Month: September 2022

During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled, home values grew and the percentage of people who spent more than a third of their income on rent went up, according to survey results released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. Providing the most … Read more

SARS-CoV-2. Monkeypox. Polio. Marburg. These viruses are no longer familiar just to public-health experts, but household names around the world, thanks to their recent incursions into human populations. People have always confronted pathogens of all sorts, but the attacks are becoming more commonplace, and more intense, than they ever have before. “We are going through … Read more

The COVID-19 pandemic is still disrupting an essential component of a healthy life: a good night’s sleep. In a survey conducted in July of 2,000 adults, released Sept. 13 by the Harris Poll on behalf of The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, about 18% of respondents said they get less sleep now than they … Read more

Advocates who have called for TPoxx, the only drug available to treat monkeypox, to be more widely available criticized the government’s guidance as too hasty, given ongoing unequal access to vaccination and treatment. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

Researchers find a correlation with new-onset dementia in an analysis of more than six million health records. View original article Contributor: Mark Johnson

A Dallas anesthesiologist has been charged with tampering with IV bags after the death of a colleague and several other cardiac emergencies. View original article Contributor: Andrea Salcedo

Advocates who have called for TPoxx, the only drug available to treat monkeypox, to be more widely available criticized the government’s guidance as too hasty, given ongoing unequal access to vaccination and treatment. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun

Researchers find a correlation with new-onset dementia in an analysis of more than six million health records. View original article Contributor: Mark Johnson

A Dallas anesthesiologist has been charged with tampering with IV bags after the death of a colleague and several other cardiac emergencies. View original article Contributor: Andrea Salcedo