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Dog and cat flu: Here's what you need to know to keep your pet safe While the human flu is wreaking havoc this year around the world - dog flu is also a concern for your furry friends. The canine influenza is highly contagious and dangerous for your pup.
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7 things pediatricians want parents to know about the flu epidemic The deadly flu epidemic sweeping the nation has closed schools in states from Alabama to Texas and killed at least 30 children since its official start on Oct. 1, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Yes, this flu season is brutal, but it's not the worst A fierce flu season that started early still seems to be hitting almost every corner of the country and sowing anxiety nationwide.
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A boy's basketball-size tumor was slowly killing him. He died days after doctors removed it. The basketball-size tumor was finally gone, and the first signs after Emanuel Zayas's surgery were deceptively encouraging. The 14-year-old's eyes had begun to react to stimulation.
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Heat-not-burn cigarette alternative faces US scrutiny This undated image provided by Philip Morris in January 2018 shows the company's iQOS product. The device heats tobacco sticks but stops short of burning them, an approach that Philip Morris says reduces exposure to tar and other toxic byproducts of ...
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Anti-Smoking Plan May Kill Cigarettes—And Save Big Tobacco In this Thursday, May 18, 2017 file photo, packs of cigarettes are offered for sale at a convenience store in Helena, Mont. Tobacco companies have made claims about "safer" cigarettes since the 1950s, all later proven false.
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Why flesh-eating bacteria can look like the flu An Arizona woman who was initially diagnosed with the flu turned out to have a life-threating infection with "flesh-eating" bacteria, according to news reports.
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School shocked by marijuana decision An 11-year-old girl in Illinois who was suffering from seizures and taking cannabis was kicked out of school, but a judge ruled in her favor.
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Flu keeps South Shore Hospital emergency room busy Dr. Todd Ellerin, an infectious disease specialist at South Shore Hospital, said the emergency room is experiencing an upsurge in patients seeking treatment for influenza.
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Two more adults die from flu in Allegheny County The flu claimed the lives of two more people last week in Allegheny County, bringing the total of deaths to five. The county health department Monday confirmed that the two most recent residents who died of complications of the flu each had underlying ...
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Screen time: Mental health menace or scapegoat? (CNN) "Have smartphones destroyed a generation?" Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, asked in an adapted excerpt of her controversial book, "iGen.
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Nightly News Full Broadcast (Jan. 22nd) Senate passes measure to end government shutdown, North Korea tells NBC that the nuclear program is not up for negotiation and a teen says MSU is still billing her for sessions with Larry Nassar.
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Boy dies after doctors remove 10-pound tumor from his face A 14-year-old boy from Cuba has died after doctors in Miami removed a 10-pound tumor from his face. Emanuel Zayas was born with a rare disorder called polyostotic fibrous dysplasia, a condition that replaces multiple areas of bones with fibrous tissue ...
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Groundbreaking medical marijuana case lets little girl go back to school A little girl was back in a school she loves in Schaumburg, Illinois last week - but only after a federal judge said it was okay for her to bring her prescription medication with her.
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Child, 9, shares marijuana-laced lollies at school in New Mexico The student felt dizzy and went to the school nurse. Her classmates were reportedly giggly after eating the "lollies". Photo / Getty Images.
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Centipedes eat animals 15 times their size thanks to this powerful toxin, study finds A bite from a venomous centipede can cause swelling and excruciating pain. And for a mouse - even one 15 times larger than a centipede - the bite can be deadly.
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Fifth-grader thought she brought gummy candies to school, but they were laced with marijuana A 9-year-old student in New Mexico gave fellow students gummies - only to realize later they were not ordinary candies. The candies had apparently been laced with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, the chemical responsible for how marijuana affects the ...
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What is the dog flu? Canine influenza spreading across US As most of us know by now, this flu season has been one of the most aggressive yet. It has grown to epidemic proportions, reaching all corners of the country and killing several people along the way.
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Fifth-grader thought she brought gummy candies to school, but they were laced with marijuana A stock photo of a child with gummy bears. (Photo by Lisa Wiltse/Corbis via Getty Images). Photo: Lisa Wiltse/Corbis Via Getty Images.
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Your dog can get a flu bug DEAR CITIZEN: The simple answer is, yes. Canine Influenza Virus (CIV) reared its ugly head for the first time back in 2003. At that time, it seemed isolated to racing greyhounds in Florida but has now been clinically verified in most states.
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Researchers are worried that a brain illness known as 'zombie deer' disease may start infecting humans Chronic wasting disease was discovered in the 1950s when researchers observed deer in Colorado behaving like zombies, staggering around blindly as they starved to death.
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Philanthropists donate $100 million to 2 Boston hospitals A telecommunications executive and his wife have given gifts worth a combined $100 million to two Boston hospitals to support innovation and patient care.
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Medical Marijuana Gummy Bears Mistakenly Distributed In School By 5th Grader A fifth-grade student was suspended from her New Mexico elementary school and her parents were placed under investigation after the child distributed medical marijuana gummy bears, local media reported.
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Fifth Grader Hands Out Gummy Bears Laced With Marijuana Chemical THC A fifth-grade student shared THC-infused gummy bears to fourth graders at a New Mexico elementary school. School officials realized these were not ordinary candies after the children fell ill and they saw a box labeled "Incredibles.
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Acoustic tractor beams could lead to levitating humans LG wants levitating speakers in every home, but what about gravity-defying humans? Well, science could well be on its way to making us float too, thanks to a breakthrough in sonic levitation.
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The world's most powerful acoustic tractor beam could pave the way for levitating humans Working principle of virtual vortices: intertwined short vortices of opposite directions are emitted to trap and stabilize the particle.
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Off-Duty Doctors Deliver Baby Mid-Flight After Mother Goes Into Labor on Plane When flight attendants went looking for a doctor in the house, fortunately, this flight had two. A 27-year-old doctor and a pediatrician helped to deliver a healthy baby boy when a woman went into labor while on a plane 35,000 feet in the sky.
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Length of opioid prescription spell highest risk for misuse after surgery BOSTON - With opioid overdoses now a leading cause of nonintentional death in the United States, data show most of these deaths can be traced back to an initial prescription opioid.
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100 years after global outbreak, flu is still a tough foe for science In this October 1918 photo made available by the Library of Congress, St. Louis Red Cross Motor Corps personnel wear masks as they hold stretchers next to ambulances for victims of the influenza epidemic.
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Another Jimmy Johns "Sproutbreak" – Time for a Sprout Warning Label On Friday the CDC announced another sprout outbreak - this time Salmonella and once again Jimmy Johns. Jimmy Johns pulled all sprouts from all stores across the United States.
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The heat of hot yoga can be very good, but also risky for some people Brian Tracy first heard about Bikram yoga in 2005, when a graduate student approached the exercise scientist with an idea for studying the classes, which last for 90 minutes in a room heated to about 105 degrees.
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Should all women over 30 be screened for breast and ovarian cancer? Instead of just screening high-risk patients, a new study suggests screening for all women over 30 years age for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations.
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Screening all women for cancer genes may be cost effective LONDON: Screening all women over 30 years age for breast and ovarian cancer gene mutations can be cost effective and could also prevent more of these cancers than just screening those at genetic high-risk, suggests a study led by an Indian-origin ...
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Scientists Warn World Is Now "More Vulnerable to Smallpox" After Controversial Virus Synthesis It's been described as the deadliest disease in human history, and scientists are warning the world may have just inched closer to seeing its revival.
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DOH exec who recommended Dengvaxia exemption points at colleague's endorsement The Department of Health (DOH) official who recommended the exemption of Dengvaxia from assessment of the Formulary Executive Council (FEC), a requirement for the purchase of vaccines, on Monday said another official advised him to recommend the ...
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Blue badge scheme could be extended to cover autism and dementia People with hidden disabilities such as dementia and autism could be given blue badge parking permits in England under new government proposals.
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