More people are getting seriously ill with the flu in the United States than with COVID-19, a demonstration of this year’s severe flu season — but also of the waning severity of a pandemic that once brought the world to its knees. Figures collected by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show the …
Influenza overtakes COVID-19 in the United States as the primary respiratory disease Read More »
A new analysis of the 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System survey indicated that adults with visual impairments reported having lower access to and use of health care than those without impairments. The results focused specifically on a lower prevalence of having health insurance coverage, a regular health care provider, and receiving dental care, as …
Enlarge / An intensive care nurse tends to a patient with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), who is being ventilated in the children’s intensive care unit at the Olga Hospital of the Stuttgart Clinic in Germany. With SARS-CoV-2 still circulating and seasonal viruses including influenza and RSV making up for lost time during the pandemic, the …
Monkeypox was recently renamed mpox to get rid of the stigma that associated the disease with monkeys. The United States is reporting an average of six mpox cases per week, up from more than 600 in August. Experts say Mpox may never entirely leave the country, but current case numbers suggest vaccines and treatments are …
Is monkeypox still in the United States? Cases drop amid vaccine. And after? Read More »
Credit: Victor Moussa / Shutterstock. Although the US midterm elections are not completely over, it is now clear who controls each chamber of the US Congress. Media leading up to the midterm elections predicted a “red wave”: the US Senate and House of Representatives would be taken under Republican control, weakening President Joe Biden’s Democratic …
Anti-immigrant rhetoric has reached an all-time high during the midterm election season, and now that the 2024 presidential election is gaining momentum, it is urgent to note how it is fueling violence against communities in immigrants and creates a deterrent effect. Texas Governor Greg Abbott continues to ferry immigrants to Texas sanctuary cities, including newcomers …
Migrants need and deserve access to a healthy life in the United States Read More »
More than six million Americans have been infected with the flu and nearly 3,000 have died from the disease so far since October – in the worst outbreak in a decade. The latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) also show that there were 53,000 hospitalizations during this period. A total …
November 30, 2022 3 minute read Source/Disclosures Disclosures: Kendig reports serving on the board of directors for the Academic Consortium on Criminal Justice Health and the Council of Representatives for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care. Kendig also reports receiving consulting fees from the Department of Homeland Security, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties; the …
CPA Advocates for Better Correctional Health Care in the United States Read More »
Psychiatrist Coline Stordeur talks to a young girl in her room in the pediatric unit at Robert Debré Hospital, in Paris, France, Tuesday, March 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Between falling test scores and rising rates of mental illness, American children are not doing well. COVID-19 is an easy villain, but signs of stress showed …
OPINION: The United States needs 5 times more child psychiatrists Read More »
