COVID-19 Isn’t the First Pandemic to Affect Minority Populations Differently. Here’s What We Can Learn From the 1918 Flu

On a Monday afternoon in early October about 100 years ago, a special meeting of the Baltimore school board was held to decide whether schools should close. Some 30,000 children—more than 60% of the city’s students—had reported absent that day, along with 219 teachers. It’s unknown how many students stayed home because they were already … Read more

Duncan Selbie’s Friday Message – 7 August 2020

Dear everyone Locally enhanced COVID-19 contact tracing Contact tracing continues to be a crucial component in reducing the spread of COVID-19 and containing local outbreaks of the virus. Last week Blackburn with Darwen council in partnership with PHE launched a locally supported contact tracing arrangement for the borough, which was followed by Luton this week, … Read more

Hyperthyroidism: Symptoms, What Causes It, and How to Treat It

What is hyperthyroidism? Find out what causes it, how it is treated in conventional medicine, and how a Functional Medicine approach can improve symptoms and potentially reverse the disease’s course. The post Hyperthyroidism: Symptoms, What Causes It, and How to Treat It appeared first on Chris Kresser. View original article Contributor: Chris Kresser, M.S.