How Daylight Savings Time Can Affect Your Health

CHICAGO (AP) — Brunch dates and flag football games might be a little easier to get to this Sunday, when phones grace early-risers with an extra hour of rest before alarm clocks go off. The downside: Next week across most of the U.S., the sun will set well before many folks step foot out of … Read more

How Weather-Health Alerts differ from the National Severe Weather Warning Service

During both the summer and winter seasons, UKHSA and the Met Office monitor weather forecasts to help health and social care professionals, responders, the voluntary sector and the public cope with adverse weather. Where episodes of particularly hot or cold weather are identified, they carry out a joint dynamic risk assessment and issue alerts if … Read more

What to Know About Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Kids

The human heart is a muscle, but it’s also a kind of complicated balloon—a balloon that fills and empties roughly 60 to 100 times every minute, and several billion times during the course of a lifetime. Among people with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the walls of the heart muscle are abnormally thick. This thickness can interfere with … Read more

There’s a Shortage of RSV Treatments. Here’s What Doctors Recommend

A recently approved treatment was supposed to protect babies from RSV, but demand is outpacing the supply of the medication.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved nirsevimab, an antibody that sticks to and prevents Respiratory Syncytial Virus from infecting cells, in July. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) then recommended the medication … Read more