Category: Public Health

CDC weighs use of TikTok to promote COVID-19 safety

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Leaving WHO could leave US without vital flu vaccine information

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US COVID-19 hospitalizations rise, deaths fall: 4 CDC updates

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Supreme Court, Rejecting Restrictive La. Law, Refuses To Roll Back Abortion Rights

Chief Justice John Roberts joined the court’s liberals in the 5-4 decision that strikes down a state law requiring doctors performing abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.

Where new COVID-19 cases are rising, falling and staying the same — June 29

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Contact-tracing ‘not going well,’ Fauci says; remdesivir gets price tag — 4 COVID-19 updates

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California Prisons Are COVID Hotbeds Despite Billions Spent On Inmate Health

At $3.6 billion a year, California spends more on prison health care than other states spend to run their entire prison systems. But despite the spending, and federal court oversight, prisons across California are struggling to contain deadly outbreaks of COVID-19.

In Arizona Race, McSally Makes Health Care Pledge At Odds With Track Record

The use of the word “always” makes this claim a stretch.

Conflicting COVID Messages Create Cloud Of Confusion Around Public Health And Prevention

The pandemic has been marked by a significant amount of misinformation — some spread on purpose — that could prove deadly.

What’s to blame for the obesity epidemic? [PODCAST]

“Obesity is a topic that literally hits home for me.  For the past two years, the website WalletHub has voted the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission TX metroplex as the ‘fattest city in America.’  As a health care provider, this is deeply distu…