Pioneering disease investigator and beloved global health mentor Joel Breman died on April 6 at the age of 87. Breman was part of the team that investigated the first known Ebola outbreak in 1976.
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What the CDC is doing to monitor and protect against bird flu
CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen tells NPR that while the risk of bird flu spreading to humans is low, the U.S. government is taking precautions to avoid spread of the virus.
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Americans who live alone report depression at higher rates, but social support helps
The number of people living alone in the U.S. jumped to nearly 38 million. A new study shows people who live alone are more likely to report depression if they didn’t have other social supports.
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The CDC may be reconsidering its COVID isolation guidance
The current guidance advises five days of isolation. Unnamed health officials have indicated that this guidance may soon go away, a move that troubles public health experts.
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Flu and COVID are on the rise, but there are fewer severe COVID cases than last year
Flu is rising, and COVID levels are higher than last season’s peak. But COVID hospitalizations and deaths are down. Nonetheless, COVID is still the most dangerous virus circulating.
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Dr. Ashish Jha on the new COVID-19 vaccines: What New Englanders need to know
COVID cases are on the rise and this week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended that anyone who is six months or older get the new COVID-19 vaccines. Health reporter Lynn Arditi talked about the new vaccines with Doctor Ashish Jha, former White House COVID advisor and current dean of Brown University’s […]
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R.I. receives $7.2 million in federal funds to help replenish the public health workforce
Rhode Island will receive an infusion of $7.2 million in federal funds during the next two years to replenish the workforces of the state’s public health, school-based health, and community-based organizations to continue the response and recovery to COVID-19. The funding from the U.S. Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention is designed to help ensure […]
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Under The Weather? New Flu ‘Forecast’ Aims To Predict Activity
For the first time ever, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is publishing weekly flu forecasts on its website. The data model is led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
