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The coronavirus is now the third leading cause of death among Black Americans, topped only by heart disease and cancer, according to a report from the Brookings Institute published earlier this month. The report, titled “The Hamilton Project, Racial Economic Inequality Amid the COVID-19 Crisis,” was co-authored by Trevon Logan, professor of economics at the […]
High Number of Coronavirus Cases in the Area Finally, Gupta outlined how Georgia’s Fulton County, where his family lives, is “simply not there yet” in terms of having the number of coronavirus cases under control. The county has not met the guidelines for full-time, face-to-face instruction. The guidelines require “the county rate of new cases […]
One of the nation's top health officials is warning that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) could worsen in coming months. On Tuesday, Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spoke at a webinar for Journal of the American Medical Association, or JAMA, when he said Americans should brace for what […]
As protesters lined the streets in cities across the country following the death of George Floyd while in police custody, law enforcement has repeatedly used tear gas to push back the marchers. Tear gas — a chemical compound first used in World War I and considered a “riot control agent” by the Centers for Disease […]
Daniel Oh, a neurology resident at Los Angeles County + University of Southern California Hospital, says that amid the chaos, he feels hopeful and inspired thanks to the unifying efforts being made within the Southern California medical community. “At LAC + USC hospital, we have been fortunate to have resident physicians fighting the war against […]
The World Health Organization on Monday announced Congo will start using a second experimental Ebola vaccine, as efforts to stop the deadly outbreak are stalled and Doctors Without Borders criticizes vaccination efforts to date. Interested in Ebola? Since this outbreak was declared in August 2018, more than 200,000 people have received doses of a vaccine […]
As medicine becomes both bigger and more personalized, the need for massive databases of patient records, such as the 1 million person All of Us Research Program, become increasingly essential to fueling both new discoveries and translational treatments. But the looming, lingering question is to what degree are individual patients willing to share medical records […]
Research findings from the Center for Air Quality, Climate, and Energy Solutions (CACES) at Carnegie Mellon University show significant human health benefits when air quality is better than the current national ambient air quality standard. The estimate of lives that could be saved by further reduction of air pollution levels is more than thirty thousand, […]
President Donald Trump is urging Americans to get vaccinations to prevent the spread of measles. Interested in Measles? Trump, speaking to reporters at the White House on Friday, said that people “have to get their shots.” He added that vaccinations “are so important.” Measles in the U.S. has climbed to its highest level in 25 […]
People in almost every region of the world could benefit from rebalancing their diets to eat optimal amounts of various foods and nutrients, according to the Global Burden of Disease study tracking trends in consumption of 15 dietary factors from 1990 to 2017 in 195 countries, published in The Lancet. The study estimates that one […]