A: Because traditional flu vaccines are produced in chicken eggs, people who are allergic to eggs are advised not to get an influenza vaccine because it could trigger a serious reaction. However, in some instances people who have a high risk of complications from the flu, such as those with asthma, may still receive a vaccine containing the killed virus. While the CDC recommends that people with egg allergies not be vaccinated without consulting a physician, research has shown that a...

In general, major flu illness such as measles, chicken pox and glandular fever are only contracted once in a person's lifetime. As the test for glandular fever has only been available in the last ten years, it is possible that a diagnosis of glandular fever prior to this was due to another virus. Health and medical information for consumers, from the Victorian government. One is present only for weeks following an infection, and the other usually remains detectable lifelong. Some other...

That increased demand means the price of corn used to feed cattle and pigs and to make cereals and sweeteners is going up - 61% between September and May. Together with the rising costs of wheat and other commodities, corn demand is pushing overall food prices up 4% this year, compared with 2% a year ago, and driving up the costs of breakfast foods - eggs, bacon, cereal, milk and potatoes - as much as 10%, according to the U. Gasoline prices over $3 a gallon have grabbed consumers'...

He was up at midnight, having been startled by a familiar noise in his driveway, that of a garbage can lid that the wind had torn off and was using to play noisy games. The lids of his cans were firmly in place, but what he found was upsetting enough: the lid, with the required address on top, was not even from this neighborhood! Thinking of course that it might be from one of his two cans (this is an MGD, a major garbage day, when Christmas trees, wreaths, and strings of inoperative...

Feed costs Although dairy farmers are paying more for feed, milk prices are somewhat making up for that. Dairy farmers, especially, should remember this year for its blend of strong milk prices and higher feed costs. The good news for dairy farmers is that milk prices should stay high, while feed prices ease a bit. These strong milk prices, along with an improving ratio of feed prices to milk prices, could spur some expansion, cautions the ERS. Higher feed costs are being offset by...