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America can prevent (and control) Type 2 diabetes. So why aren’t we doing it?
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor's note: Part one of a five-part USA TODAY series revealing why America hasn't solved its long...
Why did a rural Nevada county turn down money to create a public health department?
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoELKO, Nev. — When Elko County commissioners rejected a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease...
Ask your doctor about misinformation: Most say it 'does actual harm,' poll finds
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAlmost three-quarters of doctors say misinformation made it harder to treat patients for COVID-19 and made patient outcomes worse, according to a new poll. Nearly as many flagged a problematic ...
Covid misinformation spikes in wake of Damar Hamlin's on-field collapse
Washington Post via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe baseless tweets began to circulate within minutes of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin's...
DeSantis’s request for COVID vaccine probe denounced by health experts
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFlorida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) petition for a grand jury investigation into COVID-19 vaccines, in...
CDC’s relaxed COVID rules: Reasonable or reckless?
Yahoo News 360· 2 years agoThe agency's decision to roll back certain guidelines is seen by some as an appropriate response to the current state of the pandemic and by others as an...
Public Health Agencies Try to Restore Trust as They Fight Misinformation
The 74 via Yahoo News· 1 year agoOKLAHOMA CITY — By the summer of 2021, Phil Maytubby, deputy CEO of the health department here, was...
WV Chamber Summit: Healthcare leaders address challenges, goals of personal and public health
The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSep. 2—MORGANTOWN — The changing landscape of healthcare and its many challenges occupied a good portion of Thursday's West Virginia Chamber of Commerce 2022 Summit. Dave Ramsey, president and ...