A proposal by U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to place warning labels on social media platforms is finding support among doctors and advocates who are concerned that the sites contribute to mental health issues among teens. As CBS News reports, Murthy called for the warnings in an opinion piece in the New York Times last week. The […]
The start of the summer season is coming in hot, and you can expect plenty of scorching temperatures with it. Heat waves bringing soaring temperatures first hit the west, and then traced a dangerous path across the country to the midwest and northeast. As Yahoo News reports, it’s easy to forget about the risk of heat exhaustion […]
As new variants of the coronavirus continue to gain traction, doctors and researchers are bracing for a potential rise in cases this summer. As the New York Times reports, two of these variants, KP.3 and KP.2, now account for nearly half of all cases, and data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) […]
Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously preserved access to a medication that was used in nearly two-thirds of all abortions in the U.S. last year, in the court’s first abortion decision since conservative justices overturned Roe v. Wade two years ago. As AP News reports, the nine justices ruled that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the federal Food and […]
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers and retailers to not “eat, sell or serve” any of Diamond Shruumz-brand’s microdosing chocolate bars, infused cones and micro dose and macro dose gummies after people across eight states were left hospitalized. As CNN reports, twelve people became ill after eating Diamond Shruumz’s products, the FDA […]
An FDA panel has voted to endorse Donanemab, a monoclonal antibody that is designed to slow the development of early symptomatic Alzheimer disease. As Pharmacy Times reports, the FDA’s Peripheral and Central Nervous System Drugs Advisory Committee voted 11-0 on the effectiveness of drug, which is manufactured by Eli Lilly and Company. If Donanemab is approved […]
It’s an unfortunate side effect of summer fun: Bugs want to join in too. As Yahoo Life reports, the reason you notice bugs more in the summer? They are actually more active this time of year. “Bugs gain their metabolic energy from whatever the temperature is outside,” says Michael Raupp, professor of entomology at the University of […]
June is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month, and is intended to raise public awareness about issues related to PTSD, reduce the stigma associated with PTSD, and help ensure that those suffering from the invisible wounds of war receive proper treatment. There are currently about 12 million people in the United States living with […]
A sexually transmitted ringworm caused by a rare fungus has been reported for the first time in the United States. As NBC News reports, the case study, published last week in JAMA Dermatology by doctors at NYU Langone Health in New York City, comes as clinicians worldwide increasingly say they’re having trouble treating fungal infections. “We think […]
Reassuring new evidence suggests that feeding children smooth peanut butter during infancy and early childhood can help reduce their risk of developing a deadly peanut allergy even years later. As CNN reports, compared with avoiding peanuts, starting peanut consumption in infancy – as early as around 4 months of age, as a soft pureed paste, for instance […]