Merck & Co., Inc. announced today that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) supports the permissive use of GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16 and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant] for boys and young men ages 9 to 26, which means that GARDASIL may be given to males ages 9 to 26 to reduce the likelihood ...

Louisiana’s capital city became a capital of airborne pollen and mold this month. On Oct. 2, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America named Baton Rouge No. 15 of 100 U.S. cities on its fall list of Allergy Capitals — the most challenging p...

St. Louis Arch, Wikimedia Commons St. Louis Tops 2009 List LEARN MORE Asthma and Allergy Foundation - the most challenging Asthma Capitals , 2009 AAFA- Eye Allergy Survey IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons, St. Louis Arch on the Mississippi River at night/ author: Daniel Schwen, January 2008 For the past six years the worst cities for asthma have been listed by the nonprofit Asthma and Allergy ...

Wheat and barley crops are slowly filling in as crops finally begin to emerge on the heavier land.

Health professionals from Greater Southern Area Health Service (GSAHS) are reminding people who wheeze and sneeze during spring that they could be at risk of asthma during a thunderstorm.

There's more proof pollen sufferers can breathe sighs of relief.

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Phelim McAleer, the co-director/producer of an independent film entitled Not Evil, Just Wrong , which purports to explain “the true cost of global warming hysteria,” asked Gore if he accepted a British High Court’s 2007 ruling that the film contained nine significant errors, and whether or not he had done anything to correct them.

Currently oilseed rape crops are romping on and look very fit. The most forward crops will receive a fungicide with growth regulatory properties. Disease levels are currently very low so there is no pressure to apply an early spray. Weed control on the whole is good, despite the dry conditions.

Spring may be worse, but stuff is in the air Trish Honeywell admits she has probably had allergies most of her life, but didn’t know it. “Actually, it didn’t become bad until I moved to Crescent City,” she said. “It wasn’t severe. I just lived with it.” It was almost a decade ago, when Honeywell developed bronchitis and couldn’t stay outside while gardening, that she knew it was time to do ...

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Theres a frost advisory for tonight and freeze advisory for Saturday night. Today, expect partly sunny skies, with a high near 51. North wind between 9 and 11 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph, the National Weather Service says.

For much of the Midlands, the season's first hard freeze is coming soon. What, exactly, will that mean?

It should be partly sunny, with a high near 56 today. West wind between 13 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph, the National Weather Service says.

Expect more rain and possibly a thunderstorm today. High near 52. South southeast wind between 8 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 28 mph, the National Weather Service says.

Expect partly sunny skies with a high near 58 today. West wind between 5 and 7 mph, the National Weather Service says.

Early October is usually the peak of the ragweed allergy season, but pollen levels have been extremely low.

Early October is usually the peak of the ragweed allergy season, but pollen levels have been very low. More about ragweed allergies | More Health

Expect occasional rain or drizzle, mainly after 10 a.m. High near 53. Southeast wind 15 to 18 mph decreasing to between 6 and 9 mph. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph, the National Weather Service says.