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| The United States Get a “D” for Preterm Births |
The premature birth rates in the United States reach a “D” grade and 18 other states like District of Columbia and Puerto Rico get only failing grades. No states received an “A,” and only Vermont got a “B.” 23 other states were ranked at “D” grade during the first annual “Premature Birth Report Card” of March of Dimes, which was released on... |
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 Having found the rotting corpses of a llama, a duck and a puppy on site, authorities took away more than 200 animals from a Minnesota farm. Olmsted County Sheriff's deputies raided the 40-acre Viola Township farm and confiscated 73 canines and 131 rabbits; for the time being, around 125 birds and 12 llamas were left behind, but following...
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 The massive precipitations in the West Nile area may favor the apparel of a virus spread by
mosquitoes. Agencies that try to deter the so-called West Nile Virus from
becoming a real human threat set free 450 “sentinel” chickens to act against
the insects and prevent the outbreak of disease.
Since there is no strong
certainty that...
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 This Memorial Day weekend, a rather unusual meteorological phenomenon snuck up on unsuspecting Sierra-bound travelers. Several mountain roads had to be closed as certain segments were covered with no less than four inches of snow. The routes which were considered to be unfit for traffic included the Tioga Pass Road in Yosemite National...
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 Rates of heart attacks, strokes and potentially
fatal blood clots in the leg increase after exposure to air pollution from
traffic fumes. It alters the blood’s coagulation properties and heightens the
risk of deep vein trombosis.
As many as 24,000 deaths annually in California are linked to
chronic exposure to fine particulate...
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 Countries close to the Great
Salt Lake reported the highest numbers of human West Nile virus
infections last year.
The abandoned swimming pools have become
breeding grounds for mosquitoes that can carry the West
Nile virus, Orange County Vector Control officials reported
Tuesday.
13 birds collected from all over Orange...
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 On Saturday, Paso Robles recorded its highest temperature in over twenty years, as no less than 103 degrees could be seen on airport thermometers. As found in the data base of the National Weather Service in Oxnard, something similar goes back to 1973, when the place experienced a heat wave of 102 degrees.Along the coast however,...
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 Starting with May 14, the polar bears have
become a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act, because of the
global warming. This represents an alarm signal that something must definitely
be done. But what are the implied consequences of listing the polar bears among the
animals to be protected? What are the measures to be...
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California's
Senate passed a measure Thursday that would prevent the sale of plastic baby
bottles, training cups and formula cans. This products contain an estrogen-like
chemical called bisphenol A, suspected of disrupting normal human growth and
causing hyperactivity in children, as well as several other affections.
There...
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 A 9-year-old girl was taken to the hospital in central Greece
suffering from stomach pains. Doctors at Larissa hospital examined the girl and
surgically removed a growth they later discovered was her embryonic twin.
“They could see on the right side that her belly was
swollen, but they couldn't suspect that this tumor would hide...
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 Hand-foot-mouth disease (HFMD), the intestinal viral disease
which affected tens of thousands of children, has continued to spread in China, killing
at least 42 people.
The child from Chaoyang District died on the way to the
hospital Sunday. The other victim, a child from Hebei
Province, a neighbor of Beijing, was transferred to...
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