Health Alert Network (HAN) – 00504

Distributed via the CDC Health Alert NetworkMarch 18, 2024, 12:30 PM ETCDCHAN-00504 Summary The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issuing this Health Alert Network (HAN) Health Advisory to inform clinicians and public health officials of an increase in global and U.S. measles cases and to provide guidance on measles prevention for all … Read more

Russia election: Putin declared winner of race that was never in doubt

President Vladimir Putin extended his reign over Russia in a landslide election whose outcome was never in doubt, declaring his determination Monday to advance deeper into Ukraine and dangling new threats against the West. After the harshest crackdown on dissent since Soviet times, it was clear from the earliest returns that Putin’s nearly quarter-century rule … Read more

‘Catastrophic hunger’ in Gaza, UN warns

Gaza City residents welcome delivery of humanitarian relief supplies About 2.3 million people are malnourished and bordering on starvation in Gaza amid Israel’s war with Hamas, according to the United Nations. Famine is “imminent” in the northern Gaza Strip and is projected to affect more than 200,000 Palestinians by May, the U.N.’s World Food Program … Read more

Diet and Exercise in a Pill Are Real: How Mimetics Work

If couch-potato lab mice had beach-body dreams and if they could speak, they might tell you they’re thrilled by advances in the science of exercise and calorie-restriction (CR) mimetics. In recent studies conducted at research centers across the United States, mice have chowed down, fattened up, exercised only if they felt like it, and still … Read more

8-hour time-restricted eating linked to a 91% higher risk of cardiovascular death

Research Highlights: A study of over 20,000 adults found that those who followed an 8-hour time-restricted eating schedule, a type of intermittent fasting, had a 91% higher risk of death from cardiovascular disease. People with heart disease or cancer also had an increased risk of cardiovascular death. Compared with a standard schedule of eating across … Read more

‘Boys are disappearing’ from mental health care, as signs of depression and anxiety go undetected

Teenage boys are drowning in just as much of the depression and anxiety that’s been well documented in girls. Experts warn that many young men struggling with their mental health are left undetected and without the help they need. “We are right to be concerned about girls,” said Kathleen Ethier, director of the Division of … Read more

Could the next pandemic come from within? America is suffering dozens of lab leaks at dangerous virus hubs every year, ‘startling’ data shows

By Luke Andrews Senior Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com 19:16 17 Mar 2024, updated 19:16 17 Mar 2024 America suffers a ‘startlingly high’ number of lab leak incidents at its top virus labs every year, data shows — amid calls for centers to slash the number of experiments carried out on diseases that could spark pandemics. … Read more

What To Do When You Are Sick With COVID-19 or Another Respiratory Virus

Respiratory viruses like COVID-19, influenza (flu), and RSV can cause a range of symptoms, including but not limited to cough, fever, chills, headache, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, sneezing, chest discomfort, decrease in appetite, vomiting, diarrhea, fatigue (tiredness), muscle or body aches, new loss of taste or smell, weakness, and wheezing. If you are … Read more