Measles, a highly contagious but preventable disease, is resurging in pockets of the United States, a warning of the dangers of the strengthening anti-vaccine movement. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more cases this year than the 58 tallied in all of 2023, although the agency is not expected to release exact… Continue reading Following Measles Outbreaks, Officials Grow Wary of Renewed Threat
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‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials
The young father headed across the parking lot to join the other parents meeting their children’s new preschool teachers. After a few steps, he began sweating and twitching. As the sky reeled, he staggered back to the car, desperate to lie down in the back seat and breathe, hidden by tinted windows. “Did you take… Continue reading ‘Gas-Station Heroin’ Sold as Dietary Supplement Alarms Health Officials
Federal Officials Propose New Nursing Home Standards to Increase Staffing
The nation’s most thinly staffed nursing homes would be required to hire more workers under new rules proposed on Friday by the Biden administration, the greatest change to federal nursing home regulations in three decades. The proposed standard was prompted by the industry’s troubled performance earlier in the coronavirus pandemic, when 200,000 nursing home residents… Continue reading Federal Officials Propose New Nursing Home Standards to Increase Staffing