VOA News Officials in Florida are asking the federal government for help combating the outbreak of Zika after identifying 10 new cases of the disease over the weekend in a 2.5-square-kilometer neighborhood near the state’s southern tip. Federal aid Governor Rick Scott took the step after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control warned pregnant women […]Load more...
Providence, RI – On Wednesday, August 3, at 10 a.m., Senator Sheldon Whitehouse will join with leaders from Rhode Island’s recovery community and law enforcement for a soft opening of CODAC Behavioral Healthcare’s new facility co-located within The Providence Center on North Main Street. CODAC and The Providence Center have joined forces to provide complementary […]Load more...
PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced 176 mosquito samples from 37 traps set on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 have tested negative for both West Nile Virus (WNV) and Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). Personal protection is the first line of defense against mosquitoes that may carry WNV, EEE, or other […]Load more...
Lisa Schlein GENEVA—The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warns that 77 million babies deprived of mother’s milk within the first crucial hours after birth are at great risk of dying within a month. To mark World Breastfeeding Week (August 1 to 7), UNICEF and the World Health Organization (WHO) are calling for newborns to be […]Load more...
Michael Bowman VOA News Zika-carrying mosquitos are believed to have reached the U.S. mainland, with at least four cases of local transmission reported in Florida. U.S. health officials sounded the warning on Zika months ago, and confirmation of its arrival prompted a new round of finger pointing between Democratic and Republican lawmakers who have yet […]Load more...
VOA News A new study recommends that people who work in a sedentary, office situation should get an hour of “brisk exercise” every day to offset the risk of early death. The recommendations were published in the journalLancet, which also reported that heart disease, diabetes and some cancers caused by a sedentary lifestyle cost the […]Load more...
The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) urges all Baby Boomers (people born in the United States between 1945 and 1965) who have not been previously tested for hepatitis C to do so at one of Rhode Island’s free, confidential testing sites today on World Hepatitis Day. Of the more than three million people in […]Load more...
Reuters VOA News International Business Machines Corp. said Wednesday that it would provide its technology and resources to help track the spread of the Zika virus. The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, or Fiocruz, a leading research institution affiliated with the Brazilian Ministry of Health, plans to use IBM’s technology to analyze such information as official data […]Load more...
VOA News Remember all those viral videos of people dumping cold water all over themselves to raise awareness about Lou Gehrig’s Disease, or ALS? It turns out it actually did a lot of good by funding six research efforts. It was 2014, and it was called the Ice Bucket Challenge. While initially dismissed as a […]Load more...
VOA News The cloned offspring of the first cloned animal are in good health after their eighth birthday, according to a new study. The four sheep, Debbie, Denise, Dianna and Daisy, are the offspring of Dolly the sheep, who, 20 years ago, became the first cloned animal. At age eight, they are roughly the same […]Load more...
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