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Here are your FOX Business Flash top headlines for March 30. Two more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic avian influenza – otherwise known as bird flu – have been detected in Iowa, according to state agriculture officials. CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ON FOX BUSINESS The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed cases at a commercial turkey flock in Hamilton County and a commercial layer flock in Guthrie County.  Cage-free chickens walk in a fenced pasture at an organic farm near Waukon, Iowa.  (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File / Getty Images) As a result, 1.5 million chickens and 28,000 turkeys will be killed in order to prevent the virus f...

Exposure to light while you sleep could be damaging your heart health, according to a new study. In research, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of the Science, scientists found that sleeping in a room with even a little bit of lighting may be detrimental to your health. The study stated that sleeping with lights on could increase your heart rate while you sleep as well as decreasing heart rate variability. Another harmful effect of light exposure during sleep was an increase insulin resistance in the morning, according to researchers. According to The Sun, Dr. Phyllis Zee, chief of sleep medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and a co-author of the study said: "The results from this study demonstrate that just a single n...

A mother has claimed having a facial saved her life after her beautician spotted a suspicious mark which turned out to be cancerous.  Jillian Murray, from Cairns in Australia, went to see doctors about the discoloured area above her right breast in June last year — but was told it was nothing to worry about. However, during a pampering session three months later the 62-year-old childcare centre owner was told to get it checked again 'as soon as possible'. Beautician of six years Leigh Murphy, 41, who runs the Rejuvie Skin Therapy salon, said she 'didn't like' the mark which now resembled a 'red bruise'. After an appointment with a skin specialist a week later, Ms Murray was diagnosed with stage 2 skin cancer in her chest. Doctors also spotted skin cancer on her nose, which neither Ms Murr...

The highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.2 is now the dominant coronavirus strain around the world. Health officials have known about it since November, but they’re still learning about how it acts and how sick people infected with it are likely to get. With that in mind, here’s what the newest subvariant means for you and your family, as well as the signs you should keep an eye out for now. BA.2 often presents similarly to a bad cold “So far what we’re seeing is really similar to the original omicron variant in terms of symptoms and in terms of severity,” said Dr. Erica Johnson, an internal medicine physician at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center in Baltimore who chairs the Infectious Disease Board of the American Board of Internal Medicine. So, like the original omicron strain (B...

The World Health Organization plans to investigate rare reports of hearing loss and other ear-related issues from the COVID-19 vaccine. Driving the news: The WHO posted a newsletter on its website that states that it has received reports of sudden hearing problems — including tinnitus and ringing sounds — from those who received the COVID-19 vaccine. Most people said they experienced these side effects within one day after the shot. By the numbers: Per NBC News, the WHO has received hundreds of reports for auditory issues. 367 cases of tinnitus. 164 cases of hearing loss. Yes, but: More than 11 billion doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed throughout the world, according to NBC News. The bigger picture: Researchers have c...

Even after more than two years of study, scientists and doctors are still trying to better understand how COVID-19 works and why it affects certain people so differently. And while data shows certain factors such as age, sex, and compromised immune systems can factor into how a brush with the virus will play out, more focused research is discovering that other less obvious elements, such as genetics, could play a role. But according to one new study, finding out if you're at a higher risk of severe COVID could be as easy as looking at your hands. Read on to see which health sign your extremities might hold. RELATED: If You Notice This on Your Hands, Get Checked for Cancer. ShutterstockThe latest information comes from a study published in the journal Scie...

Experiencing racial prejudice can lead to poorer health outcomes, study says “As we see from this review, living in an environment with an overall climate that is prejudiced against people of color is not only bad for racially marginalized groups, but for everyone. Area-level racial prejudice is a social determinant of population health,” said Amani M. Allen, a professor at the University of California Berkeley. View

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The different coronavirus variants may create various long COVID-19 symptoms, according to a new study. Driving the news: The study — which will be presented at the European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID 2022) in April — found that each COVID-19 variant leads to different long-term COVID-19 symptoms. For example, the alpha variant of the coronavirus led to muscle aches and pain, insomnia, brain fog, anxiety and depression compared to the original strain of the virus. The study also found that those who suffered from severe COVID-19 were six times more likely to experience long COVID-19 symptoms, according to a press release on the study. Top symptoms: The study said about 76% of patients reported at lea...

Use of disinfectants by pregnant women may be a risk factor for asthma and eczema in their children, finds a population study, published online in Occupational & Environmental Medicine. Disinfectants are used frequently in hospitals and other medical facilities, and the covid-19 pandemic has led to an increase in their use in medical settings and also more widely, including by the general population. Exposure to disinfectants in the workplace has been linked to asthma and dermatitis previously in the workers exposed, but few studies have looked at the impact of disinfectant use during pregnancy and the subsequent development of allergic disease in children. The authors used data on 78 915 mother-child pairs who participated in the Japan Environment and Children’s Study t...