02.20.19

CDC: 'Zombie deer disease' spreading in U.S. could infect humans
It may sound like a scene out of a horror movie, but cases of "zombie deer disease" are popping up across the Midwest and some experts are warning it could pose a threat to humans. The illness, which is actually called chronic wasting disease, affects free-ranging deer, elk, and moose. To date, there have been no cases of chronic wasting disease, or CWD, in humans. Like mad cow and Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in humans, chronic wasting disease is believed to be...
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02.20.19

"Zombie deer disease" spreads to several states
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02.20.19

Why women are dropping out of STEM careers
Yet despite initiatives to actively recruit women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers, the gender gap in STEM persists — and interestingly, it appears that the cultural expectations for women who become parents might be affecting the quest for equality. In an effort to understand why women still underrepresented in STEM fields, researchers studied parenthood and how it affects the American workforce. As suspected, researchers found that new mothers are more likely to leave full-time STEM jobs than...
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02.20.19

Clark County measles outbreak adds exposure sites, stays at 62 cases
Clark County Public Health hasn’t identified any new confirmed cases in its ongoing measles outbreak investigation. The confirmed measles case count remains at 62, but Public Health has identified one new exposure location and a new exposure time range for a previously identified exposure site. For more information on the outbreak, visit Clark County Public Health’s measles investigation webpage at cases have been identified in King County and the Portland area. Anyone with questions about measles infection or the measles...
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02.19.19

Eating a high-fat diet in your 20s and 30s makes you likely to get heart disease and diabetes later
The data, published online in the journal Gut, raises fears this could sow the seeds of metabolic disorders, such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke, over the long term. The researchers set out to see if different levels of dietary fat alter gut bacteria in healthy young adults from China. The three end diets were either low fat, where lipids made up 20 per cent of the participants' energy intake. After six months, participants in all three groups lost weight, with...
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02.19.19

Rubella gave me a disability. This is my message to anti-vaxxers
Or, as the wife of White House communications chief Bill Shine tweeted (amid a measles outbreak) recently, childhood diseases like measles "keep you healthy & fight cancer." In 1985 my mother was exposed to German Measles due to a failure in herd immunity. The MMR vaccine, which protects against German Measles (also known as rubella) also protects against measles, which is more severe than rubella, and mumps. Over the last few years, every time it becomes "time to get your...
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02.19.19

'Difficult to watch': House Democrats tour housing for migrant kids
MIAMI — A delegation of House Democrats on Tuesday toured one of the largest facilities in the country housing unaccompanied migrant children — a visit one representative called "chilling." The Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Migrant Children, about 25 miles southwest of Miami, is under scrutiny because it is the only one in the U.S. run by a for-profit corporation and, as a federal facility, it is not subject to state regulations. Several Democratic lawmakers have called for shuttering facilities...
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02.19.19

CDC issues warning over 'Zombie Deer Disease'
While other areas of the country have seen more recent "CWD" cases, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation told CNYCentral that after the 2005 case in Central New York, they took many steps to prevent future spread of the disease. Zombie Deer Disease," aka Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), has not been found in New York since 2005. New York has a risk-based surveillance program to test deer statewide annually, as well as regulations restricting importation of infectious deer parts...
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