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Leprosy, malaria, COVID: What is an endemic? What is an epidemic? What you need to know
Florida Today via Yahoo News· 10 months agoAccording to the Centers for Disease Control, there's another thing to worry about when visiting...
America's growing obesity epidemic: 3 charts explain obesity rates across the US
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 8 months agoMore than 4 in 10 Americans now fit the medical definition for having obesity, putting them at risk...
We've been thinking about loneliness all wrong
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 2 months agoIana Kunitsa/Getty Images, Abanti Chowdhury/BI You might call US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Dr. Loneliness. Since 2017, he has made what he's diagnosed...
Experts Can't Agree If We're Still in a Pandemic
Time via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCredit - Getty Images As a health journalist, I've written the phrase “the COVID-19 pandemic” more times than I care to count in the four years since the...
Sleep, the bedrock of public health, is eroding. This is how experts say we can fix it
Salon via Yahoo News· 7 months agoGroup of tired people Getty Images/PeopleImages Since giving birth to my daughter over a year ago,...
Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t likely to become as widespread as...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMonkeypox is caused by the monkeypox virus, which are the ovals and circles seen in this electron...
Health agency found potentially deadly bacteria outbreak at Boise gym. Are you at risk?
Idaho Statesman via Yahoo News· 10 months agoBacteria at a Boise gym is believed to have sickened three people in June. Central District Health,...
Syphilis cases in US newborns skyrocketed in 2022. Health officials suggest more testing
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 7 months agoAlarmed by yet another jump in syphilis cases in newborns, U.S. health officials are calling for...
Biden Is Wrong, the COVID-19 Pandemic Isn't Over
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoU.S. President Joe Biden speaks before signing two bills aimed at combating fraud in the COVID-19 small business relief programs at the White House on...
The COVID-19 Pandemic Will Be Over When Americans Think It Is
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoShoppers, some wearing masks, some not, make their way along Santee Alley in Los Angeles on December...
