Thanksgiving Day often involves family, friends, food and football, yet sometimes the cooking, eating and traveling frenzy over the holiday weekend can lead to an unexpected trip to the emergency room. “There is usually light volume on Thanksgiving Day, but post-Thanksgiving dinner is when we usually see a surge in the ER,” Dr. Poonam Desai, an […]
A deadly measles outbreak in Texas ended in August, but outbreaks in other parts of the United States continue to add hundreds of new measles cases to this year’s record national total. As AccuWeather reports, there have been an average of 27 new measles cases reported each week since the end of August, according to data from the […]
Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month It is a time to promote healthy growth in children. Weight gain occurs when an individual’s energy intake exceeds their energy expenditure — in other words, when calories in exceed calories out. What is less well understood is the fact […]
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 […]
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, making this a great opportunity to remind everyone to get their appropriate vaccines. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), thousands of American adults get sick each year from devastating diseases that vaccines can easily prevent. Health.mil, the official website of the Military Health System and Defense […]
The percentage of kids who didn’t get their recommended childhood vaccines rose to a record high during the last school year, continuing a post-pandemic trend of Americans opting out of vaccinations. As CNN reports, a record share of US kindergartners had an exemption for a required vaccination last school year, and coverage for all reported […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 sitting members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory committee and replacing them with new members. The Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP) makes recommendations on the safety, efficacy and clinical need of vaccines. […]
While the idea of a massive dust cloud from the deserts of Africa hitting the United States might seem like the plot of a sci-fi movie — it’s actually just an annual weather event that can give way to some spectacular seaside sunsets. What is an SAL? What Causes It? Thunderstorms and the jostling position of a […]
In late 2024 and into early 2025, headlines were everywhere discussing the potential dangers of H5N1, otherwise known as avian influenza, or more simply, the bird flu. As Food & Wine reports, during that time hundreds of millions of birds, including millions of egg-laying hens, needed to be culled, resulting in a massive egg shortage that caused […]
Spring weather can be unpredictable. When severe weather hits unexpectedly, the risk of injury and weather-related death increases, so planning makes sense. Prepare for storms, floods, and tornadoes as if you know in advance they are coming, because in the spring, they very likely will. Temperatures can swing back and forth between balmy and frigid. […]