Search

The USDA is testing ground beef for bird flu. Experts are confident the meat supply is safe 04/30/2024 05:00pm • The U.S. Department of Agriculture will test ground beef for bird flu particles, though officials said Tuesday they're confident the nation's meat supply is safe. Bird flu has been found in nearly three-dozen dairy herds across nine states. The new testing is the latest effort by the USDA to track a The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China protests after being locked out of his lab 04/30/2024 03:10am • SHANGHAI (AP) — The first scientist to publish a sequence of the COVID-19 virus in China protests after being locked out of his lab. 'Vampire facials' were linked to cases of HIV. Here's what to know about the beauty treatment 04/29/2024 03:32pm • Three women were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a report last week, marking the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through cosmetic services using nee CDC says it's identified 1st documented cases of HIV transmitted through cosmetic needles 04/29/2024 10:31am • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Three women who were diagnosed with HIV after getting “vampire facial” procedures at an unlicensed New Mexico medical spa are believed to be the first documented cases of people contracting the virus through a cosmetic procedure using needles, federal health officials Long flu season winds down in US 04/26/2024 02:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. flu season appears to be over. It was long, but it wasn't unusually severe. Last week, for the third straight week, medical visits for flu-like illnesses dipped below the threshold for what's counted as an active flu season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s What to know about Bell's palsy, the facial paralysis affecting Joel Embiid 04/26/2024 11:32am • Philadelphia 76ers All-Star center Joel Embiid has been diagnosed with Bell's palsy, a condition that can strike out of the blue and cause muscles on one side of a person's face to become weak or paralyzed, distorting expression. Here’s what to know about the mostly temporary condition: WHAT IS I Four decades in, the Pet Shop Boys know the secret to staying cool 04/26/2024 12:16am • LONDON (AP) — Chicken Kiev, AI-generated press releases and the annoyance of fan selfies while performing — there was a lot on the minds of the Pet Shop Boys as the iconic British duo prepared to release a new album. Their 15th studio album, “Nonetheless,” comes Friday — 40 years (and 50 m More cows are being tested and tracked for bird flu. Here's what that means 04/24/2024 05:25pm • U.S. health and agriculture officials are ramping up testing and tracking of bird flu in dairy cows in an urgent effort to understand — and stop — the growing outbreak. So far, the risk to humans remains low, officials said, but scientists are wary that the virus could change to spread more eas What to know about the latest bird flu outbreak in the US 04/24/2024 02:16pm • A poultry facility in Michigan and egg producer in Texas both reported outbreaks of avian flu this week. The latest developments on the virus also include infected dairy cows and the first known instance of a human catching bird flu from a mammal. Although health officials say the risk to the public Dairy cattle must be tested for bird flu before moving between states, agriculture officials say 04/24/2024 02:16pm • Dairy cattle moving between states must be tested for the bird flu virus, U.S. agriculture officials said Wednesday as they try to track and control the growing outbreak. The federal order was announced one day after health officials said they had detected inactivated remnants of the virus, known as Remnants of bird flu virus found in pasteurized milk, FDA says 04/23/2024 09:21pm • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday that samples of pasteurized milk had tested positive for remnants of the bird flu virus that has infected dairy cows. The agency stressed that the material is inactivated and that the findings “do not represent actual virus that may be a risk to West Virginia confirms first measles case since 2009 04/22/2024 04:21pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia hospital has confirmed the first known case of measles in the state since 2009, health officials said Monday. The Monongalia County Health Department said WVU Medicine alerted officials Sunday that an adult patient living in the county tested positive for t Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic 04/22/2024 01:05pm • BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails and documents, l Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous 04/22/2024 01:03pm • BEIJING (AP) — The hunt for the origins of COVID-19 has gone dark in China, the victim of political infighting after a series of stalled and thwarted attempts to find the source of the virus that killed millions and paralyzed the world for months. The Chinese government froze meaningful domestic a Crawford and Raleigh power Mariners to 10-2 rout of struggling Rockies for doubleheader split 04/22/2024 12:11am • DENVER (AP) — A bases-loaded triple by J.P. Crawford keyed a six-run second inning that propelled the Seattle Mariners past the Colorado Rockies 10-2 on Sunday night for a doubleheader split. In the opener, Ezequiel Tovar and Ryan McMahon each hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th to lift Co