A Closer Look at How the Flu Affects Your Body
Laura Haynes, professor of immunology at the University of Connecticut, recently published her flu research in The Conversation. This research covers how our bodies react when infected by the influenza virus and what causes the typical symptoms. On average, 200,000 Americans require hospitalization due to this virus each year, and up to 50,000 will die. […]
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2018 Report Covers the Most and Least Healthy States in the US
Every year for the last 20 years, the United Health Foundation has published a report regarding the population’s health in each state of the United States. The United Health Foundation is a nonprofit division of UnitedHealth Group, which also owns the insurance company United Healthcare and Optum. The top five healthy states in the country […]
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Research States Not Everyone Benefits from Going Gluten-Free
The terms “gluten” and “gluten-free” used to be foreign back in the day, but everyone is talking about them now. Celebrities, doctors, dietitians, and all sorts of people between are talking about it. With all the media coverage, more and more people are jumping on the gluten-free diet trend, even if they do not have […]
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Lack of Snow Stalls Reindeer Migration in Sweden
The northernmost town in Sweden, called Kiruna, houses the reindeer herders this time of year. The Sami people are an indigenous tribe that has herded these animals for generations and followed them during the reindeer migration. The Sami have been north too long though. Generally, the snows come in November and the reindeer start heading […]
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Are Giraffes on the Endangered Species List?
Back in the 1980s, there were over 155,000 giraffes in their population. In 2015, those numbers dropped to less than 100,000 individual giraffes. This comes out to a 40 percent drop in population in only 30 years. This information led the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) to move this species from the […]
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USDA Recalls Raw Turkey After Salmonella Outbreak
The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has recalled a variety of raw turkey products after a salmonella outbreak. With Thanksgiving coming next week, many people are looking to buy a turkey for the big meal. Thankfully, most of the recalled products include ground turkey, so your holiday bird is most likely […]
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FDA Wants New Regulations After Spike in Vaping Minors
In recent years, vaporizers, electronic cigarettes, and other Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) have seen a boost in their popularity. Many brands originally marketed e-cigarettes toward adults trying to quit smoking, saying their product was a healthier alternative. These products still contain nicotine, but users no longer have to inhale a harmful smoke. While these […]
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All You Need to Know About Energy Efficient Windows
Energy efficiency all over the home is one of our primary concerns. The main two reasons are that we always want to be as practical as possible money-wise, but we also want to be as eco-friendly as possible. Since energy has become both expensive and polluting to the environment, we are forever looking for solutions […]
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Fertility Rates at an All-Time Low with the Global Population Still Growing
The Lancet recently published a study that found that fertility rates are only half of what they used to be in 1950. There are several factors to this decline, like more educated and working women and an increased access to birth control and family planning methods. Regardless of the decline in fertility rates, the global […]
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The Effects of Losing 60% of Animal Populations Since 1970
You do not have to keep up on the environmental news to know that several more animals are on the endangered species list, and many have been on there for years. Poachers are a problem in countries around the world, but it is not the only problem our animal populations face. About 60 percent of […]
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