WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Most parents haven’t considered the potential risk of an unlocked, poorly stored firearm in a house their child is visiting, a new study shows. More than 60% of Illinois parents have never asked another parent about an unlocked gun in their home beforeContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Nov. 12, 2024 (HealthDay News) — The H5N1 strain of avian flu is now passing easily among South America’s elephant seals and drastically cutting herd populations, a new report finds. “It is likely that more than half of the reproductive population died due to the virus. It will takeContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Nov. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Having a child can cause significant and ongoing financial hardship for new parents, even if they are covered by health insurance, a new study shows. More than half of people with private insurance spent more than $1,000 out of pocket on childbirth, andContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Nov. 7, 2024 (HealthDay News) — About 7% of dairy workers exposed to the avian flu that is spreading through U.S. herds have become infected themselves, federal experts estimate. That number highlights concerns that circulating strains of bird flu might become highly infectious in humans, according to a newContinue Reading
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 6, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Folks are more likely to drive drowsy than drive drunk, even though both raise the risk of a fatal crash, a new survey shows. About 4 in 10 adults say they’ll find alternative transportation when they haven’t gotten enough sleep, according to theContinue Reading
THURSDAY, Oct. 31, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in poultry and dairy cows in the United States, a case of H5N1 has now been confirmed for the first time in a pig. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture [USDA] and Oregon state veterinary officials are investigatingContinue Reading
MONDAY, Oct. 28, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Hospice care is a compassionate and heartfelt enterprise, involving a medical team dedicated to maintaining a person’s comfort and dignity as they face the final curtain. Now, new research shows hospice is also incredibly cost-effective as a health care service, a new reportContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — A second person in Missouri who wasn’t exposed to either poultry or dairy cows has been infected with bird flu, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. This person shared a home with a patient who was first hospitalized with bird flu in August, butContinue Reading
FRIDAY, Oct. 25, 2024 (HealthDay News) — Brain scans can provide early warning of who will develop chronic pain following a whiplash injury, a new study finds. Higher levels of “cross talk” between two specific brain regions within one to three days of the injury increases the risk that painContinue Reading
TUESDAY, Oct. 22, 2024 (HealthDayNews) — Four farm workers who helped cull poultry on an commercial egg farm in Washington are presumed to have been infected with bird flu, making that state the sixth in the country to report human H5N1 infections this year. “These are the first presumed humanContinue Reading