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Could Coronavirus Be Spread When You Flush the Toilet?

June 22, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

Scientists have found that coronavirus particles in fecal matter could be ejected into the air when you flush the toilet. The research, published in the journal Physics of Fluids, measured the toilet plume caused by the turbulence of flushing and… [read]

U.S. Government Will Fund and Conduct Three Coronavirus Vaccines

June 20, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

The United States government will fund and conduct studies on three different coronavirus vaccines, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. The coronavirus vaccine effort is progressing very well and we expect… [read]

Study Shows Children and Teenagers are Half as Likely to Catch COVID-19

June 19, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

Epidemiologists at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine recently carried out a study published in Nature Medicine to determine how susceptible different age groups are to getting COVID-19. Members of the public are tested at DeCode Genetics’ service… [read]

USDA Recalls Over 40,000 Pounds of Beef due to E.Coli

June 19, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

Forty-three thousand pounds of raw beef produced by Lakeside Refrigerated Services in New Jersey was recalled due to E.coli contamination. The beef was produced on June 1 and sold at Wal-mart. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Safety… [read]

Microplastics are Everywhere, Including the Rain

June 18, 2020 by Sage Edwards
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

Microplastics have been a problem for quite some time. These little particles of plastic are in everything. They come off of your clothes in the washing machine. They come off cigarette filters, plastic bottle fragments, and are common in beauty… [read]

FDA to Allow Certain Hand Sanitizer Impurities

June 18, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: June 24, 2020

The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it will allow certain impurities in alcohol-based sanitizers to meet the public health demands during the COVID-19 pandemic. The relaxed guidelines will directly affect fuel ethanol companies that began making sanitizer at… [read]

Gardasil Vaccine Approved for Throat and Neck Cancer Prevention

June 15, 2020 by Kristina Martin
Last updated on: June 18, 2020

Gardasil 9, the latest version of the well-known human papillomavirus virus vaccine, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the prevention of HPV related throat and neck cancers. The FDA gave the drug an accelerated approval,… [read]