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Symptoms of plague include sudden high fever, chills, headache, and nausea.July 14, 2020, 10:34 AM7 min read Public health officials have announced that a squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague. The town of Morrison, Colorado, in Jefferson County, which is just west of Denver, made the startling announcement saying that the…

July 13, 2020 | 6:51pm A squirrel has tested positive for the bubonic plague in Colorado. According to health officials, the squirrel is the first case of plague in The Town of Morrison, Jefferson County, which is about 17 miles southwest of Denver. “Plague is an infectious disease caused by the bacteria Yersinia pestis, and can be…

By Clare Wilson A woman’s hair might provide a window into her fertilityWestend61/Getty Images Women wanting to know how many eggs they have left may in future be able to have their hair tested to reveal their hormone levels. A signalling chemical related to women’s fertility called anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is incorporated into hair shafts…

Much of what we know about the coronavirus has been revealed by testing: who has it, how widespread it is and where hot spots are. And testing enables contact tracing, a crucial public health tool that helps prevent small clusters of cases from becoming large outbreaks. Yet our understanding of the pandemic and how best…

double or triple what it would in a peer country. An appendectomy, for example, costs $3,050 in Britain and $6,710 in New Zealand, two countries that regulate health prices. In the United States, the average price is $13,020.The second outcome is huge price variation, as each doctor’s office and hospital sets its own charges for…