New universal flu vaccine to prevent global pandemics
Scientists have designed a new generation of universal flu vaccines that protects against majority of the known viral strains and help prevent future global pandemics that could kill millions. The researchers devised two universal vaccines. One can ...>> view originalMichigan endowment to subsidize Medigap premiums in 2017
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - A fund created through the restructuring of Michigan’s largest health insurer will spend $44 million next year to begin partially offsetting a spike in the cost of supplemental insurance that covers Medicare recipients’ coinsurance and deductibles.The Michigan Health Endowment Fund’s initial contribution - which will dampen the impact of Blue Cross Blue Shield ending a five-year rate freeze on its Medigap policies- is more than a third of the $120 million it must spend thro..>> view originalSome cities choose options other than spraying to combat West Nile virus
When word began to spread through Grayson County that a local resident had died from West Nile virus this summer, many people might have begun to wonder why the area’s two biggest cities don’t spray for mosquitoes during the height of the summer season.Texas Agrilife Extension Services says that the instances of West Nile virus infection typically peak in late August and September and that many communities use a combination of methods to prevent the spread of the disease including source reducti..>> view originalTaking steps to fight breast cancer
Photo: Annie Mulligan, Freelance Thousands make their way to the starting line of the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure on Saturday in downtown Houston. Thousands make their way to the starting line of the Susan G.... It's been six years since John Barron lost his daughter,..>> view originalThe flu vaccine is set to get a makeover
Nurses prepare influenza vaccine injections during a flu shot clinic at Dorchester House, a health care clinic, in Boston, Massachusetts, on Jan. 12, 2013. Photo by Brian Snyder/Reuters For the past eight years, flu shots around the world have contained a virus that was retrieved from a sick person in California in the spring of 2009, in the earliest days of the H1N1 — or swine flu — pandemic. No more. This week, the World Health Organization recommended that flu vaccine manufacturers swap out ..>> view originalBeating Breast Cancer With 3D Imaging And Love
After enduring many mammograms over the years I recently had my first digital breast tomosynthesis also known as 3D Mammography. Mammograms are always scary, the squishing and pain and waiting for results. Fear is heightened as all of us live under the cloud of national statistics -- one in eight women in the United States will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. This message about the urgency of early detection will be amplified during October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. My ..>> view originalSeafood company fined $173168 after deadly ammonia leak
BOSTON (AP) - A Boston seafood wholesaler has been fined $173,168 for safety violations found after a deadly March ammonia leak.The Occupational Health and Safety Administration announced the fines Friday saying investigators found 20 different infractions at Stavis Seafoods’ cold storage facility in South Boston.OSHA inspectors say the warehouse cooling system was not properly inspected and an alarm system in the machine room where ammonia was used as a refrigerant wasn’t working, among other d..>> view originalMore Zika mosquitoes captured in Miami Beach, county says
More mosquitoes carrying the Zika virus have been captured in Miami Beach — this time in a new neighborhood, near the La Gorce Golf Course, Miami-Dade officials announced Saturday. The batch of Zika-positive mosquitoes were retrieved on Sept. 20 from a trap at 575 West 49th St., a single-family home in the Lake View subdivision, making it the sixth such find since August and the first in Mid Beach. The other five locations were all in South Beach. Florida’s Department of Agriculture and Consume..>> view originalZika funding part of spending bill
After months of bickering, Congress agreed last week to allocate $1.1 billion toward curbing the spread of the Zika virus, a primarily mosquito-borne disease that has raised public health alarms. The package is part of a larger spending bill to keep the federal government running until Dec. 9. It comes as the virus — which can cause birth defects if contracted by pregnant women — is actively spreading in Florida. More than 3,000 cases have been reported in the continental United States, thoug..>> view originalHeather Bresch: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
VIDEO Mylan CEO Heather Bresch faced a storm of public shaming which included a four-hour Congressional hearing for raising the price of EpiPens to $600. She joins the hated Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli as the latest pharma executive accused of profiting off those consumers who cannot afford to do without lifesaving medication. Bresch was paid $18 million in 2015 as EpiPen prices increased to $600. The move has renewed the debate surrounding corporate excesses. Hillary Clinton’s campaign has calle..>> view original
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