BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s northeastern province of Liaoning has reported a new outbreak of African swine fever, the agriculture ministry said on Tuesday, the province’s second case in two days. The latest outbreak occurred on a farm with 460 pigs in the city of Anshan, killing 160 pigs and infecting […]
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Transcript for 6 children in Minnesota diagnosed with rare, polio-like disease Next this Monday night, the mysterious outbreak striking children in one part of the country. Authorities reporting a troubling rise in a rare polio-like disorder that could seem at first to be just a common cold. ABC’s Alex Perez […]
About 14 million women and men are infected with the human papillomavirus, or HPV, each year in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The HPV vaccine is trying to change that. Just two shots can protect both boys and girls from the most dangerous […]
(Reuters Health) – Encouraging pregnant women to be aware of reduced fetal movement and to report it promptly to their doctors does not reduce stillbirth risk, new findings show. “We cannot rely on reduced fetal movement awareness as a strategy to reduce stillbirth,” Dr. Jane E. Norman of Queen’s Medical […]
Transcript for Mysterious illness leaves children paralyzed Bacack now with that race to find answers after six children were struck by a polio-like disease in Minnesota in the last three weeks. Gio Benitez has more. Reporter: The illness is pretty rare, less than 400 cases in the U.S. Over the […]
(Reuters Health) – UK researchers have confirmed an uptick in cases of Acanthamoeba keratitis, an eye infection that most often affects contact lens wearers. Contact lens users can avoid the severe infection by washing and drying their hands when they handle their contacts, storing the lenses in clean solution daily […]
Transcript for HPV vaccine approved for men and women ages 27 to 45 Let’s turn to that “Gma” health alert about the HPV vaccine. The fda is releasing new guidelines expanding the age range recommending men and women up to 45 get the vaccine used to prevent cervical cancer and […]
BEIJING (Reuters) – China banned imports of pigs, wild boars and products from Bulgaria following an outbreak of African swine fever in the European country, Chinese customs said on Monday. China also ordered the return or destruction of products shipped from Bulgaria, according to a statement published on the official […]