Like most people, you may believe that washing raw chicken prior to cooking is safe, or even prevents food-borne illness. In fact, the opposite is true. “You should assume that […]
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Robert Zarr is walking from his Columbia Heights medical practice toward Meridian Hill Park, talking about whatâs going on inside his head. If you could see his brain on an […]
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After a month’s postponement due to extreme weather in January, the Regional Network on Homelessness counted 362 people as homeless on February 25, 2015 on the Cape and Islands. This […]
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The assessment was reached at the first ever discussion on air pollution and its health impacts at WHO’s World Health Assembly, which concluded in Geneva last week. Delegates at the assembly […]
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This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it “We have a new tick in town and it’s a game changer,” reported county […]
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Crews from Methuen Construction broke ground earlier this month on Falmouthâs new water filtration plant on Long Pond. The $46.5 million filtration system will pump eight million gallons of the […]
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The Barnstable County Regional Emergency Planning Committee (BCREPC) announces its annual Barnstable County REPC tabletop exercise to be held on Wednesday in collaboration with the Massachusetts Maritime Academy and the Town of Sandwich. […]
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NorthÂeastern UniÂverÂsity researchers have found that the bacÂterium that causes Lyme disÂease forms dorÂmant perÂsister cells, which are known to evade antibiÂotics. This sigÂnifÂiÂcant finding, they said, could help explain […]
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Before gardening, camping, hiking, or just playing outdoors, make tick bite prevention part of your outdoor plans. Lyme disease is the most commonly occurring vector-borne disease in the United States. […]
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