>86 percent of U.S. adults exceed CDRR sodium intake goal
Oct 22, 2021
After adjustment for energy intake, a significant change in usual sodium intake was only observed for adults aged 71 years or older and Mexican American adults.
WHO experts to decide if monkeypox is a global emergency
Jun 15, 2022
Doing so would mean that the WHO views the normally rare disease as a continuing threat to nations worldwide.
Report shows world ill-prepared for next pandemic
Dec 13, 2021
Preparedness in preventing the emergence of new pathogens was the area with the lowest worldwide score.
New White House website speeds access to free COVID-19 care
Mar 31, 2022
COVID.gov will bring into one place several types of critical COVID-19 information.
New ‘Mu’ coronavirus variant being watched closely: Fauci
Sep 03, 2021
The variant has not taken extensive hold in the United States at this point, but the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease is taking it “very seriously.”
Magnets in consumer electronics can interfere with medical devices
Aug 26, 2021
In close proximity (1 to 11 mm), static magnetic fields created by iPhone 12, Apple Watch 6 models can interfere with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators.
Omicron linked to increase in COVID-19 cases, lower disease severity
Jan 27, 2022
The mean length of stay and percentages admitted to the ICU, receiving invasive mechanical ventilation and dying were lower during omicron.
Severe COVID-19 may be less likely for the physically active
Aug 23, 2022
Risks for COVID-19 infection, hospitalization, severe illness and death are lower for those who are physically active compared with inactive peers.
Scientists report ‘rogue antibodies’ behind severe clotting with COVID-19
Feb 18, 2022
The study authors suggest that future research assess the potential benefits of screening COVID-19 patients for antiphospholipids and other autoantibodies.
U.S. Surgeon General issues call to counter ‘urgent threat’ of vaccine misinformation
Jul 16, 2021
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, M.D., on Thursday called on tech companies, healthcare workers, journalists and ordinary Americans to do more to fight vaccine misinformation.