Hospital emergency departments are seeing steep declines in the numbers of patients they’re treating, and April was an especially rough month. In fact, from April to 2019 to April 2020 there was a 42% decline in emergency department visits, according to data published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report from the U.S. Centers for… Read More »
The Department of Health and Human Services has reported an increase in cybersecurity breaches in hospitals and healthcare providers’ networks which may be due to COVID-19. Between the months of February and May of this year, there have been 132 reported breaches, according to the HHS. This is an almost 50% increase in reported breaches during… Read More »
The barbershop and beauty salon are important community touch points for health, wellness, and social connection in so many peoples’ lives. In my book, HealthConsuming: From Health Consumer to Health Citizen, I feature the black barbershop to introduce a chapter on “The New Retail Health.” In the COVID-19 pandemic, how we’re dealing with hair is… Read More »
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) — According to a local allergist, allergy symptoms include itchy and watery eyes, an itchy or runny nose, or a cough. These symptoms are not to be confused with symptoms of COVID-19 which can include a high fever and body aches. “With allergies hallmarks are you tend to be pretty itchy… Read More »
Ken Terry Paul Grundy By PAUL GRUNDY, MD and KEN TERRY Date: June 20, 2022. The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has reported its biggest number of visitors in more than 2 ½ years. There’s a string of new Broadway musicals that are well-attended every night. It’s safe to shop in malls, eat out… Read More »
SATURDAY, May 23, 2020 — There have been high hopes that the antiviral drug remdesivir might be an answer to the pandemic of COVID-19. But a major, new study finds the drug on its own won’t be enough to significantly curb cases and deaths. The study, published May 22 in the New England Journal of… Read More »