March won’t be going out like a lamb this year as a potential severe weather outbreak looms for the Plains, Midwest and South to close out the month, less than a week after a deadly tornado outbreak tore across Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia last Friday night and into the weekend. The setup for severe weather can be traced back to a bomb cyclone that has … Read more
A massive whale that was once thought to be in distress was soon discovered to be suffering from a deformation of the spine. The 40-ton fin whale was spotted near Cullera beach last Saturday in Valencia, Spain, located about 200 miles southwest of Barcelona. Rescuers received a call from the skipper of a passing boat … Read more
The FOX Forecast Center is tracking an active springlike pattern that will produce an extended threat of severe weather from Texas through the Southeast starting on Wednesday and lasting through the end of the workweek. Computer forecast models show a series of storm systems will tap into the available moisture and produce the threat of hail, damaging winds and tornadoes. The severe weather threat … Read more
These findings are a breath of fresh air. A new study from the University of Southern California shows a potential link between electric cars and improved lung health. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine at USC analyzed the number of asthma-related hospital visits compared to electric car ownership in the Golden State. They discovered … Read more
She learned the hard way that her hubby is a cheater — and a phoney! As her husband lay unconscious in a hospital bed, clinging to life after narrowly surviving a terrible car accident in January 2022, mom of two Kate Sifuentes sat weeping at his bedside, feeling overcome with guilt. She feared he’d attempted to … Read more
It was a real stick-to-your-ribs meal. Doctors were flabbergasted after discovering that a four-year-old’s “colicky” pain turned out to be caused by a magnetic bracelet that he’d swallowed. “We present a case of a 4-year-old boy who ingested multiple magnetic beads,” reads the alarming case study, which is slated to be published in February 2023 … Read more
Influenza cases are rising in the United States as the country prepares for a potentially severe season. During the week ending Oct. 1– the latest date for which data is available — there were 969 cases of influenza A and 52 cases of influenza B reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What’s … Read more
Severe cases of monkeypox are being reported in America and Alabama health officials are asking people at risk to get screened. The Alabama Department of Public Health reports “at least” 139 cases of monkeypox in the state as of Tuesday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said some of the cases reported across the … Read more
Health “Fewer people have gotten flu in the last couple of years, and that’s always a little bit of a warning sign.” David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe, File After two years of not much activity, the flu could come roaring back this year. The return of a potentially robust or even severe flu season has … Read more
CNN — The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a new warning to health care providers Thursday about severe illnesses in people with monkeypox. The alert comes as Ohio reported that an individual with monkeypox has died – the third known death of a patient with monkeypox in the United States. Ohio listed … Read more
WYNNEWOOD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — With the temperatures dropping, health officials are warning of a potentially more severe flu season compared to past years. “Each year, scientists look at the circulating strains in the Southern Hemisphere and try to predict what strains are going to be in the Northern Hemisphere,” said Dr. Lawrence Livornese, Chairman of … Read more
It’s more critical than ever to get a flu shot this year, say Bay Area infectious disease experts. Two-plus years of the COVID-19 pandemic have created conditions — including lower influenza vaccination rates and less natural immunity than in the pre-pandemic period — that could make the upcoming flu season one of the worst in … Read more
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As children have headed back to school over these last few weeks, doctors have noticed an increase in severe cases of the common cold among some children from two of the most common viruses known to cause the upper respiratory infection: rhinoviruses and enteroviruses. That’s according to … Read more