by Jessica Casebolt | Jul 12, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning doctors and public health officials about a handful of locally acquired cases of malaria. Four people in Florida and one person in Texas seem to have been exposed to the disease locally. The four...
by Jessica Casebolt | Jun 26, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Efforts to develop the next generation of Covid vaccines are running up against bureaucratic hassles and regulatory uncertainty, scientists say, obstacles that could make it harder to curb the spread of the coronavirus and arm the United States against future...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 11, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Today marks the end of the public health emergency in the United States, more than three years after it was first declared to combat the novel coronavirus by unlocking powerful tools to detect and contain the emerging threat. Several core aspects of America’s...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 10, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force released new guidance Tuesday advising that women begin receiving annual breast cancer screenings at age 40 instead of its previous recommendation of 50, citing updated science. The independent volunteer panel of physicians’...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 5, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Covid was the fourth leading cause of death in the United States last year, dropping from its place as the third leading cause in 2020 and 2021 when virus fatalities were superseded only by heart disease and cancer, the National Center for Health Statistics reported...
by Jessica Casebolt | May 2, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. Surgeon General released an advisory on Tuesday calling attention to the public health crisis of loneliness, isolation, and lack of connection in the United States. The report cites recent research showing that approximately half of U.S. adults experienced...
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