports finding inactive virus detected in 1 in 5 U.S. milk samples. That means the virus is infecting mammals such as dairy cows, and now researchers report it’s turned up in aContinue Reading
MONDAY, April 29, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Live bird flu virus has not been found in any of the first batch of retail milk samples tested, federal health officials said Friday. Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in U.S. dairy cows, the early findings should reassure the public thatContinue Reading
FRIDAY, April 26, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bits of bird flu virus have been discovered in roughly 20% of retail milk samples tested in a national survey, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. The finding suggests that bird flu has spread far more widely among dairy cows thanContinue Reading
THURSDAY, April 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — As bird flu continues to spread among dairy cows in the United States, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday it will start requiring testing of the animals if they are moved across state lines. The “USDA has identified [bird flu] spread betweenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, April 24, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Bits of inactive bird flu virus have been discovered in samples of pasteurized milk from across the United States, health officials said Tuesday, although they stressed the viral fragments don’t threaten humans. However, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did note that testingContinue Reading