Georgetown University’s main dining hall sickened almost 100 students yesterday. They were treated for stomach illness and a health investigation has started to track the cause of the outbreak. The students were taken to Georgetown University Hospital where more of them came complaining of nausea, vomiting and diarrhea.
Indonesian heath officials have just confirmed on Saturday
that a 31-year-old man from Sumatra
Island who died last week
was infected with bird flu, raising the toll in the worst-hit nation to 91.
Deaths from the H5N1 virus have been steadily rising in
archipelagic Indonesia
where the virus is now endemic across 31 of its 33...
In recent events, the Port of Los Angeles Harbor
Commission adopted a port plan that would begin
in October 2008 by banning trucks with engines manufactured before 1989. Trucks
with model year engines from 1989 through 2003 would have to be retrofitted
with devices that catch 85 percent of diesel particulate matter and 25...
Latest satellite images have shown out-of-control wildfires
that have been polluting Southern
California skies with acrid smoke and falling ash for a third
straight day,as public health officials urge the elderly and people with
breathing problems to stay indoors.
The images showed thick smoke from more than a...
A new law passed in the Chicago Park District will vote
Wednesday on a proposal to ban smoking at public beaches, playgrounds and play
lots. If it passes, it will go into effect immediately.
The Chicago Park District announced the proposal at Margate
Park on Tuesday morning. It would
prohibit smoking at all of the beaches, play...
The sexual health of children is being once again a topic of
discussion, this time between parents and teachers of Maine
school district.
Parents and school officials are preparing to battle tonight
in a debate about the sexual health of children at one Maine
school district.
Administrators at a Portland
middle school are...
According to a government survey released yesterday, more
than half of Kentucky
workers with arthritis say the chronic condition has limited their ability to
work
About one-third of U.S.
adults with arthritis say it has affected their ability to work, but in Kentucky that percentage
of sufferers is 51.3 percent, highest among the...
According to a new study, STD is a huge and hidden epidemic
throughout California with 10,270
of 113,000 teenagers and young adults in Ventura
County contracting sexually
transmitted diseases in 2005.
Statistical formulas previously used by the federal
government show that the number of cases of Chlamydia, gonorrhea, HIV, HPV...
According to a report released Thursday by an environmental
group more than half of all industrial and municipal facilities across the
country dumped more sewage and other pollutants into the nation's waterways
than allowed under the Clean Water Act.
More than half of all industrial and municipal facilities
across the country...
National environmental groups leaded by Attorney General Jerry Brown have taken into consideration the amount of pollution resulted from cargo ships and the significant contributing they bring to global warming thus demanding that the Bush administration address greenhouse-gas emissions and find a way to stop the pollution.Brown and the...
Hugging is no longer allowed in the Chicagoan area schools as
many find it as being inappropriate. You would think that principals would have
better things to do and other directions in which to point their benevolence
but hugging, I mean isn’t that a bit too much.
One example of schools in which such deviant behavior was
noticed...
Angelina Jolie Back to Movies and Spotlights
“Changeling” is Angelina Jolie’s new movie which premiere was on Saturday night. It seems that the sexy actress is still getting quite well with her husband, Brad Pitt....
West Nile Virus Still Spreading
According to William K. Reisen, PhD, of the Center for Vectorborne Diseases at the University of California, Davis, the number of people infected with the West Nile...
It's all in the technique when it comes to swimming
Triathletes are not the only people who go in for the classic endurance sports of swimming, running and cycling. Swimming in particular is considered good for your...
Mass Murder in Memphis Home, 6 Killed
The bodies of six people - 4 adults and 2 children - were found by police in a small brick house in Memphis, Tennessee. Inside the small building were found three other...