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Green Practice News: May 2025

My Green Doctor

The product manufacturers and vendors will need to be active partners as well. From rising asthma rates to heat-related illnesses, climate change is already harming the most vulnerable among us. member.services@mygreendoctor.org The post Green Practice News: May 2025 first appeared on My Green Doctor.

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Zicam and Orajel Swabs Recalled for Possible Fungal Contamination

Physician's Weekly

THURSDAY, June 12, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Some nasal and baby teething swabs from Zicam and Orajel are being recalled across the country because they may be contaminated with fungus, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after the manufacturer, Church & Dwight Co., health officials said. The recall was announced by the U.S.

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A Review of H5N1

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

In 1996, a variant of H5N1 was documented overseas that resulted in a severe illness in birds and was designated as highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). cases in 2024-2025, H5N1 disease in humans had a high mortality rate of up to 50%. To date, more than 160 million poultry are known to have been affected.

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COVID Updates: A Podcast with Peter Chin-Hong and Lona Mody

GeriPal

Our conversation covers: The current state of COVID Evidence for COVID boosters, who should get them, and preferences between Novavax and mRNA vaccines COVID treatments like Molnupiravir and Paxlovid Differences in COVID impact on nursing home residents and those with serious illnesses We wrap up with a “magic wand” question. Eric 33:08 Yeah.