The soaring cost of eggs may be inspiring some people to add a chicken coop or two to their backyard or property. The feathery pets, however, come with serious health risks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) —
The soaring cost of eggs may be inspiring some people to add a chicken coop or two to their backyard or property. The feathery pets, however, come with serious health risks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) —
Europe’s drug regulator has decided not to label the antibiotic shortage on the continent a “major event”, given existing measures to tackle the shortfall were working in the short term, it said in a statement on Thursday, A “major event” label would
Spain, one of the last countries in Europe to still require people to wear masks on public transport to prevent the spread of COVID-19, will likely lift the obligation on Feb. 7, Health Minister Carolina Darias said on Thursday. She said the
Japan is planning to downgrade its coronavirus classification on May 8. The country will revise its COVID-19 protection guidelines as well.
The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Malawi has passed 1,000 while cases have risen to 30,621, the highest on record in the country, Health Minister Khumbize Chiponda said on Wednesday. Most of the deaths occurred in the two main cities
The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year. After decades of progress, the eradication program’s director cautioned the end phase of the global effort to eradicate the parasitic disease will be
The United States is experiencing a dire shortage of infectious disease specialists, according to the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), a medical association based in Arlington, Virginia. “Infectious disease (ID) physicians have repeatedly demonstrated their importance during critical worldwide crises, such
A bulging belly might be linked to early physical decline and age-related infirmity. Researchers in Norway recently released a prospective cohort study that looked into the relation body mass indexes (BMI) and waist circumferences (WC) have on “pre-frailty” and “frailty” in older
President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that there were shortages of some medicines in Russia, despite the country producing more of its own drugs, and suggested building up stocks of popular medicines to help meet demand. While prescription drugs are exempt from
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just proposed treating COVID-19 vaccines in the same way in which many Americans receive the annual flu shot — in order to protect people against mutations of the virus. Not everyone is jumping up and