TUESDAY, Feb. 11, 2025 (HealthDay News) — It was a bit safer to go into the water last year: Unprovoked shark attacks worldwide fell by about a third in 2024 compared to the year before, new data show. The United States continues to be the most likely country in whichContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Feb. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Scientists are calling on the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to disclose data about the risks of bird flu to people and pets that was posted briefly online Wednesday and quickly deleted. The data table was the only mention ofContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Feb. 6, 2025 (HealthDay News) — When it comes to the potential of H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, picking up mutations that might lead to human-to-human spread, that “train has already left the station,” warns one infectious disease expert. If and when bird flu — alreadyContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 5, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new spinal cord implant may help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) regain some muscle function, giving them stronger movement and improved walking ability, researchers report. In a small, month-long pilot study, three adults with SMA — a genetic disease that weakensContinue Reading
SUNDAY, Feb. 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A rapidly-spreading H5N1 avian influenza, otherwise known as bird flu, has been devastating bird flocks and showing signs of spreading to other mammals. Since 2022, more than 147 million birds in the U.S. have been affected. Already this year, more than 5 millionContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 31, 2025 (HealthDay News) — As a bird flu outbreak escalates across the U.S., the Trump administration has paused the release of key public health studies, stalling research that could provide insight into how the virus spreads to animals and people. The blocked studies were supposed to beContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A commercial turkey flock in North Carolina has tested positive for highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), also known as bird flu, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture confirmed Tuesday. The affected flock is in Sampson County and is the second case in theContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 29, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A new strain of bird flu, H5N9, has been detected for the first time in the United States, raising concerns about how it continues to spread. The strain was discovered at a commercial duck farm in California’s Merced County, and was reported toContinue Reading
MONDAY, Jan. 27, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Reports of cats becoming seriously ill or dying after consuming raw pet food or milk tainted with the deadly bird flu virus have prompted the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to urge pet food manufacturers to take extra precautions. The FDA recentlyContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Jan. 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The last duck farm on New York’s Long Island is facing an uncertain future after a bird flu outbreak forced the culling of nearly 100,000 ducks. The highly contagious H5N1 avian flu, otherwise known as bird flu, was detected at the farm lastContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Jan. 23, 2025 (HealthDay News) — A broken home seems to set a ticking time bomb in the brains of some children of divorce. Seniors have a 61% higher risk of stroke if their parents divorced when they were children or teenagers, researchers reported in a study published Jan.Continue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu. This funding, announced Friday by Moderna, builds on the $176 million it received from HHS lastContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Jan. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — For the first time, bird flu has been detected in a commercial poultry flock in Georgia. The case — confirmed in Elbert County by the Georgia Department of Agriculture (GDA) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service —Continue Reading
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