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Local health departments begin summer battle against Zika virus 06/16/2016 06:41am • ALEXANDRIA, Va. — There are six confirmed cases of the Zika virus in the District, 21 in Maryland and 20 in Virginia. All of these are cases in which someone carried the virus back after international travel. Health officials throughout the D.C. region are on guard against Zika and other mo Sex, Sugar Daddies and HIV in South Africa 06/12/2016 08:00pm • KHAYELITSHA, South Africa -- It's the middle of sex education class in Zola Business High School and 90 teenage boys and girls are laughing and talking through a presentation about birth control, condoms and HIV. The school day is almost over in this township on the outskirts of Cape Town, but that Is Fear of Mass Violence Cramping Your Travel Plans? 06/09/2016 08:00pm • Summer travel season is upon us. But as we prepare to pack our bags for far-off destinations, news reports of violence targeting tourists here at home, around the globe, on the ground and in the air reverberate in our consciousness. Whether it's mentally ill civilians shooting innocent strangers or Major health breakthroughs the year you were born 06/08/2016 07:35am • The following information is provided by Graphiq and HealthGrove. By Sabrina Perry After five years of neck-down paralysis, Ian Burkhart can use his right arm again. A brain-implanted microchip detects the electrical activity of his thoughts and sends these signals to a sleeve on his forea When it Comes to Your Portfolio, Cash Is Not King 06/07/2016 08:00pm • "We live in uncertain times, and our all may be taken from us." That quote from novelist W. Somerset Maugham, penned in 1938, describes the sentiments of many Americans in mid-2016. The international news is an endless drumbeat of problems including terrorism, oil prices, China's economy and the st Rio shows that, like FIFA, the International Olympic Committee needs sweeping change 06/06/2016 01:50pm • WASHINGTON — As the fallout from the FIFA scandal continues to unravel, it can be easy to overlook the second-most corrupt sports body of the last few decades, the International Olympic Committee. Because while the IOC may no longer have the kinds of comically over-the-top corruption anymore, it i 10 Classic Health and Safety Risks Among First-Time Campers 06/05/2016 08:00pm • So you think you can camp? In April, cameras caught a Yellowstone visitor petting a bison. In May, news spread that tourists put a baby bison in the trunk of their car. In June, a selfie-taking woman got so close to an elk that it charged. While Marco Johnson, the field staffing director of the Nati Olympic athletes willing to chase gold in Rio despite Zika 06/04/2016 04:37am • DICKERSON, Md. — As local health leaders prepare for Zika in the United States, Olympians headed to Brazil are considering how they will protect themselves in a city where the virus continues to spread. // "We're an outdoor sport, so we see a lot of mosquitoes," said Casey Eichfeld, wh Spraying begins in DC area for mosquitoes that can carry Zika 06/03/2016 11:41am • WASHINGTON -- As the weather gets warmer, health experts say it will soon be mosquito breeding season. With concerns over the spread of the Zika virus, some jurisdictions are starting to spray for the pests. // Starting Sunday, the Maryland Department of Agriculture will start spraying for Fight mosquitoes by growing your own repellant 06/03/2016 05:36am • Fight Mosquitoes with Plants! The best plant-based alternative to the chemical mosquito repellent DEET is oil of lemon eucalyptus. This plant is among a handful of repellents—natural and chemical—recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (an organization, by the way, tha Taking Steps to Cure Hepatitis C 06/01/2016 08:00pm • Not so long ago, treating hepatitis C was a decidedly bleak affair. And the prospect of curing the potentially life-threatening virus, or infection -- which causes liver disease and inflammation of the organ -- was a longshot. As a result, many patients opted to forgo treatment. Dr. Mark Sulkowski, Suffering from Sinus Infections? One Treatment Size Does Not Fit All 05/31/2016 08:00pm • Roughly 37 million people will suffer from a sinus infection this year -- but it's important to know that every sinus infection is not created equal. Sinus problems arise from a spectrum of issues, and that's why they range in severity. Acute sinusitis (lasting less than four weeks) is most commonl 18 infected with Zika virus in Virginia 05/31/2016 05:51am • WASHINGTON — The Virginia Department of Health reports that as of May 26, there are 18 known cases of the Zika virus in the state. Half of those infected live in the northern region of the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it knows of four people carrying the viru Montgomery Co. outlines plans to battle local Zika cases 05/27/2016 05:23am • SILVER SPRING, Md. — People love the summertime, but so do mosquitoes, which is why Montgomery County officials are talking to residents about its plans to battle any local cases of the Zika virus. At a town hall in Silver Spring Thursday, residents learned about the illness, which is linked Good pruning, bad lawns and terrible ticks 05/20/2016 06:32am • Here’s something most of you probably think I never say: You now have permission to prune! Yes, spring blooming plants such as forsythia, azalea, rhododendron and lilacs should get at least a light pruning after their blossoms have faded. Doing so now ensures you won’t be hacking off next ye