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Bird exhibitions canceled at State, county fairs because of flu The directive, in effect through the end of the year, also prohibits exhibitions at county fairs, swap meets, petting zoos and sales throughout Minnesota.
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California Senate votes to end beliefs waiver for school vaccinations SACRAMENTO, Calif. California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate, the latest move in a battle between public health officials and "anti-vaxxers" who fear vaccines are ...
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Blue Bell Ice Cream Pops Up on Online Black Market After Listeria Outbreak Some enterprising ice cream fans are now to turning to the black market to sell gallons of Blue Bell ice cream online after a listeria outbreak prompted a recall of the company's products.
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Mandatory vaccine bill passes Senate, heads to Assembly SACRAMENTO - State senators passed a bill Thursday aimed at increasing California's school immunization rates after a measles outbreak at Disneyland last year.
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California Senate steps towards ending vaccination exemptions "'SB 277 is about increasing immunization rates so no one will have to suffer from vaccine-preventable diseases,' said Sen. Ben Allen (D- Santa Monica) who coauthored the bill with Sen. Richard Pan (D-Sacramento).
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US egg farmers bear brunt of deadly bird flu The spread of avian flu has devastated America's largest producer of eggs -- Iowa, where almost 14 million egg-laying hens have been affected.
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California Senate votes new bill eliminating exemption of vaccination on ... The senate of California passed a bill this Thursday under which the exemption allowed to parents on grounds of personal belief allowing them to skip vaccination when proposed for any reason, was eliminated.
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California bill would mandate vaccination SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate, the latest move in a battle between public-health officials and "anti-vaxxers" who fear vaccines ...
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California Senate votes to end beliefs waiver for school vaccinations SACRAMENTO - California parents who do not vaccinate their children would have to home-school them under a bill passed Thursday by the state Senate, the latest move in a battle between public health officials and "anti-vaxxers" who fear vaccines are ...
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US report shows mixed progress on curbing foodborne pathogens CHICAGO U.S. cases of two deadly types of foodborne pathogens have fallen sharply since 2008, but rates of other key types of foodborne bugs have increased, according to the latest report on nine pathogens tracked by health officials.
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Vaccine exemptions: California Senate overwhelmingly passes SB 277 ... SACRAMENTO -- A controversial bill that abolishes "personal belief exemptions" for vaccinations won overwhelming approval in the California Senate on Thursday, bolstering supporters' hopes that it will also clear the Assembly and be signed into law.
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Blue Bell listeria agreements may foreshadow industry, regulatory changes Texas and Oklahoma health officials on Thursday announced a set of testing and other measures Blue Bell has agreed to take to ensure its ice cream is safe before it can sell products from plants in those states.
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Deal to restock Texas ice cream may melt $10000/tub black market DALLAS May 14 A thriving black market for Blue Bell ice cream recalled over Listeria concerns that saw asking prices of up to $10,000 a tub looked set to collapse on Thursday after the maker reached an agreement with Texas to bring its products back to ...
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Blue Bell agrees to stepped-up testing, other safety measures in Brenham Although it will be several months at least before Blue Bell can have products in store freezers, an agreement has been reached to get the Brenham creamery back on line.
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Nebraska declares state of emergency in bird flu outbreak Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts declared a state of emergency on Thursday, after federal agriculture officials confirmed a second farm site had tested positive for the rapidly spreading avian flu virus.
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California Close to Eliminating Personal Belief Exemptions for Vaccines California's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that would prohibit parents from seeking vaccine exemptions for their children due to religious and philosophical reasons.
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Bird flu is devastating U.S. egg farms Bird flu can kill 90 percent of a flock within 48 hours. Viruses have affected 33 million turkeys, chickens and ducks in more than a dozen states since December.
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CDC: Efforts to stem food-borne illnesses paid off in 2014, but risk remains The risk of infection from eating food tainted with a common type of Salmonella or a dangerous strain of E. coli fell significantly in 2014, according to a report published Thursday by the U.S.
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Nebraska Has Ordered a State of Emergency Over Bird Flu Governor Pete Rickets ordered a state of emergency Thursday after Nebraska's Department of Agriculture confirmed the highly contagious H5N2 avian flu virus had infected a second farm.
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Hand grip is telltale of heart's health – study PARIS - Testing people's hand strength could be a simple, low-cost way to screen them for the risk of heart attack or stroke, The Lancet reported on Thursday.
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Study: Chronic depression may increase stroke risk (CNN) If your older loved one is among the millions of Americans who struggle with chronic depression, beware: They have an extremely high risk for stroke.
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Lingering depression may double stroke risk, study says People who have depression for a long time may be at increased risk for stroke, a new study suggests. Researchers found that adults ages 50 and older who had symptoms of depression that lasted more than two years were twice as likely to have a stroke in ...
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Depression may double stroke risk in older adults Chronic depression may more than double the risk of stroke for older adults, and the danger remains high even when mental health improves, a large U.S.
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Egg Farms Hit Hard as Bird Flu Affects Millions of Hens SIOUX CENTER, Iowa - J.T. Dean is facing a gargantuan task. Mr. Dean, a son of the founder of one of the country's biggest egg producers, the Center Fresh Group, must kill and dispose of about 5.5 million laying hens housed in 26 metal barns that rise ...
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State Senate OKs bill ending waiver from vaccine mandate The state Senate on Thursday approved a controversial bill that would require many more children to be vaccinated in California by eliminating the ability of parents to opt out of the mandate based on their personal beliefs.
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California Senate Approves School Vaccine Bill SACRAMENTO, Calif.—The state Senate has passed a bill aimed at increasing California's school immunization rates. The bill approved Thursday would prohibit parents from seeking vaccine exemptions for their children because of religious or personal ...
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Firm handshake may be a sign of good health: Study A firm handshake may be a sign of good health, according to a new Canadian-led study. Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont.
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Handshakes better than your blood pressure at assessing your health The firmness of your hand grip is better than your blood pressure at assessing your health, Hamilton researchers have found, and reduced muscular strength, measured by your grip, is consistently linked with early death, disability and illness.
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Bird flu outbreak mostly spares backyard chickens WASHINGTON - In a lot behind Tanya Keith's Des Moines home, seven hens can be seen strutting around, laying a colorful array of brown, white and green eggs that will make their way to the frying pan or become part of a baked treat.
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Elderly Who Exercise 30 Minutes A Day Live 5 Years Longer, Study Finds Regular exercise packs as great a punch as quitting smoking when it comes to life expectancy, according to researchers in Norway. The study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, called for more campaigns to encourage greater fitness in older ...
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Donations Pouring in for Elderly Man Who Called 911 for Food Two days after an elderly man dialed 911 for food because he was hungry and couldn't move, his kitchen cabinets are overflowing with donations.
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Could a handshake help predict heart trouble? They say the firmness of your handshake, or lack thereof, can reveal a lot about your personality, and now new research suggests it could also reveal something crucial about your health.
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Fingerprint test could detect cocaine use A sophisticated new type of drug test can tell whether a person has taken cocaine by analyzing chemical traces left behind in their fingerprint, scientists say.
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Vaccination bill passes California Senate; opponents vow fight 60°F San Francisco. antioch; concord; fairfield; hayward; livermore; mill valley; mountain view; napa; oakland; palo alto; richmond; san carlos; san francisco; san jose; santa rosa.
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Morning Break: Guarding Family Jewels, Migraine in Teens, Birds Go Viral savesaved. by MedPage Today Staff. The California State Senate has approved legislation that would eliminate the personal-belief exemption from the state's mandated immunizations.
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Guinea Ebola cases climb due to transmissions at funerals CONAKRY Guinea has seen a spate of new Ebola cases due to transmissions at funerals, a worrying sign for the African nation as it seeks to stamp out a year-long epidemic that has killed over 11,000 people across the region, a health official said on Friday.
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Half an hour of exercise lowers risk of death for elderly men Regular exercise has equal health benefits to quitting smoking in elderly men, research has found. A study carried out in Norway found that carrying out half an hour of exercise six times a week was linked to a 40 per cent lower risk of death in elderly males.
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Even in Later Life, Exercise Seems to Pay Dividends THURSDAY, May 14, 2015 (HealthDay News) -- A little exercise late in life may help men live longer, new research from Norway suggests.
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Cancer sufferer, 81, who called 911 because he had no food has a full kitchen After returning home from a six-month hospital stay, cancer patient Clarence Blackmon was greeted with a bare fridge and cupboards.
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Nurses with tablets and bikers with smartphones join Ebola fight LONDON - While health experts in laboratories globally have tried to devise ways to end the largest Ebola epidemic on record, technology experts have also been coming up with new ways to attack the virus - using smartphones and Ebola-proof tablets.
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Elderly people who exercise 'live five years longer' Regular exercise in old age has as powerful an effect on life expectancy as giving up smoking, researchers say. The analysis of 5,700 elderly men in Norway showed those doing three hours of exercise a week lived around five years longer than the ...
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Donations pour in for elderly man who called 911 because he had no food A community is coming to the aid of an 81-year-old man after he called 911 because he was hungry and unable to leave his home. Clarence Blackmon returned home on Tuesday after months of cancer treatments at a local hospital.
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30 minutes of exercise is key to health in old age: study Elderly men who do 30 minutes of physical activity six days a week are likely to have a 40-per cent lower risk of death compared to couch-potato counterparts, researchers said Friday.
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Study reveals 400 potential HIV-positive organ donors Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania estimate that 400 donors exist each year for kidney and liver transplants between HIV-positive patients.
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911 Operator Comes To Elderly Man's Rescue When He's Unable To Get Food Clarence Blackmon reportedly called 911 when he had just returned home after spending several months in the hospital. The 911 operator that spoke on the phone with Blackmon came to the 81-year-old man's rescue after receiving his call for help, ...
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California Bill to Scrap Vaccine Exemption Moves Forward The California senate has passed a bill that could help ensure that parents vaccinate their children, months after a measles outbreak in the state linked to low vaccination rates.
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30 minutes of exercise daily lowers death risk Just 30 minutes of physical activity six days a week is linked to a 40 percent lower risk of death from any cause among the elderly, a new research shows.
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Iowa posts 2 additional bird flu cases, 1 in Plymouth Co. The Iowa Department of Agriculture says two northwest Iowa farms raising pullets - young chickens being raised to eventually lay eggs - likely have the virus.
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Dispatcher helps elderly man who called 911 for food FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina (WISH) - When an elderly man recently made an emergency call for help, the person on the other end answered that call, literally.
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30 minutes of exercise is key to health in old age Elderly men who do 30 minutes of physical activity six days a week are likely to have a 40% lower risk of death compared to couch-potato counterparts, researchers said Friday.
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