The American Medical Association adopted a policy June 13 declaring climate change a public health crisis threatening the well-being of all people.
Category: Public Health
As Biden Fights Overdoses, Harm Reduction Groups Face Local Opposition
The Biden administration’s latest plan to address opioid overdose deaths includes $30 million for harm reduction measures, but many conservative states don’t allow them.
How omicron changed the reinfection landscape
COVID-19 reinfections have seemingly become common since omicron and its sublineages took hold, The New York Times reported June 11.
COVID-19 deaths to rise through June, CDC forecasts
COVID-19 deaths will likely increase nationwide through the end of the month, CDC modeling suggests.
Covid Funding Pries Open a Door to Improving Air Quality in Schools
Researchers say the billions in pandemic funding available for ventilation upgrades in U.S. schools provides a once-in-a-generation opportunity to combat covid-19, as well as making air more breathable for students living with allergies, asthma, and chronic wildfire smoke.
Journalists Delve Into Vaccine Mandates and Surprise Billing
KHN and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media this week to discuss their stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
CDC urges clinicians to look for wide range of monkeypox symptoms
The CDC is encouraging clinicians to look out for a broad range of symptoms that might be signs of a monkeypox infection as the national case tally grows, Politico reported June 10.
US COVID-19 cases tick up after week of decline: 9 CDC findings
The nation’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases increased this week after falling slightly last week for the first time since late March, according to the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published June 10.
US to end testing requirements for incoming air travelers
The Biden administration will no longer require international travelers to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding flights to the U.S. — a rule that had been in place since January 2021, The Washington Post reported June 10.
3 paths monkeypox could take
The overall expert consensus on the monkeypox outbreak right now is that it won’t reach any level comparable to COVID-19.
