The forecast calls for showers of rabies vaccines over the Maine woods. About 50,400 oral rabies vaccines will be spread over Franklin and Somerset counties between Aug. 6-11, according to Jackie Farwell, a spokesperson for the Maine Department of Health and Human Services. Another… S..
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In the lead-up to the Paris Games, we couldn’t escape how “normal” it was all supposed to be: Media outlets touted the return of cheering spectators in place of empty stadiums, a hyped opening ceremony packed with hundreds of thousands of fans, arrivals of friends and families to help… S..
SAN ANTONIO, TX (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Nearly half of all women carrying BRCA gene mutations will go on to develop lethal breast or ovarian cancer. But, new research has discovered a method to isolate those dangerous mutations, thereby finding a way to fix them. When BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes work… S..
One person is dead and six others are in hospital due to a legionnaires’ outbreak, the Middlesex-London Health Unit (MLHU) said in a news release on Friday. Twenty-two cases are attached to the outbreak, and most were found within a five kilometre radius of one another in southeast London. All… S..
Q: My doctor says I’m over-stressed and that’s making my cortisol levels fluctuate wildly. I don’t understand what cortisol has to do with anything. Can you offer me some info S..
AUSTIN, Texas — A new HIV healthcare center opened in Austin on Friday, offering a range of services including medical care, pharmacy and free STI testing. The facility, operated by AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), was inaugurated by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson and other local and state… S..
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – State health officials say a rabid bat was discovered in a Charleston County neighborhood earlier this week. The bat was found near Long Shadow Lane and New Ryder Ro… S..
ORLANDO, FL (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Parkinson’s is the most common motor disorder and second most frequently diagnosed neurodegenerative disease, second only to Alzheimer’s. Almost ten million people are living with it and although there are drugs to treat the disease, many people become… S..
Cases of whooping cough, which can be deadly for infants, are on the rise in Australia with infections this year already four times the total number in 2023. Aussies are being warned of a national outbreak with cases of the contagious infection, also known as pertussis, sweeping across the… S..
A new, all-in-one healthcare center opened Friday in central Austin, according to an announcement from the city. S..