by Richard A. Hendricks | Aug 6, 2020 | Health News
Hand sanitizer is everywhere and is useful for cleaning the hands during the coronavirus pandemic. But it’s not safe to swallow, the CDC cautions. “Alcohol-based hand sanitizer products should never be ingested,” the CDC said. A CDC team described the cases of 15 adults in Arizona and New Mexico hospitalized for methanol poisoning after consuming […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Aug 5, 2020 | Health News
The polio-like condition, called acute flaccid myelitis or AFM, tends to peak every other year, and the last surge of cases was in 2018, when 238 cases were diagnosed across the US, the CDC said. This year is likely to see another upsurge but things will be...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Aug 2, 2020 | Health News
The ensemble forecast, published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects more than 173,000 American deaths by August 22. At least 154,447 Americans have died since the beginning of the pandemic. Across the country, local leaders and public health...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Aug 1, 2020 | Health News
The camp had followed some but not all of the CDC mitigation steps against the spread of the new coronavirus — but was not enough to keep campers and staff free of illness. “Settings, like multi-day, overnight summer camps, pose a unique challenge when it...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 29, 2020 | Health News
“The introduction from Europe happened before we realized what was happening,” Redfield said. “By the time we realized (the) Europe threat and shut down travel to Europe, there was probably already two or three weeks of 60,000 people coming back...
