3 Key Changes Could Make Roads Safer for Older Pedestrians
FRIDAY, July 22, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Better lighting and other changes to street crossings could improve pedestrian safety for seniors — the age group most likely to be killed by oncoming vehicles.Researchers pored over four years of Oregon cras…
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First U.S. case of polio in a decade reported in New York: Rockland County officials say the young adult was not vaccinated and they have since opened polio vaccine clinics to encourage shots. Read moreAs searing heat stretches across much of the Unit…
Learn MoreFDA to Take a Hard Look at Its Food, Tobacco Programs
THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will begin a comprehensive review of its food and tobacco programs amid a high-profile infant formula shortage and recent rulings on e-cigarettes.FDA Commissioner Robert…
Learn MoreChildbirth Now Costs Nearly $3,000 for Insured Americans
THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — A new analysis shows the average out-of-pocket expense for delivering a child in the United States is nearly $3,000, even for people with insurance.To determine just how much childbirth costs, Kaiser Family …
Learn MoreBiden Administration Announces New Division to Deal With Pandemics
THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will create a new division in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) focused solely on coordinating responses to pandemic threats and other…
Learn MoreBiden Tests Positive for COVID-19
THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — President Joe Biden has tested positive for COVID-19, the White House announced Thursday.”This morning, President Biden tested positive for COVID-19. He is fully vaccinated and twice boosted and experiencing…
Learn MoreEarly-Career Practice Patterns of Sports Medicine Trainees Studied
THURSDAY, July 21, 2022 (HealthDay News) — For early-career sports medicine candidates, about 40 percent of the procedures they perform may be outside of the sports medicine subspecialty, according to a study published online June 30 in the Journal o…
Learn MoreAHA News: Cómo cuidar a los niños cuando ocurre un desastre natural
JUEVES, 21 de julio de 2022 (American Heart Association News) — Ese día que Reina Pomeroy sin querer se hizo experta en cómo los desastres naturales afectan a los niños, empezó de una manera placentera.En esa mañana soleada de diciembre, ella y su es…
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