A Maryland resident who traveled to Central America came home last month with an unwelcome souvenir: larvae of the New World screwworm burrowing in their flesh. As Vox reports, the patient has since recovered from the painful parasite, and Maryland health officials confirmed that there’s no sign of transmission to anyone else. But the case is historic: […]
FDA leaders under President Trump are moving to abandon a decades-old policy of asking outside experts to review drug applications, a move critics say would shield the agency’s decisions from public scrutiny. As CBS News reports, the agency “would like to get away” from assembling panels of experts to examine and vote on individual drugs, […]
The State of California isn’t waiting for Robert F Kennedy Jr and MAHA to do something about food additives. As Food & Wine reports, last week, the California Senate approved legislation that will ban ultra-processed foods from public school meals by 2035. As Food & Wine previously reported, in March, Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D-Encino) introduced Assembly Bill […]
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. It’s an important time to raise awareness of this deadly – but preventable – disease. Prostate Cancer… Did You Know? Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer (other than non-melanoma skin cancer) diagnosed in men in the United States. Furthermore, it’s the second leading cause of cancer deaths […]
Resmed, a health technology company focused on sleep, breathing, and care delivered in the home, has published a study in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine that projected a significant rise in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in the United States over the next three decades due to a variety of factors, including an aging population and increasing body mass […]
Turmoil at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and states’ beginning to take more control of their own vaccine decisions threaten to fracture the once-national consensus around immunization, setting the stage for a reorganization of the way vaccination recommendations work across the United States. As NBC News reports, the moves together point toward […]
Mississippi health officials have declared a public health emergency after releasing data showing the state’s infant mortality rate has risen to its highest level in more than a decade. As CBS News reports, in Mississippi, an alarming 9.7 infants died for every 1,000 live births in 2024, nearly double the most recent national average of 5.6 deaths […]
The American College of Cardiology has issued Concise Clinical Guidance (CCG) recommending vaccines to protect adults with heart disease against respiratory illness, including influenza, COVID-19 and RSV, and other diseases where vaccination is shown to offer cardiovascular protective benefits. The guidance also provides detailed evidence for each vaccine recommendation and answers to frequently asked questions […]
Matt and Maria Raine, parents of 16-year-old Adam Raine, have filed a lawsuit against OpenAI over ChatGPT’s alleged role in their son’s suicide, The New York Times reports. In light of September being Suicide Prevention Month, it’s a timely and tragic story to bring into the light. As PCMag reports, after Adam died by suicide in April, […]
Only 54% of drinking-age Americans consume alcohol today, according to a recent poll from Gallup, the lowest proportion since the survey began in 1939. Even those who do drink are partaking less, by a factor of nearly half. As Yahoo Finance reports, Americans are drinking less, and cultural connotations around alcohol consumption have shifted. The number […]