Calgary is one of the country’s hot spots for influenza: Health Canada
The city of Calgary and surrounding area have become one of several hot spots for…
The city of Calgary and surrounding area have become one of several hot spots for flu outbreaks across the country in recent weeks according to Health Canada.
Más de tres cuartas partes de los adultos en Estados Unidos no se vacunaron contra covid la temporada pasada y expertos en salud advierten que esa cifra podría aumentar este año debido a las nuevas recomendaciones del gobierno federal. Al principio, la vacuna contra covid fue popular. En los primeros meses de 2022, alrededor del…
Liz Dunnebacke isn’t dying, but for a recent end-of-life care workshop in New Orleans, she pretended to be. Dunnebacke lay still atop a folding table that was dressed as a bed, complaining that her legs hurt. Registered nurse Ana Kanellos, rolling up two small white towels, demonstrated how to elevate her ankles to ease the…
Elisabeth Yoder’s son, Darragh, was 15 months old in August when he developed what at first looked to his parents like hand, foot, and mouth disease. The common viral infection generally clears up in less than a week, but Darragh’s condition worsened over several days. His skin turned bright red. Blisters gave way to skin…
Las tasas de tos convulsa, también conocida como tos ferina o pertussis, están aumentando en Texas, Florida, California, Oregon y otras localidades y estados del país. Según entrevistas con funcionarios de salud estatales y federales, los brotes son impulsados por la caída en las tasas de vacunación, la disminución de la inmunidad y los retrasos…
As the federal government prepares for the next meeting of its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has intensified his attacks on aluminum vaccine components used in many shots to boost the body’s immune response. Kennedy, a longtime anti-vaccine activist before seeking public office, claims that aluminum…
TALLAHASSEE, Florida. — Después de volver de lo que sintió como la mejor pasantía de su vida, Danae Daniels estaba ansiosa por relajarse y comenzar un nuevo semestre en la Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. Pero cuando abrió la puerta de su apartamento fuera del campus, la recibió un olor insoportable y una realidad devastadora….
There are countless think tanks in the U.S. seeking to influence local, state, and national policy. A relatively new one is making its mark in President Donald Trump’s Washington: the Texas-based Brownstone Institute. Libertarian author Jeffrey Tucker created the institute in 2021, fueled by backlash against covid lockdowns and other pandemic-era policies. His institute’s covid contrarians seek to limit the government’s role in…
The rewriting of a page on the CDC’s website to assert the false claim that vaccines may cause autism sparked a torrent of anger and anguish from doctors, scientists, and parents who say Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is wrecking the credibility of an agency they’ve long relied on for unbiased…
When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the things she would never again be able to say. “Happy birthday” and “I’m proud of you” topped the…