News tagged with health centers

Hitting snooze on the molecular clock: Rabies evolves slower in hibernating bats

The rate at which the rabies virus evolves in bats may depend heavily upon the ecological traits of its hosts, according to researchers at the University of Georgia, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gold rush sweeps Latin America, Amazon suffers

A new gold rush is sweeping through Latin America with devastating consequences, ravaging tropical forests and dumping toxic chemicals as illegal miners fight against big international projects.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study establishes importance of tracking diseases associated with illegal wildlife trade

An article released today in PLoS ONE entitled, Zoonotic Viruses Associated with Illegally Imported Wildlife Products, from a collaborative study led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), identified ev ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

FDA limits some antibiotics in livestock

(AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday ordered farmers to limit the use of a type of antibiotics they give livestock because it could make people more resistant to a key antibiotic that can save lives, encouraging ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Poll: Americans believe U.S. headed in wrong direction on energy

A poll released today by The University of Texas at Austin found less than 14 percent of Americans think the country is headed in the right direction on energy. Of more than 3,400 consumers surveyed, 84 percent were worried ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Researcher finds 9/11 attacks led to new understanding of mass trauma

(PhysOrg.com) -- Out of the wreckage of the World Trade Center attacks and the events of 9/11 came some of the first large-scale research of mass trauma. The resulting findings have led to a broader understanding of how post-traumatic ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Telephone trumps social media when communicating with teens about research

If you think teenagers prefer social media over the telephone, you may want to think again, at least when it comes to teens involved in research studies.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study identifies protective factors that help women recover from childhood violence

Children who witness domestic violence are more likely to be in abusive intimate relationships and experience psychological problems such as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adulthood, according to the Centers for ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Salmonella-tainted sprouts sicken 21 in US

An outbreak of salmonella poisoning in salad sprouts has sickened 21 people in the United States but is not connected to the German E. coli outbreak, health authorities said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Arizona death may be linked to European E. coli

(AP) -- Health officials say the death of an Arizona resident who recently traveled to Germany may be linked to the food-poisoning outbreak in Europe.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Survivors of Joplin tornado develop rare infection

(AP) -- In the aftermath of the Joplin tornado, some people injured in the storm developed a rare and sometimes fatal fungal infection so aggressive that it turned their tissue black and caused mold to grow ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 11, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Salmonella outbreak tied to chicks, ducklings

(AP) -- Health officials say 39 people have been sickened from a salmonella outbreak spread through handling baby chicks or ducklings.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CDC: Food poisoning from salmonella up in US

(AP) -- More Americans got food poisoning last year, with salmonella cases driving the increase, the government reported Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Indiana, Planned Parenthood to argue abortion law

(AP) -- The battle over Indiana's tough new abortion law cutting off much of the public funding for Planned Parenthood because it provides abortions moved back to the courts Monday where attorneys prepared to argue over ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

E. coli outbreak points to gaps in US food system

(AP) -- The nasty form of E. coli hitting Europe points out gaps in the U.S. food safety system that raise concern that similar outbreaks might happen here.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0