Despite a rise in infections nationwide, the White House new COVID-19 response coordinator, Ashish Jha, MD, expressed optimism about the current state of the pandemic in the U.S. during his first week on the job.
Category: Public Health
Syphilis, gonorrhea cases jumped amid pandemic: 5 CDC findings
Reported cases of sexually transmitted diseases fell during the start of the pandemic — likely due to a drop in screenings — but most rose by the end of 2020, new CDC data shows.
Private Equity Ownership of Nursing Homes Triggers Capitol Hill Questions — And a GAO Probe
In his State of the Union address, President Joe Biden decried these financial arrangements, which two members of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee had already asked the Government Accountability Office to investigate.
Biden Administration Announces Boost for Rural Health Care in Midterm Election Push
President Joe Biden’s Cabinet members are fanning out across the county to promote benefits coming to rural America from covid relief and infrastructure legislation.
When Symptoms Linger for Weeks, Is It Long Covid?
Patients with symptoms that last three to 12 weeks after an acute covid infection should adopt a “watchful waiting” approach to recovery, an expert says. Keep in contact with a primary care doctor and take it easy.
BA.2 now makes up 86% of new US cases: 5 COVID-19 updates
The BA.2 omicron subvariant accounts for 85.9 percent of new cases in the U.S., according to the CDC’s latest estimates for the week ending April 9.
Babies Die as Congenital Syphilis Continues a Decade-Long Surge Across the US
Congenital syphilis rates keep climbing, according to newly released federal data. But the primary funding source for most public health departments has been largely stagnant, its purchasing power dragged even lower by inflation.
CDC: COVID-19 surveillance efforts in wildlife ‘now critical’
The CDC has removed an earlier recommendation from its animal testing guidance webpage that said state health officials could “avoid routine animal testing” as concerns grow over the potential for new coronavirus variants to emerge in animals and sprea…
WHO monitoring ‘sister variants’ of omicron: 4 notes
The World Health Organization on April 11 said it is monitoring two new “sister variants” of the original omicron strain dubbed BA.4 and BA.5, according to global news network WION.
California Sees Dramatic Decline in Child Homicide Victims. What’s Changed?
Bucking the alarming spike in overall homicides in recent years, the homicide rate involving young children is down 70% in California from three decades ago. The nation has seen a parallel, albeit slower, decline.
