by Richard A. Hendricks | Feb 22, 2021 | Health News
The life expectancy for the entire US population fell to 77.8 years, similar to what it was in 2006, CDC data shows. Changes to life expectancy also widened racial and ethnic inequities. Compared to 2019, life expectancy for non-Hispanic Black people in the US fell about three times what it did for non-Hispanic White people, […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | Sep 16, 2020 | Health News
Thirteen-year-olds who weren’t very popular with their peers growing up, a new study released Tuesday has found, seem to have a heightened risk of developing circulatory system disease in later life. This includes higher risk for conditions such as narrowed and...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Aug 1, 2020 | Health News
“Tedros called him in and said, well, if you have ideas and you’re critical get in here and help us fix it, and made him Deputy Minister, which gives you a sense of his leadership style in bringing in the smartest and the best and empowering them,”...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 30, 2020 | Health News
If the US suffered a loss of life on the scale of the 9/11 attacks — 50 times over — the tragedy would be incomprehensible. But that’s how many lives coronavirus has claimed in the US since this pandemic started just six months ago. It’s easy...
by Richard A. Hendricks | Jul 28, 2020 | Health News
Training camps are preparing to open this week, welcoming back 32 teams, some of them in areas that are Covid-19 hot spots. There are some officials who think football should skip a season or push it back until the spring. Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National...
