FOOD SAFETY NEWS – Calling it a "a landmark achievement . . . to improve food safety," an FDA webpage is hailing the agency’s approval of a antimicrobial treatment that can be used against foodborne pathogens, such as salmonella and E. coli, in agricultural water used to grow produce.
The registration of SANIDATE 12.0 is the result of a collaborative effort between government, academia and industry.
As such it has won the first-ever FDA approval of...
A California judge denied BART’s requests to overturn the verdict, saying the agency failed to show an undue hardship for not granting religious exemption.
Depression Trap #1: Social Withdrawal
Depression can go hand-in-hand with social isolation.
"When we're clinically depressed, there's a very strong urge to pull away from others and to shut down," says Stephen Ilardi, PhD, associate professor of psychology at the University of Kansas. “It turns out to be the exact opposite of what we need.”
What helps: Gradually counteract social withdrawal by reaching out to your friends and family. Make a list of the people in your...
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)
When health problems affect your kidneys, they can cause CKD. This is permanent damage that may get worse over time.
If they’re so damaged that they stop working, it’s called kidney failure, or end-stage renal disease (ESRD). The treatment is usually either dialysis -- when a machine does the work your kidneys normally do, or a transplant -- when you get a new healthy kidney from a donor.
Diabetes
This leading cause of kidney...
Approximately one in five people worldwide under the age of 50—around 846 million individuals—are estimated to be living with genital herpes, according to the latest global data published in the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections.
CNN – After a relatively slow start to the respiratory virus season, Covid-19 levels in the United States began ramping up just ahead of the winter holidays.
In previous years, Covid-19 levels have typically started to rise in early November and reach their seasonal peak by the end of December.
But this year, levels were nearly the lowest they’ve ever been through October and all of November, according to wastewater surveillance data from the US Centers...
Slow Walking
If your walking pace slows while you're in your 40s, it may be a sign you're aging faster than is typical. Walking is one of the easiest and best exercises you can do. To start a walking program, begin with 5 minutes a day and build up to 30 minutes.
Try to work up to 100 steps a minute. (To track this, count your steps for 10 seconds and multiply by six.) To make...