by Jordana Choucair | Jan 18, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
A new report warns that the CDC is in “a moment of peril” and needs a significant overhaul to protect national security. The report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies states that the CDC needs to improve data collection processes,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 13, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
A new study found that U.S. cancer death rates have fallen by a third since 1991, with about 3.8 million deaths averted in that time. According to the study, there were “noteworthy” drops in mortality from leukemia, melanoma, and kidney cancers between 2016–2020,...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 12, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration renewed the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) for another 90 days. The renewal comes amid the emergence of the Omicron XBB.1.5 subvariant and a spike in new cases. HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra has pledged HHS would give states and health...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 10, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The Biden administration may let the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) declaration expire as early as the Spring. Under the current tentative plan, health officials will quietly renew the emergency declaration for another 90 days before its scheduled...
by Jordana Choucair | Jan 9, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) updated its recommendations on treating childhood obesity for the first time in 15 years. The new guidelines emphasize that obesity is a complex and chronic condition and that intensive behavioral and lifestyle changes should...
by Jordana Choucair | Dec 22, 2022 | Public Health/Prevention
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that the average life expectancy for Americans shortened by over seven months last year. The expected life span of someone born in the U.S. is now 76.4 years — the shortest it has been in nearly...
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