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National health survey comes to Jefferson County
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) – Don’t be surprised if you get an invitation in the mail for a free health screening. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will be in Jefferson County soon to get a pulse on local health. The agency is doing this through the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The …
CDC, HHS partner with ADA to present webinar on oral health care access disparities
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Division of Oral Health and the U.S. Public Health Service are partnering with the Medicaid Medicare CHIP Services Dental Association and the ADA to launch the Healthy People 2030 Oral Health Webinar Series. The first webinar, on Aug. 31 from 1 -2 p.m. Eastern time, will highlight …
CDC issues health network advisory as Parechovirus spreads
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Parechovirus is spreading across multiple states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. News4JAX spoke with UF Health Chief of Infectious Disease, Dr. Mobeen Rathore about it. “It’s not a new virus, we’ve known about it for several years,” said Dr. Rathore. Officials said the cases belong to a subtype called …
Marion County selected for CDC national health survey
INDIANAPOLIS — Local and national public health officials are asking Marion County residents to take part in a new health and nutrition survey. Marion is one of 15 counties around the country that were chosen to take part in the national health and nutrition examination survey. The survey is done by the CDC to get …
Michigan health officials urge residents to get tested as STI cases increase since pandemic
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services urges sexually active Michiganders to do their part and make testing for STIs a part of their regular health routine. According to a press release, gonorrhea and chlamydia are the most common STIs in the Mitten. MDHHS Chief Medical Executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian states that STI testing …
Chicago Health Department Issues Reminder on CDC COVID Exposure Protocols – NBC Chicago
Chicago’s health department issued a reminder to residents on what they should do if they test positive for coronavirus, with cases continuing to rise as the BA.2 omicron subvariant takes hold. “REMINDER: Regardless of vax status, if you test positive for COVID, you must isolate for 5 days, then you must wear a mask in …
What’s working in public health? CDC director finds reason for hope in St. Louis | Coronavirus
St. Louis resident Chris Jones (left) talks with Dr. Rochelle Walensky (center), director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as Walensky is given a tour of the CareSTL Health center on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive in St. Louis on Thursday, March 3, 2022. Photo by David Carson, [email protected] David Carson ST. …
Coronavirus live updates: CDC to review potential link between heart inflammation and mRNA vaccines
Dartmouth College researchers began tracking 217 students when they entered the school as freshmen in 2017 in the hopes of understanding how they behave. They’ve seen students’ stress levels rise and fall, usually in tandem with midterm and final exams. But since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, rates of depression and anxiety have soared …
Covid-19 vaccine in the US live updates: CDC investigating potential heart problems, vaccination lottery…
Blinken says US and India united in tackling covid-19 Reuters – US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said at a meeting with Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Friday that their two countries were united in tackling the covid-19 pandemic together. Jaishankar, who has spent the past week in the United States seeking help to …