http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Scientists at the University of California, Davis, detected the H1N1 (2009) virus in free-ranging northern elephant seals off the central California coast a year after the human pandemic began, according to a study published today, May 15, in the journal PLOS ONE. It is the first report of that flu strain in any marine mammal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-h1n1-marine-mammals.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:24 EST news287856012 (AP)—Authorities are investigating a valley fever outbreak that sickened 28 workers at solar power plants under construction in Central California. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-valley-fever-calif-solar-sites.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 May 2013 10:36:43 EST news286623399 A new study shows that people who have had a head injury and have lived or worked near areas where the pesticide paraquat was used may be three times more likely to develop Parkinson's disease. The study is published in the November 13, 2012, print issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Paraquat is a herbicide commonly used on crops to control weeds. It can be deadly to humans and animals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-injury-pesticide-exposure-triple-parkinson.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:00:09 EST news271953781 (AP) -- Quarantines were lifted on two Central California dairies associated with a case of mad cow disease after investigators found no link between the illness and food the diseased bovine might have consumed, federal officials said Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-mad-cow-quarantines-california-dairies.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 18 May 2012 17:22:30 EST news256580522 (AP) -- Tens of thousands of nurses at nearly three dozen hospitals in Northern and Central California are set to go on strike in a labor dispute that has hospital managers moving to call in replacement workers and reschedule surgeries. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-nurses-calif-hospitals.html Other Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:13:19 EST news235840322