New York Live Bird Markets Ordered to Close After Bird Flu Is Found
All live bird markets in New York City and in several nearby counties must close temporarily in hopes of curbing
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Health
Blue Cross Blue Shield lawsuit settlement checks are going out soon. Who gets one?
Blue Cross Blue Shield payments to about 6 million people are set to go out more than two years after
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Is Your Partner Your Best Friend?
Stephanie Lopez is effusive about her husband’s good qualities. He is a man of character, kindness and integrity, she said.
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Marijuana Dependence Linked to Higher Risk of Death
Hospital and emergency room patients diagnosed with cannabis use disorder — defined as an inability to stop using cannabis even
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Massachusetts baby born deaf hears parents’ voice for first time, “ready to tackle the world”
WORCESTER- It was a joyful unforgettable moment the Sinclair family has been waiting for, when their 10-month-old baby Charlie heard
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Trump taps Gerald Parker to be new head of pandemic office as bird flu threat grows
President Trump has selected Gerald Parker, a veterinarian and former top-ranking federal health official, to head the White House’s pandemic
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Susan F. Wood, Who Resigned From the F.D.A. Over Plan B, Dies at 66
Susan F. Wood, a women’s health expert who resigned in protest from the Food and Drug Administration in 2005, accusing
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How to Boil an Egg? Scientists Claim to Have Cracked the Recipe.
A colleague approached Ernesto Di Maio, a materials scientist in Naples, Italy, and an expert in plastic foams, with a
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Cows infected by lethal bird flu strain never before seen in the animal showing respiratory symptoms, Nevada says
At least four cattle herds in Nevada have tested positive for a strain of H5N1 bird flu never before seen
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Ernest Drucker, Public-Health Advocate for the Scorned, Dies at 84
Ernest Drucker, a pioneering public-health researcher who approached drug addiction with compassion, invigorated needle-exchange programs to stem the AIDS epidemic
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