Browsing: public health
Older adults should get their flu shots now. Here’s why they also need stronger vaccines
Flu season is nigh and if you’re 65 or older, don’t dally on getting your updated, 2024–25 vaccine. Seasonal flu…
Sleeping in on weekends could cut your risk of heart disease by up to 20%, new study shows
Sleeping in on the weekends isn’t just an indulgence, it could also be beneficial to your heart health, suggests a…
The U.K. government is considering banning smoking outside bars and pubs in an effort to improve public health. Lighting up…
Baby boomers are abusing marijuana at a higher rate as more Medicare beneficiaries turn to cannabis with ‘little other safe choices for pain or sleep’
Older Americans aren’t just using cannabis more, they’re also consuming the sometimes-legal-sometimes-not drug in dangerous ways. From 2017 through 2022,…
While the modern marijuana consumer may be shedding that lazy stoner stereotype, new research shows that employees who use and…
Ozempic, the highly popular GLP-1 agonist drug touted by many celebrities for weight loss, is in short supply, according to…
Waits for hospital care in the U.K. are among the worst of a group of 10 high income peer countries,…
COVID hasn’t taken the summer off and with the usual winter surge looming, the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday…
If your child comes home with ruddy cheeks this back-to-school season, their flushed appearance may be due to something other…
Are we sure it’s not four years ago? That first summer of the coronavirus pandemic, when wearing a mask outdoors…












