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US flu hospitalizations continue to rise: CDC report
Flu activity varies across the nation, with New Mexico reporting the highest test positivity levels. Flu hospitalizations also rose for the 12th week straight, according to the CDC’s latest FluView report.
COVID-19 admissions jump 18% this week: 9 CDC findings
The U.S. reported double-digit increases in both COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations this week, according to the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published April 29.
FDA proposes ban on menthol cigarettes, flavored cigars: 5 things to know
The FDA on April 28 proposed a ban on the sale of menthol-flavored cigarettes, saying it could significantly reduce disease and death caused by tobacco products by increasing the number of smokers who quit and reducing youth experimentation and addiction.
CDC reports human case of avian influenza
A Colorado man has tested positive for an H5 bird flu virus, the first such case in the U.S., health officials said April 28.
Conditions are ripe for measles outbreaks, WHO and UNICEF warn
Measles cases are rising globally amid a “perfect storm” of circumstances that could cause more large-scale outbreaks, the World Health Organization and UNICEF warned April 27.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: More Covid Complications for Congress
Congress is back in session, but covid diagnoses for Vice President Kamala Harris and two Democratic senators have temporarily left the Senate without a working majority to approve continued covid funding. Meanwhile, opponents of the Affordable Care Act have filed yet another lawsuit challenging a portion of the law, and we say goodbye to the late Sen. Orrin Hatch of Utah, who left a long legacy of health laws. Rachel Cohrs of STAT News, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Rebecca Adams of KHN join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more.
4 states reporting unusual hepatitis cases among children
Physicians and health experts are closely monitoring an outbreak of acute hepatitis that’s affected more than 150 children in 12 countries, including the U.S.
Fauci clarifies: US transitioning out of pandemic phase
The nation’s top infectious disease expert on April 27 said the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, clarifying comments from a day earlier in which he said the nation was “out of the pandemic phase.”
Emergency Contraception Marks a New Battle Line in Texas
In the shadow of Texas’ austere abortion regulations, grassroots organizers employ stealth tactics to help young women get emergency contraception.
