China has announced that there has now been three deaths caused by bird flu this year. The most recent case was when as 16-year-old made student in central China died Tuesday of the H5N1 virus. “(Investigations) found the patient had come in contact with birds that had died from sickness before he fell ill,” the Chinese [...]
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A nationwide recall of peanut butter sold by Parnell’s Pride and the King Nut Company is underway, as the number of individuals exposed to the salmonella-contaminated product rose to 425 in now 43 states. Sadly, the first possible deaths related to the salmonella outbreak have been released. Five people have died in the last week who [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 15, 2009
in category: Children's Health
The House very easily approved Obama’s expansion of the low-income health coverage we mentioned earlier in the week. On Wednesday, the House gave an easy pass to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program bill, which is a major step in reaching Obama’s goal to insure every child in America. The bill will cost around $33 billion for the [...]
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Devastatingly, over 100 years of industrial dumping around the Great Lakes has caused severe pollution, especially to the fish life. On Tuesday the CDC released a report stating that the Great Lakes fish should be considered contaminated and not safe for human consumption. Over the past few years, scientists have found more than 24 areas around the [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 14, 2009
in category: Children's Health
Researchers are beginning to recruit mothers-to-be in New York and North Carolina this week as the largest study on U.S. children is underway. The study plans to track 100,00 children from across the country, from conception to the age 21. A lead scientist on the project, Dr. Philip Landrigan stated, “We are embarking on the road [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 13, 2009
in category: News
Peanut butter is to blame for the recent outbreak of salmonella. According to public health officials, two kinds of peanut butters are to blame for the outbreak that has affected over 399 people in 42 states. King Nut Cos. distributed the tainted peanut butters to schools, hospitals and grocers. The Ohio-based company stated that it would [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 13, 2009
in category: Children's Health, Health Care, News
Congress stands at the ready to approve President Elect Barack Obama’s bill to give millions of low-income children access to health insurance. Maryland Representative Steny H. Hoyer, the House Democratic leader revealed that this bill, scheduled for a House vote later this week, is very similar to legislation that has twice been vetoed by President [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 8, 2009
in category: News
More than 388 people in the United States have become sick due to a salmonella outbreak in 42 states. The tainted food has caused 70 of the 388 individuals affected to be sent to the hospital for further medical care. The CDC as well as the U.S. Department of Agriculture are working on identifying the [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 8, 2009
in category: Children's Health
According to a new Australian study, teenage girls who spend more than two hours per day of watching TV, Web surfing, texting or video game playing are much less likely to be physically fit. Oppositely, boys who spend the same amount of daily screen time did not appear to be less physically fit. Researchers are concluding [...]
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Posted by Johnny | on January 7, 2009
in category: News
CNN’s own reporter, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, tops President Elect Barack Obama’s surgeon general list. A neurosurgeon and one of CNN’s chief medical reporters, Gupta was approached by the Obama transition team last year in Chicago but there has been no comment on what they discussed. Dr. Gupta is likely to make his decision within a [...]
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