Pre-vaccine Era In the 9th century, a Persian doctor published one of the first written accounts of measles disease. Francis Home, a Scottish physician, demonstrated in 1757 that measles is caused by an infectious agent in the blood of patients. In 1912, measles became a nationally notifiable disease in the United States, requiring U.S. healthcare…
Police in Connecticut say an apparent hoarder died after the cluttered first floor of her home collapsed into the basement. Authorites say 66 year old Beverly Mitchell was found in her Cheshire home Saturday, two days after a postal carrier called police because mail was piling up. At first police could not find anybody because…
Remove any clinging materials such as plants, animals and mud from anchor, boat, motor, equipment and trailer (CLEAN) Remove the plug (if applicable) and drain all water from the bilge, live-well, and any other compartments that could hold water. Drain water from engine and engine cooling systems (DRAIN) Physically remove all visible attached mussels from boat…
Arizona’s “Don’t Move a Mussel” law, enacted in 2009 oversees protection of natural waters from predatory mussels thought to have arrived in the United States on European shipping vessels. It is quite simple: Single Day Boaters a required by law to follow four steps when leaving the lake or waterway designated as having quagga and/or…
Chinese made drywall used in more than 20,000 homes in the United States could have caused nosebleeds, headaches, difficulty breathing and asthma attacks in tens of thousands of Americans exposed to it, the federal government said in a report released last month. The drywall was installed in mostly Southern homes since 2005, and it has…