Bird Flu Hits Site With Half of World’s Wandering Albatrosses An island halfway between South Africa and Antarctica, where half of the world’s wandering albatrosses breed, is under threat from a fast-spreading strain of bird flu. High pathogenicity avian ... 11/12/2024 - 1:37 am | View Link
Bird flu warning issued as risk levels increase Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access information on a device and to provide personalised ads and content, ad and ... 11/12/2024 - 1:26 am | View Link
These Cold & Flu Medicines Contain an Ingredient the FDA Plans to Ban The FDA proposed a ban on phenylephrine, a common decongestant found in cold and cough medications. Here’s why and a list of medicines with phenylephrine. 11/11/2024 - 11:45 pm | View Link
USDA's Dereliction in Containing Bird Flu Could Cause a Calamitous Pandemic (Part 1) USDA both regulating and promoting livestock industries -- prevents appropriate responses to outbreaks of infectious disease ... 11/11/2024 - 11:34 pm | View Link
How To Tell if You Have a Cold or the Flu This Season Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO While the common cold and influenza (the flu) are viral respiratory infections with many overlapping symptoms, different viruses cause them. Both illnesses ... 11/11/2024 - 11:00 pm | View Link
Flu shot: Your best bet for avoiding influenza Getting a flu vaccine is the best way to prevent the flu and its complications for almost everyone. The flu vaccine can lower the risk of getting the flu. It also can lower the risk of having serious illness from the flu and needing to stay in the hospital or dying of the flu. 11/9/2024 - 3:11 am | View Link
COVID-19 vs. flu: Similarities and differences COVID-19 and the flu are both contagious respiratory diseases. They are both caused by viruses. They have some common symptoms. But COVID-19 and flu infections can affect people differently. Also, since the flu has been around much longer, health care providers know more about how to treat it, while they continue to learn more about COVID-19. 11/9/2024 - 2:07 am | View Link
Flu symptoms: Should I see my doctor? Unlike a cold, the flu tends to come on suddenly and makes you feel much worse than a cold. Common symptoms of the flu often include a fever but not always, as well as headache, aching muscles, and chills and sweats. 11/9/2024 - 1:17 am | View Link
Influenza (flu) Learn more about how to get your flu shot at Mayo Clinic. To diagnose the flu, also called influenza, your healthcare professional does a physical exam, looks for symptoms of flu and possibly orders a test that detects flu viruses. 11/8/2024 - 11:01 pm | View Link
Viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu) Your doctor will likely diagnose viral gastroenteritis (stomach flu) based on symptoms, a physical exam and sometimes on the presence of similar cases in your community. A rapid stool test can detect rotavirus or norovirus, but there are no quick tests for other viruses that cause gastroenteritis. 11/8/2024 - 10:18 pm | View Link
Moon Alert: Avoid shopping or important decisions from 10:45 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. PST today. After that, the Moon moves from Taurus into Gemini.
Happy Birthday for Friday, Nov. 15, 2024:
You are shrewd and perceptive but sometimes stubborn. You have a distinctive personality that brings a particular energy to any gathering.
Today is Friday, Nov. 15, the 320th day of 2024. There are 46 days left in the year.
Today in history:
On Nov. 15, 2019, Roger Stone, a longtime friend and ally of President Donald Trump, was convicted of all seven counts in a federal indictment accusing him of lying to Congress, tampering with a witness and obstructing the House investigation of whether Trump coordinated with Russia during the 2016 campaign.
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