Mike Snider Flu is ramping up across the country just as millions prepare to hit the road for holiday celebrations. While influenza activity across the U.S. isn’t currently at abnormal levels, travelers may want to take some precautions to avoid illness – and prevent spreading it. More than half of the states in the U.S....
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Harvard-led researchers find how the brain controls symptoms of sickness
HARVARD UNIVERSITY IMAGE: CATHERINE DULAC, (WHITE SHIRT) AND JESSICA OSTERHOUT, (BLACK SHIRT) STUDY HOW THE BRAIN CONTROLS SYMPTOMS OF SICKNESS, SUCH AS FEVER, AND LOSS OF APPETITE INSIDE THE BIOLOGY LABS. KRIS SNIBBE/HARVARD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER CREDIT: KRIS SNIBBE/HARVARD STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER When someone gets an infection, most people think it’s the immune system kicking into gear...
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Taking proper sick leave has never been more crucial. So why are people still ‘soldiering on’ at work?
by Esme Franken, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain New South Wales premier Gladys Berejiklian, who last week carried on working for up to two hours while awaiting the results of a rapid COVID test, wasn’t the first Australian to “soldier on” in the face of health concerns and a big day at work. And she almost certainly...