By Robert Preidt, HealthDay Reporter (HEALTHDAY) MONDAY, Jan. 16, 2017 (HealthDay News) — American parents don’t always agree when to keep their children home sick from school, a new poll reveals. The poll included almost 1,500 parents nationwide. All had at least one child aged 6 to 18. The research found that 75 percent had
JAN 09, 2017 | KRISTI ROSA Researchers have identified the optimal conditions for the growth of Legionella which causes a very serious, often deadly, type of pneumonia, Legionnaires’ disease. The best conditions were ones that encouraged biofilm growth: “warm tap water installations with ample dissolved organic matter.” Since first being identified in an outbreak that
Five Steps to Prevent Mold Growth after a Catastrophic Flood The leading natural disaster in the U.S., floods can wreak havoc on a home or building that lasts long after waters recede. Over the past five years, the average paid flood insurance claim was more than $35,000, according to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP).
Floods can have devastating consequences and can have effects on the economy, environment and people. Economic During floods (especially flash floods), roads, bridges, farms, houses and automobiles are destroyed. People become homeless. Additionally, the government deploys firemen, police and other emergency apparatuses to help the affected. All these come at a heavy cost to people
Key Flu Indicators According to the FluView report for the week ending December 31, 2016 (week 52), flu activity continues to increase in the United States. The proportion of people seeing their health care provider for influenza-like-illness (ILI) has been at or above the national baseline for three consecutive weeks so far this season. Influenza
J Fam Pract. 2016 September;65(9):613-627 Author(s): Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA Medical Director, Mercy Care Plan, Phoenix, Ariz campos-outcaltd@mercycareplan.com ACIP now advises against using the LAIV nasal spray. In addition, 2 new vaccines are available and 2 more may soon be approved. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) took the unusual
