A Los Angeles public health agency overseeing vector control has reported mosquito samples positive for West Nile virus, cautioning residents to take preventive steps. “West Nile virus is detected every summer by local public health agencies because it is endemic to Los Angeles County,” said Susanne Kluh, director of Scientific-Technical Services at the Greater Los… Read More »
Evelyn Villarreal was one of the first children treated, at 8 weeks. Her family, from Centreville, Va., had lost their first child to spinal muscular atrophy at 15 months. Two years later when Evelyn was born a test showed she also had the disease, so the family enrolled her in the gene therapy study at… Read More »
The cremation services are considered to be respectful alternative to traditional burial services. Cremation is the process where the dead bodies of the deceased are burnt and the ashes are kept for the remaining rites and as memorial. The traditional and standard funerals and burials vary from culture to culture and religion to religion. However,… Read More »