by Jessica Casebolt | May 1, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is planning to stop tracking the spread of Covid in communities across the U.S., the agency said Friday. Moving forward, the CDC is expected to rely more heavily on Covid-related hospitalizations, according to two people...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 28, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is relaxing COVID-19 restrictions on international travelers as the national public health emergency is set to expire next month. The CDC said in an update on its website posted Thursday that it will consider anyone...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 26, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a trio of bills meant to address gun violence Tuesday, onebanning the sale of certain semi-automatic rifles, one imposing a 10-day waiting period on firearms purchases, and one clearing the way for lawsuits against gun makers or...
by Jessica Casebolt | Apr 20, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Last month the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened an Office of Rural Health at the agency to improve rural health research and provide analyses that lead to good public health policies for rural communities. In December 2022, President Biden...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 31, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Prescriptions for stimulants used primarily to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased by more than 10 percent during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic as access to the drugs expanded via telehealth opportunities, according to new...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 30, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Kansas is set to become the latest state to raise the age for buying tobacco to 21. The state Senate passed a bill to raise the required age by a 28-11 vote after the state’s House approved it earlier this month. The bill will now be sent to Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s...
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