Recently, the CDC shared investigational details chronicling a recent listeria outbreak. The outbreak, which has infected approximately 16 people across six states, began on April 17, 2022, with the...
As flu season approaches and healthcare professionals encourage the public to vaccinate against influenza, the CDC has analyzed the rates of hospitalization and vaccination across different racial and...
In a recent article published in Nature Human Behavior, researchers looked at how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted life expectancy. It’s abundantly clear that COVID — especially in the early...
As the climate change crisis progresses, plastics, specifically microplastics (MPs), increasingly threaten human health globally. Earlier this year, microplastics were found in the lungs, blood, and...
As the midterm elections approach, understanding public perceptions of healthcare issues can allow one to predict electoral outcomes which will impact public health policy. A recent American...
The climate crisis greatly impacts healthcare, including worsening lung health and the emergence and spread of zoonotic diseases, among others. One major factor contributing to the climate crisis is...
On September 6, 2022, the FDA shared that Philips recalled specific Philips Respironics masks for BiPAP and CPAP machines. The FDA’s news release shares that these devices have magnets in them,...
Incubation periods are one of the most significant epidemiological parameters when studying infectious diseases. Understanding incubation periods can impact the recommended public health strategies to...
The COVID-19 pandemic and its knock-on effects have contributed to a 2.7-year decline in life expectancy from 2019 to 2021, and some demographics’ life expectancies have fallen even lower,...
Monkeypox is a smallpox-like zoonotic orthopoxvirus in the poxviridae family. The WHO declared a public health emergency after the 2022 outbreak caused the virus to spread. Since the viral spread,...
According to the CDC, as of August 18, 2022, New York state had 2,744 reported cases of monkeypox, making it the state with the highest rate of infections. As the monkeypox public health crisis has...
As the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to progress, studying the long-term effects of infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus has been an important area of study. On August 17, 2022, Lancet Psychiatry...
A study published last week in the Journal of Hepatology found that high levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) were associated with an increased risk of hepatocellular carcinoma. The...
Because environmental changes — like rising temperatures — are known to expand habitats that are survivable for numerous pathogens, human pathogenic diseases are heavily impacted by the...
Previous data have suggested that the rates of Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses have risen in the past few years. A recent press release by Fair Health quantifies this increased rate using...
An umbrella review of seventeen studies published in Nature found no evidence that depression was associated with lower serotonin concentrations or activity. The studies’ authors...
According to a CDC health alert, Burkholderia pseudomallei, a bacterium that causes melioidosis, was found in the Mississippi Gulf Coast, making it the first reported case of the bacteria in the...
Science recently published two studies looking at the epidemiology of the COVID-19 virus. Understanding where the virus began and spread may help inform public health practices to mitigate the spread...
Last week, the American Heart Association (AHA) said that investigators have begun to understand how COVID spike proteins may contribute to heart muscle cell damage. Previously, clinicians knew that...
As COVID-19 rates continue to fluctuate and new variants appear, researchers are looking to identify what makes the variants different and how that can alter disease management and prevention....
