Health
Tips to staying germ-free at the gym
Going to the gym is good for your overall health, but if you and the gym aren't practicing good hygiene you could still catch a nasty illness, an expert says.
Jul 4, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Researchers develop triage system to enhance pandemic preparedness
Animal influenza viruses such as swine and bird flu pose a risk to humans, in particular those in the farming and veterinarian communities. Most recently, flu viruses have been circulating in cow populations, contaminating ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Bird flu stays stable on milking equipment for at least one hour
Bird flu, or H5N1 virus, in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals, report researchers ...
Jun 27, 2024
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Sports medicine & Kinesiology
Wearable sweat monitor uses machine learning to protect workers from dehydration
A device for monitoring sweat and hydration based on a rigorous study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst is commercially available for the first time and ready to help protect "industrial athletes" from dehydration ...
Jun 24, 2024
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Health
How to prevent gym germs this summer
Whether it's your first time at the gym or you're an experienced lifter, it's important to remember good gym hygiene. Melanie McNeal, physical and occupational therapy manager at Baylor College of Medicine, shares tips on ...
Jun 13, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Q&A: What you need to know about avian flu
Multiple states since March 2024 have reported dairy herds displaying symptoms caused by highly pathogenic avian influenza, or HPAI.
Jun 10, 2024
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Health
Understanding inequities in nurses' moral distress during COVID-19
Research has shown that, when nurses feel they are being prevented from taking a morally justifiable action or achieving an ethical outcome, it contributes to poor mental health, burnout, and intent to leave one's job. Surveys ...
Jun 7, 2024
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Health
Farmworkers face high-risk exposures to bird flu, but testing isn't reaching them
Farmworkers face some of the most intense exposures to the bird flu virus, but advocates say many of them would lack resources to fall back on if they became ill.
Jun 3, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC reports third dairy worker infected with bird flu, risk to public remains low
Amid an ongoing outbreak of bird flu in dairy cows, there's been a third case of H5N1 avian flu confirmed in a dairy worker, U.S. health officials reported Thursday.
May 30, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Another Michigan dairy worker has bird flu, the third US case this year
Another Michigan farmworker has been diagnosed with bird flu, the third human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows, health officials said Thursday.
May 30, 2024
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Tool
A tool is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such as Instrument, Utensil, Implement, Machine, or Apparatus.
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