Category: Public Health

School Districts Grapple With Quarantines, Face Masks And Fear

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, school districts, especially those with large Chinese student populations, are in uncharted territory as they apply new federal travel rules to their students. Some also are weighing requests from parents that are more about fear than science, such as whether to allow students with no travel history to stay home from school.

FDA calls on public for help with vaping investigation

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Physicians, teen boys talking about HIV testing improves testing rate, study suggests

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Rural American at risk of HIV outbreaks amid opioid crisis

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Wuhan hospital director dies of coronavirus; US risk still low, HHS official says

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Ink Rx? Welcome To The Camouflaged World Of Paramedical Tattoos

Doctors specialize in the science of healing, but tattoo artist Eric Catalano specializes in the art of it. The single father of three does up to eight reconstructive medical tattoos for free each “Wellness Wednesday” in his small Illinois shop, drawing in nails on finger amputees, mocking up belly buttons after tummy tucks and fleshing out lips on a woman mauled by a dog.

Social media less reliable source of vaccine facts, study finds

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Seattle EMTs not told they were moving possible coronavirus patient

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South Korea is tracking, publishing detailed travel logs of coronavirus patients

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14 new US coronavirus cases; patients with flu symptoms will be tested in 5 US cities

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