by Jordana Choucair | Oct 14, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The FDA released new sodium targets in an effort to reduce Americans’ overall sodium intake by 12 percent over the next two-and-a-half years. The targets seek to decrease average sodium intake from approximately 3,400 milligrams (mg) to 3,000 mg per day, which...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 13, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new guidance that people over the age of 60 should no longer consider taking a daily low-dose or baby aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke. The announcement deviates from the USPSTF’s 2016 guidance...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 11, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Anthony Fauci said in a CNN interview that things are headed in the “right direction” as COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths trend downward. However, he cautioned that people shouldn’t “just throw your hands up and say it’s all over” given that 68 million...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 4, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
Anthony Fauci said the country is “turning the corner” on the latest COVID-19 surge, but that the 70 million eligible people who haven’t been vaccinated remain vulnerable. Fauci also touted the success of Merck & Co.’s experimental...
by Jordana Choucair | Oct 1, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
A new report from the FDA and CDC found that teen vaping plummeted this year as the COVID-19 pandemic forced many U.S. students to learn from home. In the national survey, 11 percent of high school students and less than 3 percent of middle school students said they...
by Jordana Choucair | Sep 27, 2021 | Public Health/Prevention
The World Health Organization is renewing its probe into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A new team of about 20 scientists will be looking for new evidence in China and elsewhere, a shift that comes as officials warn that time is running out to complete the...
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