Nashville native turned country-rock star Jelly Roll’s continued emerging fame has found him kicking off 2024 in an unlikely place: Capitol Hill. Specifically in Washington, D.C. at the Dirksen Senate Office Building, testifying in a hearing of the United States Senate’s Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs titled “Stopping the Flow of Fentanyl: Public Awareness and Legislative Solutions.” […]
Chronic wasting disease is sometimes referred to as “zombie deer disease,” or affected deer can be called “zombie deer” due to the neurological signs of the disease, which include weight loss, lack of coordination, listlessness and drooling. As USA Today reports, the disease mainly affects free-ranging deer, elk and moose, according to the Centers for […]
As the new year gets underway, health officials are issuing a nationwide alert about a triple threat: The simultaneous spread of the flu, COVID-19, and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV. As CBS News reports, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reporting a significant rise in emergency room visits due to flu and COVID-19, while RSV […]
In 2021, a bizarre cure for COVID-19 began to emerge on social media, the anti-parasite drug ivermectin. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is now under fire for its efforts to refute claims that the drugs could stop the deadly virus. A group of doctors is now suing the FDA, saying the agency’s efforts to refute […]
Cognitive decline can begin years before signs of dementia set in, which for some can be as early as age 30, a condition known as young-onset dementia. Globally, it’s estimated nearly 4 million people ages 30 to 64 are living with the condition, according to a 2021 study, and case numbers have been rising. As CNN reports, key risk factors for later-life […]
It’s the dawning of a new year, so people are focused on 2024 and what changes it will bring. The more enterprising may even be thinking of initiating changes in the form of resolutions or intentions. But for the less decisive, those can be hard to come up with; with so many choices, where do […]
Why is maintaining New Year’s resolutions so damn hard? Researchers have ID’d several culprits, such as setting a goal that’s too vague (“I’m going to get healthy” –what does that even mean?) or unrealistic (“I’m going to lose 10 pounds a month” – really?). But perhaps the biggest challenge is turning your wishes into immediate […]
While chest pain is the most common symptom of a heart attack in men and women, there are distinct symptom differences between the sexes. Females are more likely to experience a variety of other symptoms, like shortness of breath, nausea or vomiting, and back or jaw pain, than males. As Health magazine reports, heart disease, which includes […]
In unfortunate news, cases of COVID-19 have increased just in time for the holidays. As the Huffington Post reports, behind this uptick is a new strain called JN.1, which accounted for 21.4% of cases in the United States as of Dec. 9, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. JN.1 is a descendant of BA.2.86, […]
A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is rising to prominence in the U.S. as winter illness season approaches its peak: JN.1, yet another gift from the Omicron variant. As Time magazine reports, JN.1 was first detected in the U.S. in September but spread slowly at first. In recent weeks, however, it has accounted for […]