by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 8, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The U.S. government is planning to lift COVID-19 testing requirements on travelers from China on Friday, amid a decline in cases there following a winter surge, according to people familiar with the matter. Those traveling to the U.S. from mainland China, Hong Kong,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Mar 6, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
California, Washington, and Oregon are dropping mask requirements in health care settings. California health officials on Friday unveiled plans to relax guidance on masking in high-risk settings and to end vaccination requirements for health care workers. On April 3,...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 27, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The temporary boost to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits put into place during the COVID-19 pandemic will end this week. The end of the emergency allotments aimed at combating food insecurity will impact more than 41 million Americans who...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 24, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said this year’s flu shot provided “substantial protection” against the virus, majorly reducing the risk of hospitalization in those vaccinated. The CDC said in a release on Wednesday that the vaccine reduced the...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 22, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
The dropoff in cancer screenings during the pandemic didn’t result in significantly more breast, cervical, and colon cancer cases, or how advanced those cases were, according to a review of nearly 375,000 diagnoses in electronic health records. The findings from...
by Jessica Casebolt | Feb 21, 2023 | Public Health/Prevention, Tea Leaves
Deaths in state and federal prisons across America rose nearly 50 percent during the first year of the pandemic, and in six states, they more than doubled, according to the first comprehensive data on prison fatalities in the era of COVID-19. The tremendous jump in...
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