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HHS delayed fluoride data on brain harm

Dental groups urged HHS officials to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation

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Cases of tickborne disease babesiosis are surging in the U.S. Northeast, the CDC warns. Here’s what you need to know

Historically, Babesiosis wasn’t considered to be endemic in Vermont, Maine, and New Hampshire. But it is now, the CDC says in a new report.

Fortune

Under fire, DeSantis, Ladapo keep trashing COVID-19 vaccines

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the wake of federal health officials’ harshest criticism yet of their anti-COVID vaccine views, Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo and Gov. Ron DeSantis persisted Thursday in claiming the “mRNA jabs” are worthless at best and even dangerous, despite an abundance of evidence to the contrary.

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'From the worst to the near worst': Pregnancy deaths are declining after a horrific spike in 2021

“The surge was COVID-related.”

Fortune

CDC Inflated Data About Teen Girls and Sexual Assault

Plus: Lack of independence could cause childhood mental health issues, Biden follows Trump playbook on TikTok, and more...

Reason

CDC: All adults should be screened for hepatitis B

People with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection are at in increased risk for liver cancer, cirrhosis and are 70% to 85% more likely to die prematurely than the general population, according to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. With an estimated 580,000 to 2.4 million people in…

Tribune News Service

Maternal deaths in the U.S. spiked in 2021, CDC reports

After years of high rates, the country hit a new high during the pandemic, far exceeding rates in other developed nations. Black women are at especially high risk.

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US pregnancy deaths dropped in 2022, after COVID spike

New data suggests U.S. deaths of pregnant women dropped significantly in 2022

The Independent UK

The CDC says teen mental health is in crisis. Who is most at risk?

Teenage girls and LGBQ+ students are reporting high rates of persistent feelings of depression and hopelessness, according to a recent CDC report.

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Health Officials Delayed Report Linking Fluoride to Brain Harm

Records show dental groups urged Department of Health and Human Services to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation.

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Ride-Share and Delivery Drivers Are Independent Contractors, Says Court

Plus: College says abortion art runs afoul of state law, the politics of Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, and more...

Reason

Maureen Downey: Georgia’s targeting of LGBTQ kids worsens mental health woes

The latest federal data on the well-being of American kids found LGBTQ students were much more likely to have experienced all forms of violence and worse mental health outcomes than straight youths. Schools are being urged to provide safe spaces for LGBTQ kids and promote welcoming and accepting environments.

Tribune News Service

What the research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus risks of heart damage from COVID – two pediatric cardiologists explain how to parse the data

Soon after the first COVID-19 vaccines appeared in 2021, reports of rare cases of heart inflammation, or myocarditis, began to surface.

The Conversation

Kentucky reports 2,262 new COVID cases over the last week as state prepares for Medicaid changes

LEXINGTON, Ky. — For the second week in a row, Kentucky has zero counties at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s high COVID-19 community level.

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COVID-19 'not engineered as bio weapon', says Dr Anthony Fauci, as he hits back at his Republican critics

Anthony Fauci, former chief medical adviser to the US president, says he has "an open mind" about the origins of COVID-19, but rejects claims he was pushing a single narrative as part of the nation's coronavirus task force.

The Guardian - US

Lauren Boebert will be a grandmother at 36. This is what conservatives want for us

This shouldn’t need to be said in 2023, but forcing teenagers to become parents isn’t good for the teenagers, the baby or society in general

WEKU

On 3/11/20, WHO declared a pandemic. These quotes and photos recall that historic time

Three years ago, the novel coronavirus swept the world. Here are 24 quotes and 13 photos that sum up the reaction in the weeks before the World Health Organization's declaration of a global pandemic.

The Independent UK

Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won?

It’s been three years since the World Health Organization's first called COVID-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020

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Anti-sex ed Boebert's teen having a baby

“He said, ‘well didn’t you make granny a 36-year-old granny,’” she said. “I said, ‘yes I did'"

The Guardian - US

New York City rats can carry Covid variants, new study finds

CDC says animal-to-human transmission is rare but study’s lead investigator calls for closer look at virus in rats for new strains

Bangkok Post

Medical tourism in spotlight after Mexico kidnapping

WASHINGTON: As reports swirl around the recent kidnapping in Mexico of four Americans, two of whom were killed, one detail has drawn particular attention -- they had crossed the border for a medical procedure.

Tribune News Service

Nearly 300 passengers fall ill onboard Ruby Princess cruise ship

Nearly 10% of the passengers onboard a Ruby Princess cruise became ill with symptoms including vomiting and diarrhea between Feb. 26 and March 5, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

South Carolina kidnapping victims’ trip to Mexico was part of growing US trend. Here’s what to know about medical tourism

Three of the South Carolina kidnapping victims accompanied the fourth to Mexico so she could get medical care — part of a growing U.S. trend of traveling abroad for health treatments.

The Independent UK

Hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill on Ruby Princess cruise ship, CDC says

Officials have not yet determined what caused the illness, but the company believes it was a norovirus

WEKU

The 4 kidnapped Americans are part of a large wave of U.S. medical tourism in Mexico

Before the pandemic halted travel, some 1.2 million American citizens visited Mexico for health care. The number is rising quickly again, with border restrictions eased.

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