The following is from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) weekly Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). New CDC reports show that alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a tick bite-associated food allergy, is an emerging clinical and public health concern; […]
(CDC Report) New tick bite-associated food allergy emerging in US Read More »
The following is an excerpt from Earthjustice. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today [7/21/23] affirmed its May 2022 decision to allow the ongoing use of phthalates, a class of toxic chemicals, in food packaging and food production equipment. Health
FDA denies petition on use of chemicals in food packaging Read More »
The following is from MedPage Today. Just a single dose of psilocybin was safe and tolerable for adult women with anorexia, according to a phase I open-label feasibility study. After receiving a 25-mg dose of synthetic psilocybin given with therapist-delivered
Psychoactive drug Psilocybin being studied for treatment of anorexia Read More »
Originally aired: January 29, 2023 The alarm is being sounded at hospitals across the country in critical condition due to staffing shortages. There’s an important side of that story seldom heard: the role that Covid vaccine mandates played in those
The following is from MedPage Today. TikTok has finally landed on a word to describe that most guilty of everyday pleasures — lying in bed and doing nothing. It’s called “bed rot.” According to one user (a self-proclaimed “expert long before TikTok”),
What is ‘bed rotting’ – is it real problem or a Tik-Tok trend? Read More »
The following is an excerpt from Becker’s Hospital Review. Public health emergency funding during the Covid-19 pandemic helped hospitals’ net operating margins hit an all-time high, according to a study published in JAMA Health Forum July 14. The study examined national RAND
(STUDY) Public health emergency funds may have overpaid hospitals during Covid pandemic Read More »
The following is from Just The News. The Department of Health and Human Services informed the Wuhan Institute of Virology that it is suspending federal funding nearly four years since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Wuhan, China, after the lab
Biden admin. suspends funding to Wuhan Institute of Virology in China Read More »
The following is an excerpt from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) for July 14. Cannabis-involved ED visits began increasing statistically significantly among all age groups except 15–24 years several years before
