Although nearly 40% of Americans 60 and older are obese, Medicare doesn’t cover weight loss medications. Meanwhile, studies haven’t thoroughly examined new drugs’ impact on older adults.
Category: Public Health
Hospital visits from tick bites jump 30%: CDC
Emergency department visits for tick bites have risen by 30 percent in the last year, the CDC reported.
The latest TikTok trend physicians are warning against
Drinking water laced with borax or bathing in it is the latest medical TikTok trend physicians are up against, NBC News reported July 22.
Vaccine timing for COVID-19, flu & RSV: What to know
Health experts are betting on a trio of vaccines to help prevent a repeat of last fall and winter, when a simultaneous surge of COVID-19, flu and respiratory syncytial virus overwhelmed hospitals.
FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf has called misinformation one of the deadliest killers in the United States. As the FDA tries to fight that scourge, it sometimes stumbles.
Washington sees 1st C. auris case
Health officials in Washington are investigating what is believed to be the state’s first Candida auris infection in a Pierce County man.
Nevada toddler dies from brain eating amoeba infection
A 2-year-old Nevada boy died July 19 after contracting Naegleria fowleri — the brain-eating amoeba, health officials confirmed to Becker’s July 20.
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Let’s Talk About the Weather
2023 will likely be remembered as the summer Arizona sizzled, Vermont got swamped, and nearly the entire Eastern Seaboard, along with huge swaths of the Midwest, choked on wildfire smoke from Canada. Still, none of that has been enough to prompt policymakers in Washington to act on climate issues. Meanwhile, at a public court hearing, […]
8th local case of malaria reported in Florida: CDC
Florida health officials reported a new case of malaria, bringing the total to eight in the U.S. since May, NBC News reported July 18.
300+ cases of multidrug-resistant shigella seen in US, Europe since April
Since April, 309 cases of shigellosis have been reported to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, including 106 in the U.S. Most of the cases were caused by multidrug-resistant strains of the shigella bacteria, with transmission prima…
