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People who eat loads of butter have a higher risk of premature death, while those who use mostly plant-based oils like canola or olive oil have a lower-than-average risk, researchers found. Adobe stock/HealthDay It's a cook's maxim that everything's better with butter. Except your health, a new study suggests. People who eat loads of butter

Analysis of jaguar droppings in Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands have uncovered the presence of Spirometra tapeworms, a parasite with significant ecological and public health implications that can be dangerous to people in its larval form. Pantanal ranchers typically see jaguars as pests because they prey on livestock; however, conservationists aim to reframe these big cats as

An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections traced to slivered onions on McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers has been declared over. As of Dec. 3, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had confirmed 104 patients from 14 states. The CDC reported that 38 people required hospitalization and one patient died...

Science & Nature New research supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation shows that efforts to save and reintroduce mountain yellow-legged frogs across Yosemite...

Health Deadly E. coli outbreak linked to organic carrots sold in U.S., Canada, officials say One person has died and at least 39 others have been made ill by E. coli infections linked to organic carrots sold by several large grocery retailers in 18 states, U.S. health officials say. The carrots were also shipped to

Science & Nature Over the long arc of evolution, animals have often turned to poisons as a means of defense. DepositPhotosMany brightly colored frogs...

One person has died as a result of a Salmonella outbreak that has been linked to snakes and rodents, according to a notice issued by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The agency is advising individuals to take precautions to prevent further infections. The outbreak has affected 45 people across eight provinces, with confirmed cases

In February, a 23-year-old Tanzanian fisherman suddenly fell ill, having just returned from a busy trading outpost in the middle of Lake Victoria. Back at home in Bukoba, a district in northwestern Tanzania, he was hit by bouts of vomiting and diarrhea. He developed a fever and began bleeding from his body openings. On March