Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Are Attracting Young Users
As more young people risk hearing loss, over-the-counter hearing aids are providing new options, but also confusing choices. View original article Contributor: Neelam Bohra
Month: May 2023
Unwanted Epidurals, Untreated Pain: Black Women Tell Their Birth Stories
Regardless of income or education, Black mothers have worse birth outcomes. View original article Contributor: Claire Cain Miller and Sarah Kliff
The king of alternative medicine: King Charles III’s love for homeopathy, ayurveda and yoga – Economic Times
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Alternative medicine in Nepal: What’s the worth in the 21st century? – Online Khabar (English)
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What Will Happen When the U.S. Stops Tracking COVID-19 Data Like it Used To
COVID-19 has caused a public health crisis unlike any other in recent memory, but three years into the pandemic, there are signs that governments and public health authorities are ready to start putting the urgency of the threat in the past. On May 5, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that COVID-19 is no longer … Read more
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Resigns, Citing Pandemic Transition
NEW YORK — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, submitted her resignation Friday, saying the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic was a good time to make a transition. Walensky’s last day will be June 30, CDC officials said, and an interim director wasn’t immediately named. She sent a … Read more
World Health Organization Says COVID-19 Is No Longer a Global Emergency
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies worldwide and killed at least 7 million people worldwide. WHO said that even though the emergency phase was over, the pandemic hasn’t … Read more
Quiz: Is Your Work Stress Burnout?
Christina Maslach is professor emerita of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, and Michael P. Leiter is professor emeritus of psychology at Acadia University. Maslach and Leiter co-authored The Burnout Challenge: Managing People’s Relationships with Their Jobs. If you’re like roughly 40% of office workers, you might describe yourself as feeling burned out by … Read more
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky to step down June 30
Walensky’s two-year tenure at the CDC included the successful rollout of coronavirus vaccines but was also marked by criticism for other pandemic stumbles. View original article Contributor: Lena H. Sun
Disease experts warn White House of potential for omicron-like wave of illness
Experts reached a consensus that there’s a roughly 20 percent chance during the next two years of an outbreak rivaling the onslaught of illness from omicron. View original article Contributor: Dan Diamond