UPDATE: Children Complain Of Burning Skin And Eyes After Visit To Chilliwack Playground
A Chilliwack mom was terrified Friday morning (Aug. 5) when her children came home from a local playground screaming in pain, complaining of burning skin. Deanna Hews owns Pink ‘N’ Blue Kidz, a store at the corner of Mill Street and Wellington Avenue, and her teenage daughter will often take her two younger siblings to […]
Local News: Benton man starts business that disinfects, odorizes, sanitizes trash bins (8/5/22)
Robby Lemonds, owner of SEMO Bin Blasters, poses next to his truck. (David Jenkins/Standard Democrat) SIKESTON For many, the smell of their trash bins can often be unpleasant but a new local business hopes to solve the program. Semo Bin Blasters, owned by Robby Lemonds of Benton, now offers to disinfect, deodorize and sanitize […]
FDA alerts public after pet food sickens kittens and tests positive for Salmonella
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets certain lots of Darwin’s Natural Pet Products raw cat food after samples from these lots tested positive for Salmonella. The FDA recommended that Arrow Reliance Inc. voluntarily recall these products and notify the public, but the company has not done […]
California Politics: Legislators face new threats in familiar vaccine fight
SACRAMENTO — In the waning weeks of the legislative session, state Sen. Scott Wiener is making his case to hesitant Democrats in the Assembly to pass a bill allowing minors to consent to vaccines without a parent’s permission. Outside of the Capitol, the San Francisco Democrat is helping prosecutors make their case against a man accused […]
Are green vegetables in monsoon safe? Let’s know some facts
You may have often heard that consumption of green vegetables in monsoon can be tricky, but nature cares more about our health than we do! If green vegetables are not apt for our health, nature wouldn’t make them conducive to our growth in the first place. That being said, as the monsoon is a season […]
Why NY colleges should start preparing for monkeypox now
The fall semester is starting soon and colleges will have yet another public health challenge to navigate: monkeypox. Over the summer, some universities started posting information about the disease online and hosted virtual Q&A sessions to clarify how the virus spreads and dispel misconceptions. In the current outbreak, monkeypox has mostly spread within networks of […]
Getting the Best Shot Before School Starts
Restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic caused 23 million children to miss their annual checkups, leaving some parents playing catch-up on their child’s recommended vaccinations. Health care experts say that taking your child to see their pediatrician for well-child visits and recommended vaccines is one of the best things a parent or guardian can do to […]
How to Top Cannabis Plants: Topping Cannabis 101
Topping is a widely used technique by home and commercial growers to help increase plant yields and manage overall plant shape and structure. Are you wondering how to top your own cannabis plants? We’ll cover what topping is, why it’s done, and how to do it below. Plant not looking so hot? Find clones on […]
4 tips to disinfect precious jewels
How to get rid of dirt, scratches from jewellery and keep them good as new Jewellery is something precious that everyone owns and when they are the expensive ones, we tend to get very possessive about them. However, it is not always possible to take the best care of them, hence to get rid of […]
How Monkeypox Spreads Via Contaminated Surfaces
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In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, fears that the coronavirus could live on surfaces had many people wearing gloves in public and wiping down groceries once home from the store. As the monkeypox outbreak continues to become more serious, and with the United States today declaring the virus a public health emergency, some […]