TAIPEI, Taiwan — A nighttime bus crash that killed 27 people in southwest China this week has set off a storm of anger online over the harshness of the country’s strict COVID-19 policies. The initial police report did not say who the passengers were and where they were going, but it later emerged they were … Read more
Is that sniffle a sign of seasonal allergies or COVID-19? It’s a question you’ve likely asked yourself at least once—and perhaps lots of times—over the last few years. Especially during a pandemic, it’s normal to analyze your health. But for some people, those thoughts can cross a line into more problematic territory. At least 4% … Read more
Reconfigured shots are safe, but had been delayed amid inspection of an Indiana packaging plant last month. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond
The researchers noted that even study participants who lost less weight still achieved “protection against structural degeneration of the knee.” View original article Contributor: Linda Searing
Tracey O’Shea, director of the ADAPT Functional Medicine Practitioner Training Program, joins Chris Kresser in this episode of Revolution Health Radio to discuss why, now more than ever, Functional Medicine is an essential framework for managing chronic illness. Tracey discusses the advantages of working with and becoming an ADAPT certified Functional Medicine practitioner and why … Read more
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Major data gaps, the result of decades of underinvestment in public health, have undercut the government response to the coronavirus and now to monkeypox. View original article Contributor: Sharon LaFraniere
The American crackdown on the drugs that kicked off the modern opioid overdose epidemic—prescription opioids—largely succeeded. According to data released by the American Medical Association (AMA) on Sept. 8, opioid prescriptions have dropped in every state over the last decade, plummeting nearly 50% nationally. The effort to prevent overdose deaths, however, is an abject failure. … Read more
When the first cases of COVID-19 began accumulating around the world, the World Health Organization (WHO) was under pressure to declare the disease a pandemic. That announcement unlocked the keys to additional funding, resources, and emergency actions to control cases. Now, in a 60 Minutes interview, President Biden has said that “the pandemic is over.” … Read more
Yesterday on 60 Minutes, in an interview at the auto show in Detroit, Michigan, President Biden stated: “The pandemic is over. We still have a problem with COVID. We’re still doing a lotta work on it. But the pandemic is over.” His pronouncement caught the U.S. public health community, and even some administration officials, off … Read more