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CDC Study Shows Stroke Increase Among Younger Adults
US News & World Report· 5 days agoMost people likely think of a stroke as an old-age affliction, and most of these potentially deadly incidents occur among people 65 and up. In fact, a new study shows the prevalence of stroke ...
Breaking down barriers: NC’s grassroots groups bridge the gap in fight against HIV
Raleigh News and Observer via Yahoo News· 7 days ago“Would you like a hug?’” Rise in HIV cases in the South A number of factors are driving the HIV ...
Prescriptions for Ozempic and Similar Drugs Up 600% in Teens and Young Adults
People via Yahoo News· 5 days agoMore than 60,000 teens and young adults are being prescribed Ozempic and similar medications...
Wastewater monitoring in Texas picked up an early signal of the bird flu outbreak
CNN.com· 6 days agoIn early March, Dr. Blake Hanson and his colleagues at the TexasEpidemic Public Health Institute...
These are the counties with the highest STI rates in Utah
KTVX via Yahoo News· 1 day agoChlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis are technically bacterial infections—meaning they can be cured...
Wastewater monitoring in Texas picked up an early signal of the bird flu outbreak
CNN via Yahoo News· 6 days agoOver the past two years, as the idea of sampling sewer systems for the virus that causes Covid-19...
There's an HIV outbreak in Memphis; public health officials are silent on the numbers
The Commercial Appeal via Yahoo News· 4 days agoBut what, exactly, the plan is for harm reduction is also unclear. The United Way of Nashville is...
Top Baltimore leaders had no idea their city now ranks no. 1 for drug overdose deaths, report finds
BizPac Review· 5 days agoDespite the staggering death toll of the epidemic, local officials were unaware of its scale as Maryland and Baltimore officials have not been publishing detailed overdose ...
Matthew Perry's Death Investigated; CDC H5N1 Surveillance; Trump Talks Birth Control
MedPage Today· 6 days agoHealth news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff
Bird flu questions linger with 2nd case
Politico· 5 days agoVern Buchanan (R-Fla.), chair of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, and Gwen Moore (D-Wis.), aims to tackle the obesity epidemic, focusing on prevention, research ...