A small safety and health agency gets pummeled
Good morning. Yesterday, there was a turkey (or, as one reporter guessed, a turkey vulture?) on the ledge outside STAT's office windows all day. We're on the third floor! Scroll…
Good morning. Yesterday, there was a turkey (or, as one reporter guessed, a turkey vulture?) on the ledge outside STAT’s office windows all day. We’re on the third floor! Scroll all the way down for a picture of our new friend, and send in suggestions for a name.
A harbinger of more growth in measles cases
Cases in the West Texas measles outbreak are now appearing in urban areas, a formula for greater growth, Katherine Wells, director of public health for the city of Lubbock, told reporters Tuesday. Lubbock is about 75 miles northeast of rural Gaines County, where the outbreak — which has now touched off cases in at least three other states — appears to have begun. Wells said the larger population and sites like grocery stores and malls where people mingle give the virus more opportunities to spread. “It just gets much bigger, much quicker in these urban areas,” she said during a press conference.
