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Flu myths: Know your bug
The latest flu epidemic has many people in a near-panic. But it's important to know the difference between fact and fiction when it comes to fighting the influenza virus. "This is one of the worst flu seasons we've seen in Illinois in about a decade,"...
Tags: Flu Vaccine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Viral Diseases and Infections
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Gardening not for the faint of heart
The month is roaring in like a lion. After last year's drought conditions in the Upper Midwest, farmers certainly appreciate the largesse of white stuff. For the gardeners eager to get out there and dig in the mud, spring may seem farther away than ever....Tags: University of Chicago, Fever, Long Island, Gardening, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Health officials: More patients linked to fungal meningitis infections
Article Highlights: - 35 people in six states now meet the criteria for a non-contagious, fungal form of meningitis - That's up from 26 just a day ago - All 35 patients were injected with a steroid - The plant where the steroid was manufactured...
Tags: Headaches, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Meningitis, Environmental Illness, Diseases and Illnesses
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Company recalls ground beef due to salmonella scare
Approximately 29,339 pounds of fresh ground beef products is being recalled by Cargill Meat Solutions because of possible Salmonella Enteritidis. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) made this...
Tags: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Product Recalls, Diseases and Illnesses, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food Industry
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How I spent my sick days
Recently, after a couple of days of feeling a bit run down, I groused to my wife that I didn't feel bad enough to miss work, just bad enough to make work a lot harder than usual. "It might be nice to feel bad enough to have to stay home," I said...Tags: Flu Vaccine, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Les Miserables (musical), George Strait, Diseases and Illnesses
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Vampires Of The Forest
The Hartford CourantYup, that's me. I'm the guy with long sleeves and long pants out in wilderness in the dead of summer. Who the heck would wear long pants tucked into his socks with no skin exposed except his face, neck and hands when the temperature climbs into the 90s? A...Tags: Fever, Headaches, Skin, Diseases and Illnesses, Throat
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Dead birds test positive for West Nile virus in Santa Monica
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County health officials have issued a warning to Santa Monica residents after discovering two dead birds that tested positive for West Nile virus.... -
L.A. County reports five West Nile virus cases so far this year
L.A. NOWLos Angeles County has five reported cases of the West Nile virus, officials said, down from last year. On Thursday, officials issued a warning to Santa Monica residents after discovering two dead birds that tested positive for West Nile virus....... -
Typhus infections reported in Burbank, elsewhere in Valley
L.A. NOWThe Burbank Animal Shelter is advising people to take precautions against typhus fever amid reports the flea-borne disease had infected several people in the city and San Fernando Valley.... -
Ground squirrel tests positive for bubonic plague exposure
L.A. NOWA ground squirrel in the San Jacinto Mountains has tested positive for exposure to the bacteria that can cause bubonic plague, the first discovery of its kind in Riverside County in almost a decade.... -
Warnings issued after Santa Ana child contracts typhus
L.A. NOWOrange County health officials are urging residents to keep their pets, yards and homes free of fleas after a Santa Ana child contracted typhus.... -
Malaria may kill twice as many people as believed, study says
World NowMalaria could be killing twice as many people as experts have believed, a new study suggests. It estimates that 1.2 million people died of the disease in 2010, nearly twice as many as estimated by the World Health Organization, which is skeptical of the...
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