A new report is showing that a fungal infection called Valley Fever is up across the Southwest United States.
More than 22,000 cases were confirmed in 2011, a rise from 2,265 cases in 1998 according to the CDC. The report only looks at cases in Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. Texas also houses the fungus that causes the disease but they do not report statistics to the CDC. Continue reading
Blizzard conditions again descended on the midsection of the country Monday, bringing hurricane-force winds to the Texas Panhandle, closing highways in Texas and Oklahoma and putting already snow-covered parts of Kansas on high alert as the day progressed. Continue reading
Winter Storm “Q,” which has already dumped a layer of snow in Arizona, New Mexico and Southern California, moves with full force into the eastern Plains and Midwest on Thursday, where it could dump a foot and a half of snow in some areas. Continue reading
A 16-year-old Texas girl is suing her parents to stop them from forcing her to have an abortion.
The girl is claiming in court documents that her parents are coercing her to abort her 9-week-old baby through verbal threats and harassment & physical threats. Continue reading
A Texas student who had sued her school district because she believed the RFID chip in the ID badge she was being forced to wear was akin to the mark of the beast in Revelation has lost her case in federal court. Continue reading
Over the last year, residents of the Midwest have been reporting weather conditions that remind historians of the “Dust Bowl.”
Close to 62% of the United States remain in drought conditions and scientists are reporting that parts of Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, Texas and New Mexico are in “exceptional drought conditions.” Continue reading
The 2012 outbreak of West Nile Virus is only 20 cases away from topping 2006, the second worst year on record.
The Centers for Disease Control has officially confirmed 4,249 cases of West Nile virus this year. The number of deaths from the virus has risen to 168.
The record is 9,862 CDC confirmed cases in 2003. Continue reading
Students at two schools in San Antonio, Texas are being refused access to libraries and cafeterias if they will not allow themselves to be tracked with an RFID chip.
Andrea Hernandez, a sophomore at John Jay High School, said the school administration has refused to acknowledge her concerns about privacy and has banned her from participating in school elections if she does not carry a card with an RFID chip that would allow school administrators to track her at all times. Continue reading
The death toll from West Nile virus broke into the triple digits last week as another 30% increase in cases is being reported by health officials.
On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported at least 2,636 cases of the virus with a confirmed 118 fatalities. The totals are the highest recorded by the second week of September since 2003 when public health officials launched an aggressive random testing campaign. Continue reading
