by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The World Health Organization (WHO) says that nearly 10,000 people died from COVID-19 in the month of December, and hospital admissions jumped 42 percent in Europe and the Americas. The increased transmission was fueled by holiday gatherings and a new variant. While...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
To tackle America’s gun problem, a growing number of states are using Medicaid dollars to pay for community-based programs intended to stop shootings. The idea is to boost resources for violence prevention programs, which have been overwhelmed in some cities by a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 11, 2024 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Federal officials are seizing more shipments of unauthorized electronic cigarettes at U.S. ports, but thousands of new flavored products continue pouring into the country from China, according to government and industry data reviewed by The Associated Press. The...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that adolescent COVID-related emergency room visits have nearly doubled over the past week, reaching levels not seen in a year. The increase comes as schools and businesses are now weighing a...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves, Uncategorized
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the launch of a new initiative to support sepsis teams at U.S. hospitals in light of new data that found a third of patients who die in hospitals had sepsis while hospitalized. The agency said...
by Jessica Casebolt | Sep 11, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
New research has found that a record number of U.S. children were killed by firearms in 2021. A study published in the American Academy of Pediatrics on Monday reported that gun deaths among children rose again in 2021 to a total of 4,752, according to data from the...
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