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Flu vaccine this season may be poorly matched, early CDC data suggests

Against the H3N2 strain of influenza, which this season has made up just over half of the influenza A viruses scrutinized by the agency, only around 50.9% of the samples were "well-recognized" by the antibodies.

We Tasted 13 Frozen Pizzas and This Is the Best

AOL – We all love pizza. We love it so much that we won't be stopped even if we can't get it fresh, and nowhere is that more evident than the shelves of the frozen section of any grocery store. So many different brands and styles line the walls, but which actually has the best bang for your buck? We went straight to the source (the grocery store), and taste-tested a ton of 'em to find...

Good news for tea lovers: That daily brew might be purifying the water, too.

"Our work highlights the unrecognized potential for tea consumption to passively contribute to reduced heavy metal exposure... "

Some Antidepressants Could Speed Decline in Dementia Patients

The team found a clear relationship between this medication and severe dementia.

“ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENT’S MAKE AMERICA HEALTHY AGAIN COMMISSION”

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. American life expectancy significantly lags behind other developed countries, with pre‑COVID-19 United States life expectancy averaging 78.8 years and comparable countries averaging 82.6 years. This equates to 1.25 billion fewer life years for the United States population. Six in 10 Americans have at least one chronic disease, and four...

With RFK Jr. in Charge, Supplement Makers See Chance To Cash In

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Last fall, before being named the senior U.S. health official, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Trump administration would liberate Americans from the FDA’s “aggressive suppression” of vitamins, dietary supplements, and other substances — ending the federal agency’s “war on public health,” as he put it. In fact, the FDA can’t even require that supplements be effective before they are sold. When Congress, at the agency’s urging, last considered legislation to require...

Dumb Mistakes E.R. Doctors Wish You’d Avoid

THE NEW YORK TIMES – It’s pretty hard to shock an emergency physician. “We see the worst of the worst, and the silliest of the silliest,” Abdullah Pratt, an emergency medicine physician at the University of Chicago Medicine, told me recently. I was chatting with him about the situations he’d witnessed in the E.R., specifically the ones that made him change his own behavior. To start, he told me, he would never wear Crocs when...

5 Exercises to Improve Your Balance and Age Well

Falls are the second-leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, worldwide, with people over 60 suffering the highest number.

Chicken Caesar wraps sold in vending machines recalled over undeclared fish

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – LPK1, of Renton, WA, is recalling approximately 303 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken Caesar wrap products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The product’s individually-wrapped Caesar dressing packet contains fish (anchovies), a known allergen, which is not declared on the product label. The problem was discovered by the establishment during a routine quality assurance check of ingredient labels. The...

Connecticut cannibal killer given conditional release after 2011 murder in which he ate victim’s brain, eye

In 2013, Tyree Smith was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2011 death of Angel Gonzalez

Opioid cash grab: As federal funding dries up, states turn to settlement money

A deluge of actions from the Trump administration has thrown into question once-reliable federal funding for a myriad of social services and health care programs.

Chinese researchers find bat virus enters human cells via same pathway as COVID

Feb 21 (Reuters) - A newly discovered bat coronavirus uses the same cell-surface protein to gain entry into human cells as the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19, raising the possibility that it could someday spread to humans, Chinese researchers have reported. The virus does not enter human cells as readily as SARS-CoV-2 does, the Chinese researchers reported in the journal Cell, opens new tab, noting some of its limitations. The scientists said that like SARS-CoV-2, the...

‘See You in Court’: Maine Governor Clashes With Trump Over Trans Rights

President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer.

Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas. Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus. Since the outbreak emerged three weeks ago, the Texas health department has confirmed 90 cases with 16 hospitalizations, as of Feb. 21. Most of those infected are under age 18. Officials suspect that nine additional...

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