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Why Americans Are Dying So Young
Life expectancy in America fell sharply in 2020. It fell again in 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly played a role, but that’s not the whole story. During this same time period, eight of the ten leading causes of death also increased. Even maternal and child and adolescent mortality increased. In August 2022, federal health officials released new data showing that across all demographic groups, Americans are dying younger.
Ten years ago, a landmark report called “Shorter Lives, Poorer Health” documented for the first time a widespread “US health disadvantage,” a shortfall in the health and survival of Americans relative
‘Time for One Last Go’
Drummer Joey Kramer will sit out the tour to “focus his full attention on his family and health,” according to the band
Aerosmith fans have a final chance to see the iconic rock legends in concert.
On Monday, the four-time Grammy winners and Rock and Roll Hall of Famers confirmed suspicions of their farewell tour, announcing Peace Out — a 40-city North American concert celebrating their monumental career.
“After 50 years, 10 world tours and playing for over 100 million fans, it’s time for one last go,” a release said.
“It’s not goodbye it’s PEACE OUT!”
True origins ‘may never be revealed’ as new variant cases soar in India
We may never know the true origins of Covid-19, a Chinese doctor who helped lead the country’s pandemic response has said as cases of the new variant soar in India.
Dr. George Fu Gao told The Telegraph he is “not optimistic” the origin of the virus will ever be known.
“It’s too sensitive; too politicized,” he said, adding: “We must focus on science.”
Dr Goa made the comments Rhodes Policy Summit on pandemic preparedness in London on Friday, also attended by former prime minister Tony Blair.
The Dr was the leader of the Chinese Center for Disease Control when the
Special Medicaid funds help most states but prompt oversight concerns
Emanuel Medical Center in rural Georgia racks up more than $350,000 a month in losses providing health care for low-income and uninsured patients. But a new state funding proposal could significantly reduce those deficits, not just for the 66-bed Swainsboro facility but for most rural hospitals in Georgia, according to state Medicaid officials.
It’s not Medicaid expansion, which Georgian Republican leaders have rejected. Instead, the state Department of Community Health is using an under-the-radar Medicaid funding opportunity that has been rapidly taken up by more than 35 states — including most of the states that have expanded the government insurance
12% of water fixtures at PSD schools exceed state lead standards in early testing
Communications sent to parents can be alarming.
There’s lead in the water at your child’s school, read the emails.
Poudre School District has notified students, staff and families at 16 schools that lead levels exceeding state health and safety guidelines have been found in one or more fixtures that can be used for drinking water. Eighteen schools have been checked and received results so far.
As a result, those fixtures have been shut off until they can be tested and, if necessary, filtered, repaired or replaced to reduce the levels of lead in the water they supply.
The samples must
An Explosion in St. Petersburg Killed One of Russia’s Leading Pro-War Bloggers. Here’s Everything We Know
Russian police investigators inspect a damaged ‘Street bar’ cafe in a blast in Saint Petersburg on April 2, 2023 that left leading Russian military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky dead. Credit – Olga Maltseva—AFP via Getty Images
An explosion at a cafe in central St. Petersburg on Sunday killed one of Russia’s leading pro-Kremlin bloggers, according to Russia’s interior ministry.
Maxim Fomin—known by his pseudonym Vladlen Tatarsky—was a prominent military blogger whose vocal support of Russia’s war efforts had earned him as many as 560,000 followers on Telegram.
Tatarsky was conducting a meet and greet at the cafe on the bank
These four dangerous fungi pose a serious threat to public health
The popular HBO drama series “The Last of Us” instilled images of fungal devastation in the minds of millions. But while a fungal pandemic is a real possibility, the reality of it would look much different than the TV show or video game.
Indeed, thanks to “The Last of Us” and other recently alarming fungal public health news, functions are progressively centering themselves in public health threats — an alarming trend that could foster a pandemic unlike anything seen before. For now, that risk is relatively low. But of all the microorganisms that attack humans, the functions are some of