You might want to leaf this drug alone. A new study found that calls to the nation’s poison centers about a natural supplement marketed as an energy booster, mood lifter and pain reliever have soared more than 1,200% over the past decade. Hospitalizations, and even some deaths, have climbed in tandem, leaving health experts sounding … Read more
It’s “super flu” season in California. The mutated influenza strain — a highly aggressive offshoot of Influenza A — is spreading faster and hitting patients harder, as a second child has died, according to the California Department of Public Health. Another child has died of the mutated influenza strain as cases across California continue to … Read more
The flu had a glow-up. This year’s flu season is proving to be worse than normal, with hospitalizations up significantly compared to last year, and the CDC reporting 4.6 million cases of the flu so far. But with peak flu season still going on until at least February, signs of the unusual “super flu” variant … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration is warning that a chocolate bar laced with mushrooms is causing a bevy of serious health problems with users. Diamond Shruumz-brand Microdosing Chocolate Bars are designed for consumers to engage with mushrooms in tiny increments. However, multiple people nationwide who ate the chocolate — the brand’s website calls them “a … Read more
Boys and girls aged under five are becoming so ill from vaping they are ending up in hospital – with a 733% increase over four years in under 20s needing treatment. Last year, there were 50 admissions to hospital for vaping related disorders involving children – including 11 aged four or under. In 2020, no … Read more
The Food and Drug Administration is investigating several hospitalizations and deaths potentially linked to counterfeit semaglutide drugs, such as Ozempic, according to multiple reports. At least three Americans have been hospitalized after injecting themselves with suspected counterfeit products, CBS News reported. The hospitalizations being investigated are allegedly among the 42 cases reported to the FDA’s Adverse … Read more
Bummer. Nearly 4,000 people are hospitalized with foreign objects in their rectum each year, according to a new study published last month in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine — with many of the stuck items sexual objects. Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York were stumped by the “little epidemiologic information on … Read more
Weekly COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen by more than 12% across the country, according to new data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, marking a second straight week of this key indicator of the virus climbing. At least 8,035 hospital admissions of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 were reported for the week of July 22 nationwide, the CDC … Read more
The US is seeing a rise in COVID-19-related hospitalizations, and the older population accounts for a growing percentage of US deaths. Hospitalizations for people infected with COVID-19 increased by more than 30% in two weeks, with much of that spike hitting older people and those with existing health problems, according to Centers for Disease Control and … Read more
Severe cases of respiratory syncytial virus are already near typical peak levels. It could spell trouble for the cold and flu season ahead. MINNEAPOLIS — Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was hard to escape respiratory syncytial (RSV) virus during winter months in Minnesota. Since the pandemic started, it’s hard to know when you might … Read more
A new study published this week found that the second COVID-19 booster that was made available to U.S. adults older than 50 this year was highly effective at protecting nursing home residents from hospitalizations and deaths, though its ability to prevent infections was not as potent. The analysis, published in the Centers for Disease Control … Read more
LOS ANGELES (KABC) – The ever-increasing hospitalization numbers have pushed Los Angeles County to the brink of moving into the category of “high” COVID activity levels, as defined by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer told the board of supervisors this week that the county is on pace … Read more
The county’s director of public health said Tuesday that COVID-19 hospitalizations in Ventura County are increasing but remain “manageable.” “It’s not heavy on our health care system,” Rigoberto Vargas said in an update on the pandemic’s local effects at a county board of supervisors meeting. Vargas said that as of Tuesday, 89 COVID-19 patients had … Read more