insert_link Lifestyle Is your pet exposed to secondhand smoke? Here are the (serious) health risks Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images Jacqueline Boyd, Nottingham Trent University Our pets share our homes, lifestyles, and sometimes even our food and beds. For many pets, this close contact with humans can include exposure to secondhand smoke from cigarettes and other air pollutants. This may have serious health consequences for our animal companions. So, how significant a risk is passive smoking for our pets and should we be concerned? Smoking […] todayFebruary 6, 2024 24
insert_link Namibia Health ministry conducts ongoing COVID-19 and influenza surveillance activities The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr. Kalumbi Shangula, said that there has been a rise in respiratory illnesses among children in northern China. According to the ministry, they are actively conducting ongoing COVID-19 and influenza surveillance activities and has not identified an increase in respiratory infections or associated hospitalizations or deaths in Namibia. Here is Dr. Kalumbi Shangula. todayDecember 7, 2023 11