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Hormel Foods, other meat company shares fall as bird flu concerns mount

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – The spread of a deadly strain of bird flu into an Iowa egg farm accelerated market concerns over how big of a bite the current outbreak could take from the United States’ egg and poultry businesses, sending shares of several leading meat companies’ down on Tuesday. Hormel Foods Corp shares were down more than 3 percent in early afternoon trading after the Minnesota-based company

Hormel Foods, other meat company shares fall as bird flu concerns mount

By P.J. Huffstutter CHICAGO (Reuters) – The spread of a deadly strain of bird flu into an Iowa egg farm accelerated market concerns over how big of a bite the current outbreak could take from the United States’ egg and poultry businesses, sending shares of several leading meat companies’ down on Tuesday. Hormel Foods Corp shares were down more than 3 percent in early afternoon trading after the Minnesota-based company

MMR vaccine not linked to autism, even in high-risk kids

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not linked to development of autism spectrum disorders, even among children considered to be at risk, a large new study finds. Among nearly 100,000 children, receipt of the MMR vaccine did not increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), regardless of whether kids were at higher risk because an older sibling already had the

MMR vaccine not linked to autism, even in high-risk kids

By Andrew M. Seaman (Reuters Health) – The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is not linked to development of autism spectrum disorders, even among children considered to be at risk, a large new study finds. Among nearly 100,000 children, receipt of the MMR vaccine did not increase the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), regardless of whether kids were at higher risk because an older sibling already had the

Year of the Goose, Part 2: Educational Anxiety and Rattlesnake Bar

– Dennes Dale Boon, who would’ve been 57 last week, had the portly sage of San Pedro not died in a van accident at the age of 27, would likely have termed me an “anxious mofo”. And if I’ve externally mellowed with age, I’m certainly still often a knot of torqued-up doubt and inherited Hiberno-Teutonic worry. I’m also a terrible student, despite my love of learning. Needless to say, I

Adobe unveils Lightroom CC as a cornerstone of its subscription-based Photography Plan

Adobe is describing Lightroom CC as all new, with ‘lightning fast’ performance and new tools for editing, enhancing and displaying pictures. Mobile, ‘connected’ imaging is an increasingly large part of Adobe’s plans, and while users will still be able to get Lightroom CC as a standalone package (‘Lightroom 6’), it will miss out on Creative Cloud features, such as the ability to synchronise images with mobile devices and create and