December 8, 2016 Athletes may need to work more than the rest of us to avoid the flu Athletes who cram in extra workouts over the holidays to avoid packing on extra pounds also need to take extra precautions to avoid getting sick, recent guidelines stress.
December 8, 2016 ER visits for severe sunburn rack up millions in costs Although sunburns are highly preventable, they are still responsible for tens of thousands of expensive visits to U.S. emergency rooms each year, according to a recent analysis.
December 7, 2016 Students sickened by gummy bears, hospitalized Several students at a suburban Chicago high school who became sick after eating gummy bears laced with an unknown substance have been hospitalized.
December 6, 2016 France raises risk level on bird flu to 'high' France raised to "high" the risk level across the country after the detection of several cases of the highly pathogenic H5N8 avian flu strain in Southwestern France farms and in wild ducks in Northern France, the farm ministry said on Tuesday.
December 5, 2016 Even with one cigarette a day, odds of early death are higher Smokers who go through much less than a pack of cigarettes a day still have a higher risk of an early death than non-smokers, a new study suggests.
December 5, 2016 Richest Americans live seven to 10 years longer than poorest Poverty cuts an average of almost 10 years off American men's lives and seven off women's, a new study shows.
December 2, 2016 UN chief sorry for UN role in deadly Haiti cholera outbreak Outgoing United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon apologized to the people of Haiti on Thursday for the world body's role in a deadly cholera outbreak that has killed more than 9,300 people and was blamed on Nepali U.N. peacekeepers.
December 2, 2016 France detects H5N8 bird flu on duck farm France has detected a case of the highly contagious H5N8 strain of bird flu on a duck farm in the southwest, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.
December 2, 2016 Russia's Krasnodar region restricts movement of live pigs over swine fever Russia's southern Krasnodar region has imposed restrictions on the movement of live pigs, setting up police checkpoints in a bid to stop the spread of African Swine Fever (ASF), the regional agriculture ministry said on Friday.
December 2, 2016 Armenia says 10 people died from H1N1 swine flu Ten people have died from H1N1 swine flu in Armenia in the last two months but there is no danger of a mass outbreak, a spokeswoman for the country's health ministry said on Wednesday.