French chemist Louis Pasteur developed a method for preserving food using heat in 1864. The practice of thermal processing can be traced further back to […]
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Explainer: How H5N1 Bird Flu Harms Cats
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 is known to infect a range of felid species. This virus is one of the several known causative agents of […]
H5N1 Bird Flu in Cats: Increasing Cases With High Death Rates
A highly pathogenic subtype of the avian influenza or bird flu virus called H5N1 has infected hundreds of livestock and wild mammals across the United […]
Deactivating USAG-1: A Drug For Regrowing Teeth
Researchers from Kitano Hospital and Kyoto University in Japan have been developing a drug that deactivates a gene called USAG-1 to treat tooth loss and […]
Study: How Intermittent Fasting Slows Hair Growth
Intermittent fasting can boost metabolism and help people shed pounds. There are studies that have demonstrated the benefits of these popular diet trend. However, a […]
Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor: The 11,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer
The canine transmissible venereal tumor is a rare type of cancer that affects dogs. It is also referred to as canine transmissible venereal sarcoma, sticker […]
Long COVID is Affecting the Financial Health of Americans
The widespread fear over COVID-19 during the height of the coronavirus pandemic might have been gone. However, for thousands of Americans suffering from a condition […]
Private Health Insurance as a Rent-Seeking Middleman
The creation of private health insurance stems from the need to address the rising cost of healthcare and provide the population with financial protection against […]
Reasons Why Health Care in the U.S. is Expensive
One of the primary reasons why there is an ongoing health care crisis in the United States is the high cost of health care that […]
Problems with Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Studies and Observations
The emergence of thousands of crisis pregnancy centers or CPCs across the United States since the first center was opened in Honolulu in 1967 should […]