Infant mortality in the U.S. went up 3% between 2021 and 2022, according to a CDC report published Nov. 1. It’s the first time the rate has gone up year over year since 2001-2002.
Category: Public Health
CDC debuts tools for hospital leaders to combat employee burnout
The CDC has launched a federal campaign to offer hospital leaders a collection of resources to strengthen workplace policies around employee well-being and to reduce healthcare worker burnout.
Optometry association issues alert over latest FDA eye drop recall
Following on the heels of the FDA’s updated recall list of contaminated eye drops, the American Optometric Association issued an alert Oct. 31 warning individuals to completely halt usage of the 26 products in question.
An Arm and a Leg: John Green vs. Johnson & Johnson (Part 2)
The high price of lifesaving tuberculosis drugs makes them inaccessible to many who need them most. On this episode of “An Arm and a Leg,” hear how a decades-long global fight to reform drug patents is helping to lower the cost.
Admissions, vaccines and a new variant: 5 COVID-19 updates
A new omicron subvariant, HV.1, now accounts for more than a quarter of COVID-19 cases in the U.S., CDC data shows. Meanwhile, uptake of the new vaccine has been slow and new hospital admissions continue to decline.
The type of virus that may cause the next pandemic
While some health experts suggest that the next pandemic could be between five and 10 years away, what that pandemic could be caused by and if the U.S. will be ready for it are separate questions.
FDA warns of infection risk from 26 eye drop products
The FDA issued an alert Oct. 27 warning consumers to stop using 26 over-the-counter eye drop products because of the potential risk of eye infection that could lead to partial vision loss or blindness.
New COVID strain dominant in US: 4 notes
A new COVID-19 variant, HV.1, is now dominant in the U.S., accounting for more than 25% of cases, according to the latest CDC data.
CDC director greenlights mpox, meningitis vaccines
CDC Director Mandy Cohen, MD, signed off on new committee recommendations for two vaccines: mpox and meningitis.
Detecting COVID-19 gets murkier ahead of winter months
A quarter of the nation’s CDC-sponsored wastewater testing sites are shut down indefinitely as the agency looks to replace the firm it has worked with on wastewater surveillance since 2020, sparking concerns among public health officials that the natio…
