public health

Preventing Common Colds this Fall

November 4, 2021 in Health / life tagged #tips / flu season / illness / public health / remedies by Brittany Herring

Medicare: Coverage for Covid-19

October 31, 2021 in Health / life / Medicare tagged illness / immune system / medicare / public health / vaccines by Cali Naughton

Naegleria Folweri — The Brain-Eating Amoeba As we near Halloween, many of you are probably in a spooky state of mind, watching scary movies and telling haunting stories to prepare for the festivities. Well, I have a scary story for you! You have heard of brain-eating zombies, right? Scientific research shows that there […]

A Frightening Amoeba: Naegleria Fowleri

October 27, 2021 in Health / life tagged brain / disease / health risk / public health / safety by Brittany Herring

Vaccines or Nil: The NFL Cracks Down on COVID-19 as Season Approaches The NFL’s new COVID rules are sending a clear message: get vaccinated or risk losing games. As part of the new protocol, the NFL announced that teams who do not have the proper personnel to play games due […]

NFL’s Covid Message

August 4, 2021 in Health / life tagged illness / public health / safety / sports by Jeffrey Cooperstein

The kissing bug carries disease-causing parasites that are incredibly harmful to the human body. Photo by Macro on Pexels. — There’s a New Bug in Town With a spectacularly hot and lively summer now in full swing, Americans are on high alert for pests. It seems like every other cable ad and news story is about a new insect repellant or surprise snake den. Author’s aside: did anyone else see […]

Southern United States’ ‘Kissing Bug’ Deadly to Humans

July 26, 2021 in Uncategorized tagged disease / pets / prevention / public health / safety by Cristin Dickey

After extensive research over the last few months, experts have concluded delta variant symptoms are different than the original COVID-19 strain. The highly contagious delta variant is the latest major COVID-19 concern throughout the world due to its easily spreadable nature and the difficulty to diagnose it. While the loss […]

Delta Variant Symptoms Hard To Detect

July 12, 2021 in Health / life tagged illness / public health / safety by Jeffrey Cooperstein

Is there a link between COVID Vaccines and heart inflammation? According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s deputy director for immunization safety Dr. Tom Shimabukuro, this may be the case. According to Shimabukuro, 226 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis have been confirmed in people younger than 30 post-vaccination. […]