THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The bird flu is now jumping between species of mammals, a step that draws the virus closer to hopping into human beings, a new study warns. Researchers have tracked transmission of avian influenza between dairy cows in herds, as well as from cowsContinue Reading
THURSDAY, July 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Medicare Advantage plans are touted as a great alternative to traditional Medicare, offering seniors easier access to doctors, hospitals and prescription drugs. But access to a good Medicare Advantage plan relies heavily on where a person lives, a new study finds. People areContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Two more cases of bird flu have been reported in Colorado poultry workers, but reassuring research finds the virus doesn’t seem to be fueling silent infections, U.S. health officials report. The two additional H5N1 avian flu infections bring the total in that stateContinue Reading
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MONDAY, July 22, 2024 (HealthDay News) — More folks, especially seniors, are missing doctors’ appointments due to extreme weather, a new study shows. The rate of missed primary care appointments increases 0.64% for every 1-degree increase in temperatures 90 degrees or hotter, researchers reported recently in the American Journal ofContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 15, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Five poultry workers in Colorado have been diagnosed with bird flu, state health officials reported Sunday. “In coordination with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, the State Emergency Operations Center and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Colorado Department of Public Health andContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Few Americans understand the health risks of drinking raw milk, a new survey shows, so experts are redoubling efforts to get the word out on its dangers. The push dovetails with the discovery this spring of bird flu virus in milk from infectedContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 10, 2024 (HealthDay News) — While exposure to raw cow’s milk infected with the H5N1 avian influenza virus can make you sick, a new study suggests the virus may not spread quickly to other people. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that mice and ferrets got sickContinue Reading
TUESDAY, July 9, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Where you live plays a vital role in how easy it is to receive care for heart problems. Nearly half of U.S. counties don’t have a practicing cardiologist, and those are places with the worst heart health, a new study says. More thanContinue Reading
MONDAY, July 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Wartime appears to increase the risk of chronic pain for military women, a new study suggests. Active-duty servicewomen who served between 2006 and 2013 – a period of heightened combat deployments – had a significantly increased risk of chronic pain compared to womenContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, July 3, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, a fourth case of H5N1 avian flu has been confirmed in another dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Wednesday. The latest case was reported in Colorado, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control andContinue Reading