April 12, 2022
Via: Time Health2021 was the deadliest year in U.S. history, and new data and research are offering more insights into how it got that bad. The main reason for the increase in deaths? COVID-19, said Robert Anderson, who oversees the Centers for […]
February 3, 2022
Via: FierceHealthcareOver 200,000 residents and staff at long-term care facilities have died due to COVID-19 over the course of the pandemic, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of state and federal agency data. These deaths account for 23% of […]
February 26, 2020
Via: The Medical NewsAntibiotics revolutionized the care of infections. Vaccines turned deadly childhood diseases into distant memories. Americans lived longer, healthier lives than their parents. Yet today, some of the greatest success stories in public health are unraveling. Even as the world struggles […]
January 15, 2020
Via: Time HealthAn estimated 2,135 additional people could die every year in the United States as a result of climate change-related injuries like assaults, drownings and falls, if temperatures rise 2°C over current long-term averages, according to findings published in Nature Medicine […]