Post-holidays, as we head further into the coldest days of the year, it's hard not to feel a little bit frazzled. And for good reason. Winter is the Your goes up when it's cold, as do cases of serious depression. , and all that time inside can aggravate allergies. Fortunately, there are things you can do to and safeguard yourself for the healthiest winter possible. First things first, you should plan to exercise in the morning, especially once the weather...

The restored curved corridors leading to the laundry room from the Ferry House of Ellis Island. (Gordon Donovan/Caters News) Hospitals can be scary places. Whether you’re sick or well, they are often associated with fear and an eerie sense of foreboding. Surely the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, once a place where people too ill to enter the U.S. were sent to recover, represented unease for the tens of millions of immigrants who passed through the island. All individuals were subject...

Colorized transmission electron micrograph showing H1N1 influenza virus particles. H1N1 and other flu strains reached epidemic levels this week, the CDC reported. (NIAID) The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared this week that flu and pneumonia deaths have reached “epidemic” levels for the year. To reach an epidemic threshold, according to the CDC, flu and pneumonia deaths must account for 6.8 percent of the total nationwide fatalities. During the 51stweek of the year, local officials reported 837 flu...