(HealthDay)—There’s another epidemic sweeping the United States: sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Statistics for 2019—the latest data available from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—show that STD rates in the United States hit a new high again for the sixth straight year. In 2019, nearly 2.5 million Americans had an infection of chlamydia, gonorrhea or syphilis, the CDC said. […]
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FILE PHOTO: Chickens are seen at a poultry farm at Hartbeesfontein, a settlement near Klerksdorp, in the North West province, South Africa, August 15, 2018. REUTERS/Siphiwe SibekoGABORONE (Reuters) – Botswana has banned the importation of poultry and poultry products from South Africa after an outbreak of avian influenza was detected on a chicken farm in South Africa, the agriculture ministry […]
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Women from all backgrounds are at risk in our current maternal mortality crisis. However, women of color, and particularly Black women, face an exceptionally high risk for a traumatic and even deadly birth according to reports by the Centers for Disease Control. Related story What to Do If You Get Something Stuck Inside Your Vagina There are countless personal accounts […]
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A long-banned pesticide may be having health effects that ripple across generations, a new study suggests. At issue is DDT, a once widely used pesticide that was banned in the United States in 1972. That ban, however, was not the end of the story. DDT is a persistent organic pollutant, a group of chemicals that are slow to break down […]
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The EU said Wednesday it would get 50 million Pfizer vaccine doses earlier than expected, as rival drugmaker AstraZeneca faced a fresh setback after Denmark banned its use over blood clot links. The news comes after Johnson & Johnson said it would delay its European rollout, a major hit for the continent’s beleaguered immunisation campaign as several countries battle rising […]
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Cuatro meses después del lanzamiento del plan de inmunización masiva más grande del país en décadas, ha quedado claro que los mensajes que rodean los esfuerzos de vacunación contra covid-19 son tan importantes como la ciencia que los respalda. Se observó cuando se comenzaron a usar las primeras vacunas en diciembre en hospitales y hogares de adultos mayores, y aún […]
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From your morning spinning class before work to “bench press Mondays,” falling into a comfortable, recurring workout routine can be often thought of as the ultimate fitness end goal. However, continuously repeating the same workouts may be actually more hurtful to your goals than you think. First, for any of us who are just trying to maintain a routine workout […]
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There are certain people we expect to have muscles. As superhero movies have become the dominant format for popular culture, that has led a particular group of men in Hollywood—a disproportionate number of them named Chris—to bulk up to nearly inconceivable proportions. Every now and then, a wildcard joins this group. First was the least likely of the Chrises (Pratt), […]
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Only a few decades ago, there weren’t many birth control choices available. Now, there are more options than ever, because there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for preventing unwanted pregnancy. We talked with Kelly Fitzgerald, NP, about the different types of birth control and how they work. It’s important to note that many of the methods listed here will provide birth control […]
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Forget complicated workouts – these five basic moves should be used in every workout. Among the never-ending stream of online workouts, it’s easy to get confused with which exercises deserve a place in your training. After all, there’s nothing worse than being left with a myriad of questions after your workout: is that new pulsing lunge variation you saw in […]
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