September 12, 2024
(CBS News) – Our warming planet is putting those who are pregnant at higher risk — and the impacts go far beyond heat-related illnesses. Research shows that along with the dangers presented to the general population, extreme heat puts pregnant people — … Read More
September 12, 2024
(The Hill) – Murthy noted in the advisory that parents now grapple with the “complexity of managing social media … concerns about the youth mental health crisis, and an epidemic of loneliness that disproportionately affects young people.” Psychologists and parenting … Read More
September 12, 2024
(NBC News) – Health officials theorize it could be a “one-off” case, in which the infection wasn’t passed along to anyone else. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday it has yet to identify “a clear source” of … Read More
September 11, 2024
(New York Times) – Fatalities spiked 71 percent last year, far outpacing the 13 percent rise in cases, the World Health Organization said. The cholera outbreaks spreading across the globe are becoming more deadly. Deaths from the diarrheal disease soared … Read More
September 11, 2024
(NBC News) – Researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences identified a compound that affects an area of the brain that triggers hormone production. The age when girls hit puberty has been falling at an alarming rate for … Read More
September 10, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 6, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 9, 2024
(NBC News) – Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection, was nearly eliminated in the U.S. at the beginning of the 21st century but has made a dramatic comeback. In 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported more than 200,000 … Read More
September 9, 2024
(The Conversation) – A ten-month-old boy in the Gaza Strip was recently paralysed by poliovirus – the first such case in the region this century. Israel and Hamas have agreed to a limited ceasefire to allow 640,000 children in the … Read More
September 9, 2024
(The Hill) – The first person without known contact with an animal has been infected with the the H5N1 virus, commonly known as bird or avian flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed Friday. The case, detected … Read More
September 9, 2024
(The Telegraph via MSN) – Are you too busy to go to the doctor’s, or just don’t see it as a priority? As of next year, thousands of people will no longer have an excuse: the doctor’s will be coming … Read More
September 6, 2024
(New York Times) – The body mass index has long been criticized as a flawed indicator of health. A replacement has been gaining support: the body roundness index. Move over, body mass index. Make room for roundness — to be … Read More
September 5, 2024
(NPR) – It seems as if getting mpox vaccines to Congo should have been straightforward — one country needs vaccines, other countries are willing to give them. The U.S. in fact has been ready to send doses to Africa for … Read More
September 5, 2024
(New York Times) – Many doctors say it is too dangerous to perform the common surgeries on people with high body mass indexes, but patients say they are facing discrimination. While the science of body mass index is frequently criticized, … Read More
September 5, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – Bats have a bad reputation, but they deserve better. The flying mammals are nature’s pest control, swooping over America’s farmland every night to feast on swarms of insects that would otherwise chew through crops. But … Read More
September 5, 2024
(Washington Post via MSN) – A new study adds to a growing body of evidence that Parkinson’s disease, long believed to have its origins in the brain, may begin in the gut. Gastrointestinal problems are common in patients with neurodegenerative … Read More
September 5, 2024
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 391, no. 5, 2024) is available online by subscription only. Articles include:
September 2, 2024
(Undark) – Government agencies are struggling to monitor and respond to bird flu, mirroring the early months of the Covid pandemic. Despite having a pandemic playbook in early 2020, the U.S. appeared flat-footed in its response to Covid-19, including inadequate … Read More
September 2, 2024
(ABC News) – Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. … Read More
September 2, 2024
(Wired) – Wildfires don’t just destroy forest—they can increase sediment in rivers and reservoirs, spark algae blooms, and pollute watercourses with dangerous chemicals, leaving water providers to grapple with long-term consequences. Recent studies have found that while some watersheds begin … Read More
August 30, 2024
(UPI) – Even as fall flu season approaches and COVID-19 cases rise nationally, the biggest contagion threat facing the United States may not be one disease but several that don’t respond to existing medications, according to experts and recent data. … Read More
August 30, 2024
(Associated Press) – The heatstroke that felled Baker last year is a deadly illness associated with extreme heat, and climate change is worsening the risk. In the continental U.S., the frequency of dangerously hot days is expected to grow by … Read More
August 30, 2024
(New York Times) – People taking Wegovy were not protected from infection. But in a large trial, their death rates were markedly lower, for reasons that are not clear. Wegovy, the popular obesity drug, may have yet another surprising benefit. … Read More
August 29, 2024
(ABC News) – The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted … Read More
August 29, 2024
(ABC News) – A Boar’s Head deli meat plant in Virginia tied to a deadly food poisoning outbreak repeatedly violated federal regulations, including instances of mold, insects, liquid dripping from ceilings, and meat and fat residue on walls, floors and … Read More
August 29, 2024
(Vox) – More than a decade ago, scientists achieved a historic breakthrough: They found a first-ever cure for hepatitis C, one of two related liver diseases that, combined, take more than a million lives every year. In 2016, just three … Read More
