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A new type of bird flu has been detected in a human dairy worker in Nevada.
This strain is different from the version that’s been spreading in herds since last year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The case was apparently mild, as the Churchill County dairy worker was not hospitalized and has recovered, the Associated Press reported, citing health officials.
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The person mainly experienced eye redness and irritation, similar to most bird flu cases associated with dairy cows, according to the AP.
While the new bird flu strain, D1.1, has been reported in more than a dozen humans exposed to infected poultry, this is the first cow-to-human case.
In a press release addressing the situation, the Central Nevada Health District (CNHD) confirmed there is no evidence of this virus being spread from the infected individual to other people.
The CDC noted on its website that bird flu’..

Amid RFK Jr.’s push to improve healthcare as part of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, there is a growing focus on vaccine transparency.
One of the most common childhood inoculations — the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine — has been a requirement for school attendance since its development in the 1970s.
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier answered some frequently asked questions regarding the vaccine in a video sent to Fox News Digital. (See the video at the top of the article.)
MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOVEMENT
People often ask why the three vaccines are combined, which Saphier said is simply for convenience.
«From a public health standpoint, if the goal is to vaccinate as many children as possible to reach that herd immunity and keep these infections at bay, again, parents are more likely to only bring their child to the pediatrician that one time,» the doctor said.
«And on a child, isn't it easier to give one injection..

Amid Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s push to improve healthcare as part of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, there is a growing focus on vaccine transparency.
One of the most common childhood inoculations — the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine — has been a requirement for school attendance since its development in the 1970s.
Fox News medical contributor Dr. Nicole Saphier answered some frequently asked questions regarding the vaccine in a video for Fox News Digital. (See the video at the top of the article.)
MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOVEMENT
People often ask why the three vaccines are combined, which Saphier said is simply for convenience.
«From a public health standpoint, if the goal is to vaccinate as many children as possible to reach that herd immunity and keep these infections at bay, again, parents are more likely to only bring their child to the pediatrician that one time,» the doctor said.
«And on a child, isn't it easier to give one..

A growing number of young Americans are drinking their way onto the organ transplant list — particularly women.
Alcohol is the top cause of liver disease, according to the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. James Burton, a liver transplant expert in Colorado, said this is a new and alarming shift. A decade ago, it was mostly men in their 50s and 60s who needed liver transplants, he noted.
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«We started seeing not only more women, but [more] younger women in their 20s and 30s,» Burton, a professor of medicine and gastroenterology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, told Fox News.
«I had never seen young women need liver transplants at that age — and that is not unique to us. That is a problem across America,» the doctor added.
Some patients in need of alcohol-related liver transplants are as young as their early 20s and started drinking alcohol in their teenage years, Burton said.
Alcohol-related liver disease..

Officials at the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) warn there is a growing measles outbreak involving school-aged children.
The report said that 10 cases have been identified in Gaines County and eight of the cases are school-aged children, of which two are under the age of 5.
All were unvaccinated cases, said officials.
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«Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additional cases are likely to occur in Gaines County and the surrounding communities,» the alert said.
Seven of the cases have been hospitalized, according to the Texas DSHS.
The rise in cases comes more than two decades after measles was reported eliminated by health agencies in 2000.
This week’s alert went on to advise that additional cases are likely to occur soon.
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«Due to the highly contagious nature of this disease, additi..

New research has confirmed a common-sense conclusion — with some important takeaways.
People with a more positive outlook on life came through the COVID pandemic better than others did, scientists found. Not only that, adults with high levels of «playfulness» showed stronger resilience during the lockdowns compared to more serious individuals.
These people excelled at «lemonading,» creatively imagining and pursuing the positive, according to research just published in Frontiers in Psychology.
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Study leader Xiangyou «Sharon» Shen of Oregon State University (OSU) said the findings are important because playfulness is an underappreciated resource for building resilience and maintaining well-being during difficult periods such as the pandemic, as news agency SWNS reported of the research.
Shen emphasized that it's a characteristic that people can develop.
An assistant professor in the OSU College of Forestry and director of ..

As the MAHA (Make America Healthy Again) movement gains momentum, U.S.-made products are getting closer attention by many across the country.
In an on-camera interview with Fox News Digital, TV personality and clean beauty brand owner Emily Austin expressed excitement about the push for change. (See the video at the top of this article.)
Austin, the CEO of People’s Beauty in New York City, said her skincare brand is made with «clean ingredients» — with no parabens, sulphates, phthalates, silicone, dyes or fragrances.
MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN: WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT THE MOVEMENT
The People’s Beauty website states that its products are formulated to «EU cosmetics standards (the highest standard in the world), banning over 1,300 toxins.»
«But how sad is it that we have to fit another country’s health standards?» Austin said.
«I would love our website to say, ‘We meet the U.S. health standard – because America has higher standards for their consumers.’»
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Newly released data shows the current U.S. flu season is shattering recent records, topping numbers dating to the early 2000s, when swine flu plagued the country.
Numbers released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday morning showed nearly 50,000 people were admitted to hospitals with influenza, and 10 children died of seasonal flu during the fifth week of the year.
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The CDC estimates there have been at least 24 million illnesses, 310,000 hospitalizations and 13,000 deaths from the flu so far this season, which started Oct. 1.
Nearly 60 of those who died were children.
Although COVID-19 and RSV cases appear to be falling nationally, the flu, which typically peaks in February, has forced schools to temporarily close in some states, according to The Associated Press.
The Godley Independent School District, which serves 3,200 Texas students, closed for multiple days last week afte..

These days, bigger isn't always better when it comes to cosmetic surgery.
The so-called «Kardashian» look, which once popularized Brazilian butt lifts, breast augmentations and lip filler, is no longer the hot trend, some experts say.
Plastic surgeons agree that they’re seeing more patients sizing down their appearance, opting for breast reductions and dissolving facial fillers.
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Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. Stafford Broumand, of 740 Park Plastic Surgery in New York, confirmed that his patients are looking for «more natural results versus overdone.»
«Patients are looking for more natural and petite curves, smaller breast implants, and fat grafting to round out the buttock, not necessary to enlarge the buttock,» he shared with Fox News Digital. «Patients want symmetry in their body and face, and soft, full lips – a youthful appearance.»
The surgeon added that younger patients have bee..

People with spinal muscle atrophy (SMA), an inherited neuromuscular disease, usually experience muscle weakness that impacts movement.
New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for these patients, even restoring the capability to walk.
In studies at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, sessions of spinal cord stimulation were shown to restore motor neuron activity and improve muscle strength in the legs for patients with SMA.
The findings were published in Nature Medicine on Feb. 5.
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«The patients all had a rare disease that destroys neurons in the spinal cord (much like polio) due to a genetic disorder from birth,» Dr. Peter Konrad, chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at WVU Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute in West Virginia, told Fox News Digital. (Konrad was not involved in the study.)
«The disease weakens the legs and ability to wa..