LocalHealthGuide - Part 100

Fewer rural students applying to medical school

This decrease could lead to fewer doctors in less populated areas of the country

March 23, 2021 Coronavirus / Influenza/Flu / Public Health

People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them . . .

. . . and paid a price

March 22, 2021 Disaster Response

Why to people try to drive through floodwater or wait too long to flee?

Psychology offers some answers,

March 22, 2021 Coronavirus / Vaccines

So You’re Vaccinated Against Covid. Now What?

Optimism is warranted, but all of us — even the vaccinated — still need to be careful.

March 22, 2021 Coronavirus / Laboratory Medicine

U.S. COVID-19 Testing Drops Dramatically

The drop could hamper epidemiologists’ ability to spot and stem new surges of the deadly infection.

Colorized scanning electron micrograph of a cell heavily infected with SARS-CoV-2 virus particles (yellow), isolated from a patient sample. The black area in the image is extracellular space between the cells. Image captured at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility (IRF) in Fort Detrick, Maryland. Credit: NIAID

March 19, 2021 Coronavirus / Public Health / Vaccines

More people in King County are eligible for the vaccine, but will there be enough?

The number of people who are or soon will be eligible will continue to outpace the availability of vaccine for some time.

March 19, 2021 Fitness

Social media can help young people live healthy lives

In some cases, social media helps the young to learn about healthy eating or about new workouts to try.

1024px Alzheimer's disease brain comparison

March 19, 2021 Brain and Nervous System / Dementia

Why don’t we have a cure for Alzheimer’s disease?

Currently, the only approved drugs for Alzheimer’s merely alleviate some of the symptoms and do not stop the disease from progressing.

March 19, 2021 Coronavirus

For States’ COVID Contact Tracing Apps, Privacy Tops Utility

Nearly half the states have or are planning to launch a digital contact tracing system, but critics say the technology has overemphasized privacy at the cost of usefulness.

Illustration of Mycoplasma tuberculosis, the bacteria that cause TB

March 18, 2021 Sexual Health / Sexually Transmitted Disease

What is Mycoplasma genitalium, the common STI you’ve probably never heard of

What is it? How do I get it? How common is it?

March 18, 2021 Coronavirus / Vaccines

Coronavirus is evolving but so are our antibodies

Will the antibodies we make after being infected with or vaccinated protect us against future viral variants?

March 15, 2021 Doctors / Mental Health / Nurses

‘Why Do I Put My Life on the Line?’ Pandemic Trauma Haunts Health Workers.

Health care workers across the country say they feel underappreciated by their employers and disillusioned with the medical profession.

Dog's paw gentile placed in a human's hand

March 12, 2021 Animal Health / Hospitals / Infectious Disease

Paw hygiene is no reason to ban assistance dogs from hospitals – they’re cleaner than people’s shoes

The paws of assistance dogs are cleaner than the shoe soles of their users.

Electron micrograph of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus responsible for COVID-19

March 12, 2021 Coronavirus / Vaccines

The UK variant is likely deadlier, more infectious and becoming dominant.

But the vaccines still work well against it

March 12, 2021 Medicare

New change to Medicare.gov

Medicare.gov has a new URL.