News tagged with central california


H1N1 discovered in marine mammals

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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Valley fever hits 28 at Calif. solar plant sites

(AP)—Authorities are investigating a valley fever outbreak that sickened 28 workers at solar power plants under construction in Central California.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Head injury + pesticide exposure = Triple the risk of Parkinson's disease

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 ...

Parkinson's & Movement disorders created Nov 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Nurses at dozens of Calif. hospitals set to strike

(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 ...

Other created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mad cow quarantines lifted at 2 California dairies

(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 ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0