March 31, 2022 – Check Your Pantry – 161,692 pounds of Skippy peanut butter has been recalled because it may contain a small piece of stainless steel from manufacturing equipment. The FDA said
Tragic teen overdose restarts conversation about Nalcan at school
March 24, 2022–Raagini Jawa, MD, is a high school student who experienced first-hand the shock and grief of a fatal drug overdose while attending high school in a small New England town. Jawa
BA.2 lags more than a third of U.S. COVID cases
March 23, 2022 — More than one-third of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are now caused by the Omicron subvariant BA.2. Although the proportion of BA.2 cases, according to Reuters, the overall numb
One in four new COVID cases are Omicron BA.2 sub-variants
March 16, 2022 – The Omicron subvariant BA.2 now accounts for nearly a quarter of new COVID-19 infections in the United States, according to estimates released this week by the U.S. Centers f
Congress debates permanent daylight saving time
March 10, 2022 — On Wednesday, a congressional committee debated whether to end the twice-yearly shifts due to daylight saving time. Lawmakers and experts talk about the health effects of
Watch out for the latest TikTok trend: nasal sprays
March 3, 2022 — TikTok users looking for a deep tan are using a dubious method: spraying self-tanning products on their noses and lying down in the sun or on a tanning bed. While nasal spray
Biden says ‘tough call’ to lift statewide mask requirement
February. November 2022 — Several governors announced this week that they would ease COVID-19 mask rules “probably premature, but it’s a tough call,” President Joe Biden sai
State-protected paid sick leave covers less than 30% of the U.S. workforce
In the United States, only 27.6 percent of workers receive state-mandated sick leave. A study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine said this has “created enormous inequali
New York drops indoor mask mandate
February. September 2022 — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is expected to waive New York’s mask mandate on Wednesday. The rule is set to expire Thursday and needs to be updated, the New York
Fauci says U.S. is exiting ‘full-blown epidemic’ of COVID
February. September 2022 — The U.S. is heading in a positive direction for the pandemic as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations decline, said Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Instit