Health

Naegleria fowleri is a "brain-eating" amoeba that lives in warm fresh water lakes, soil, and sometimes even heaters or pipes. There have been recent reports of hospitalized patients who have been to these warm lakes having headaches, light sensitivity, and nausea. Ohio health officials hint at…

President Biden announces that Dr. Monica Bertagnolli will be the next director of the National Institutes of Health (N.I.H.). Bertagnolli has previously headed the National Cancer Institute and is herself battling early stage breast cancer. She will be just the second woman to hold this position.…

The number of diphtheria cases in the UK have risen in the past year, with 3 people having died from the disease. According to the UK Health Security Agency, the increase could have been caused by an increase in the number of asylum seekers in the UK as well as people catching diphtheria from their…

The WHO has ended the monkeypox global emergency, declaring it to no longer be a public health emergency. The number of monkeypox cases have fallen by 90% in the last 3 months.  To read the full article on the New York Times by Apoorva Mandavilli, click here

After the legality of abortions is under fire in many states, online providers such as Hey Jane have begun entering into contracts with different insurers to provide telehealth abortion consultations to women nationwide. Not only are these virtual clinics and providers helping ensure access, but…

FAAX, or fentanyl-adultered or -associated xylazine, has been found to be linked to many opioid-involved deaths throughout 2020 and 2021. Xylazine is an animal tranquilizer, and its effects in humans are intense and dangerous. Combined with fentanyl, the drug can cause serious skin conditions as…

Sanofi has joined Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk as the last of the 3 biggest suppliers of insulin in the US to announce price cuts and caps for out-of-pocket costs in insulin. The French drugmaker announced Thursday that it will be capping the out-of-pocket costs of its most popular insulin, Lantus to…

California’s COVID state of emergency officially ends Tuesday, to which Newsom says California is finally ready to move forward after previously resisting GOP pressure to end the said emergency. Although the pandemic solidified Newsom’s legacy as the crisis governor, his use of power turned him…

With China’s latest coronavirus outbreak, the World Health Organization tries to push Beijing to share data. As opposed to early 2020 when Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus praised China’s “transparency,” there had been deliberate undercounted cases. Despite the increased contagion and travel increase,…

In comparison with past years, numbers of flu cases are rising earlier this year. As a result, many health officials suggest getting vaccinated against the flu as soon as possible. It is also important to keep an eye out for when cases in your region are rising, in order to best time your vaccine.…

As a national health emergency, more preventative measures are in place to contain this crisis, while also providing more funds towards developing and evaluating vaccines and drugs. With increasing pressure, the Biden administration had been criticized for moving too slowly with the distribution of…

Monkeypox, a far less deadly relative of smallpox, is spreading over the world. According to the World Health Organization, more than 250 cases have been documented in at least 16 countries. According to the WHO, monkeypox is an endemic in tropical rainforests in central and western Africa, where…

The E.R. is bustling with new teens every day in need of psychiatric help. Unnamed Doctor believes that the best place for treatment for adolescents would be at an inpatient treatment center, where there will be individual and group therapy sessions. But, these treatment program centers are full…

Mental health disorders have surpassed previous public health threats on teenagers such as binge drinking and drunk driving. The amount of teenagers reporting having a major depressive episode increased by 60% from 2007 to 2019. While a lot of people target social media as the cause of this…