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The American Sportfishing Association (ASA) has come in support of initiatives being taken on the federal and state levels to deal with the water quality issues in Florida that can affect fisheries habitat and management.

A record-breaking amount of rainfall in January needed the release of a huge amount of water from Lake Okeechobee by the US Army Corps of Engineers, sending fresh water both west and east to coastal regions, severely impacted by such a move.

The US Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, February 15, took an action on an emergency request made by the Governor's office, along with other state agencies, to let the water go to south on its notable path via Everglades National Park into Florida Bay.

A decade-long study was conducted at various medical facilities across the United States to check the impact of stents and surgery on heart patients. The study team recorded the long-term effects of both treatments, concluding that doctors can go for any of the treatment options best suitable for patients. The study team found that both stent and surgery had similar positive results and doctors should consider whatever is best for individual patients.

As per the latest research, the second innings of long-term study on the safety and effectiveness of stents in comparison to surgery to prevent strokes in patients having blocked arteries, has discovered no difference between both.

During the few past weeks, many people in California have fallen sick with the flu. But, so far, the season has proved milder than in recent years. Experts have come up with several reasons behind the lower impact of flu this season.

Health experts added that the existing vaccine is quite good for the flu strains and the virus is probably not spreading at a fast pace because of unusually warm weather. It is also possible that the outbreak hasn’t peaked so far.

Dr. Robert Schechter, medical officer with the immunization branch of the California Department of Public Health, said that it’s difficult to know where we are, if we are in the eye of the storm or the storm has gone.

More than one-third of American adults don’t get seven hour sleep on a regular basis. The findings of the first national survey on sleep have raised an alarm about the sleep deprived individuals and the health impacts of missing adequate sleep. The result of survey has been published for all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Telephonic interviewing was source of research, and researchers reported factors which could influence sleep.

The researchers did a random telephone survey on 444,306 respondents. The results showed that majority of the adults, around 65%, were experiencing sound sleep of seven and more than seven hours, while the rest 35% were sleep deprived.

Congress for investing more than $1.8 billion to fight Zika in the United States and other countries. The republican lawmakers requested that democratic government should better make use of funds from unused $2.7 billion funds issued for Ebola in 2014.

There is no evidence yet discovered about whether Zika virus causes microcephaly, a condition marked by unusually small heads that can result in developmental problems. Brazil has so far experienced more than 500 cases of microcephaly, which causes birth defects. The country relates microcephaly in children to presence of Zika virus in mothers. Brazil is studying more than 3,900 suspected cases of microcephaly.

A British nutrition advocacy group runs a campaign to raise awareness among people about the level of sugar found in beverages served at popular cafés. The group raises concern about high sugar intake and its impact on health. The initiative is named as Action on Sugar.

The group released a report which ranked the Starbucks' popular drinks on the basis of the amount of sugar contained in them.

One of the biggest finding was that many of the Starbucks' drinks contain more amount of sugar than a can of Coca-Cola, which contain 33 grams of sugar. Some of these drinks are Venti, white chocolate mocha with whipped cream containing 73.8 grams of sugar, while second comes, Venti chai tea latte, having 52 grams of sugar in it.