Three years into the pandemic, many medical experts have let their guards down and resumed some semblance of normal life, though most agree there is still a time and place for COVID-19 precautions, The Washington Post reported March 12.
Category: Public Health
COVID-19 origin declassification bill heads to Biden's desk
A bill to declassify information about the pandemic’s origins passed the House on March 10 and now heads to President Joe Biden’s desk, according to The Hill.
The holistic solution to obesity: Addressing mind, body, and behaviors for lasting weight loss
Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro. These names have entered our common parlance within the last year via news articles, television stories, and celebrity exposes. Everyone from Hollywood to your neighbor seems to be on medication for weight loss or trying to f…
Forecasts of SARS-CoV-2 variant scenarios reveal what turns the virus could take
Looking ahead to June, researchers released forecasts for hospitalizations and death tolls of five different SARS-CoV-2 variant scenarios eyeing what might be next and how to prepare accordingly.
Biden Budget Touches All the Bases
Very little in the proposed budget released by the Biden administration is likely to become law, particularly with Republicans in charge of the U.S. House. Still, the document is an important statement of the president’s policy priorities, and it’s clear health programs are among those he feels are important. Meanwhile, five women who were denied abortions when their pregnancies threatened their lives are suing Texas. Shefali Luthra of The 19th, Victoria Knight of Axios, and Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Harris Meyer, who reported and wrote the two latest KHN-NPR “Bill of the Month” features. Both were about families facing unexpected bills following childbirth.
COVID-19's toll 3 years in: 6 notes
March 11 marks three years since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic. At that time, there were only 118,000 cases reported worldwide.
Could cordyceps, the fungus on 'The Last of Us,' actually spur a pandemic?
While infectious disease specialists are hesitant to never say “never,” the current environment we live in would have to change considerably to create a real-life fungus pandemic based on cordyceps, the fungus on the hit HBO show “The Last of Us.”
Seniors With Anxiety Frequently Don’t Get Help. Here’s Why.
Older people often aren’t being screened for anxiety disorders, even though it is a common affliction — one masked by other problems when growing old.
UWHealth: Positive strep throat tests doubled from 2022
University of Wisconsin-Madison’s State Laboratory of Hygiene found the rate of positive strep throat tests has doubled since last year, NBC affiliate WTMJ reported March 8.
46% public health workers left their jobs in last 5 years
A recent study found nearly half of all U.S. public health workers in state and local agencies left their jobs in the last five years.
