Low gut microbial diversity in the intestines of infants can increase the risk for asthma development. These are the findings of the age 7 follow-up in a multi-year study led by researchers at Link?ping University in Sweden. In 2011 the ...
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Giving young children the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines together appears to increase their risk of fever, according to a study led by researchers from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and the Centers for Disease Control and ...
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PetroTech Oil and Gas Inc. (OTC: PTOG) (the "Company" or Petrotech") today announced that PTOG and their partner on this program have acquired all of the necessary equipment to rework four wells on the Nowata lease in Oklahoma. The company ...
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BASF is globally launching a new ultra-high molecular weight cationic powder flocculant range with Zetag ULTRA for solid/liquid separation in industrial and municipal waste water treatment. Zetag ULTRA has been developed combining BASF's ...
According to Korea's Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE), the country's finished steel output would rise slightly by 3.8% year on year to reach around 71.62 million tons this year, boosted by positive effective of economic ...
Tags: Finished Steel, Construction, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) has confirmed norovirus as the cause of an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness associated with Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches restaurant in Garden City, KS. Norovirus was detected by ...
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Shelton Petroleum has been informed by Petrogrand that they have withdrawn their request to convert Convertible 2. Since the cut-off date 31 December 2013 has passed and the conditions in the agreement have not been fulfilled, conversion ...
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Swiss officials have enacted a law prohibiting the use of hyperflexion (also known as rollkur) in that country. The law applies to competitive events as well as training sessions, said Regula Kennel, communications director of ...
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A hepatitis B vaccine has been ruled out in the deaths of nine children in China, a health official said. Yu Jingjin, director of the National Health and Family Planning Commission's disease control bureau, said investigators were still ...
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Provide cattle with adequate feed and protection from winter weather extremes. While humans are able to cope with this winter's pattern of relatively warm temperatures followed by extremely cold temperatures in the northern Plains, cattle ...
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Germs that cause common illnesses, including ear infections and strep throat, can linger on surfaces such as cribs, children's toys and books for hours after contamination -- even after the objects are well cleaned -- according to a small ...
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Veterinarians across the United States and Canada are reporting increasing numbers of horses being diagnosed with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infections, also known as pigeon fever. Practitioners discussed the disease and related ...
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The Campbell Soup Company is recalling around 300 cases of 24-ounce jars of Prego Traditional Italian sauce because of possible spoilage. The products were delivered to retailer distribution centers in Arizona, Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, ...
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Late Friday afternoon, the CDC announced that a total of 14 persons (down from the 15 announced by California Department of Public Health on Thursday) infected with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Stanley have been reported from three ...
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Chickens showed symptoms of avian flu at a farm in a village in the province of Guizhou in China where 8,500 chickens died in December, officials say. Officials at the Ministry of Agriculture in China said the fowl died Dec. 27 and the ...
Tags: Bird Flu, Health, Agriculture