Is it the flu or is it COVID? One at-home test can tell you
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
If you've got a fever, cough, aches and pains, and you're wondering, 'what virus got me this time?" Now you can find out, without taking a trip to the doctor.
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Medical Music Mondays: Shiny Happy Virus
PEMBlog
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
You don’t need to send comprehensive viral tests in the majority of children with cough and congestion. Just make a clinical diagnosis dang it! Lyrics Adeno, rhino, entero too swabbing a nose just for something to do RSV, HSV, EBV, no! Save all that money and let the kid go Influenza, COVID, why not some more? Big viral panels? Show them the door!
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A more severe strain of mpox has been detected in the U.S. for the first time
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The patient was traveling from East Africa, where the mpox disease is endemic. The CDC says the strain does not present a high risk to the general population.
Evidence v. Belief: What a Kennedy Appointment Could Mean to FDA and Public Health
FDA Law Blog
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
By Jennifer D. Newberger & Jeffrey N. Gibbs — On Thursday, November 14, President-Elect Trump announced his pick of Robert Kennedy, Jr., for Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS). Although not altogether surprising, the formality of an official announcement still came as a shock to many of us who work in areas regulated by HHS, as well as to many others in the public health arena.
Philadelphia criticized for how it's spending millions from opioid lawsuits
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Philadelphia has disputed a state ruling that it should not have spent money from opioid-related legal settlements on home repairs and small businesses in an area ravaged by the drug epidemic.
Here's the science of jet lag — and how to avoid it during the holidays
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
Getting enough sleep regularly can be tough — and even harder when you're traveling for the holidays. "We need sleep like we need water," says Jade Wu , a behavioral sleep medicine psychologist and author of the book Hello Sleep. She and host Regina G. Barber discuss what's happening to our bodies when we get jet lag and the clocks in our body get out of whack.
Judge strikes down Wyoming abortion laws, including ban on pills to end pregnancy
NPR Health
NOVEMBER 18, 2024
The decision marks another victory for abortion rights advocates after voters in seven states passed measures in support of access.
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