The annual ranking of the fittest U.S. cities, tracks with some of the cities that weathered COVID-19 better — but the reverse is also often true.
Author: Jayne O'Donnell, USA TODAY
‘We’re losing our kids’: Black youth suicide rate rising far faster than for whites, coronavirus, police violence deepen trauma
Dr. Terry Jarrett said she stresses “alternatives” to suicide, helping young patients recognize “there a reason for you to live.”
As states reopen, medical experts recommend pregnant women stay vigilant against COVID-19
One patient had a stillbirth and another a preterm delivery, but it’s impossible to determine if the coronavirus caused either, study finds.
‘Tuskegee always looms in our minds’: Some fear black Americans, hardest hit by coronavirus, may not get vaccine
African Americans have historically faced discrimination in health care. Some fear they’ll be reluctant to get the coronavirus vaccine.
From New York City to St. Augustine, fever charting shows social distancing is ‘breaking the chain’ of coronavirus infections
An analysis of some 1M digital thermometers show the number of people with flu-like illness dropped in places with strict social distancing orders.
Elective surgeries continue at some US hospitals during coronavirus outbreak despite supply and safety worries
Hospitals including University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami as of Friday were still doing elective surgeries.
Was the swine flu response in 2009 a ‘disaster’ as President Trump said?
President Trump blamed the Obama Administration Friday for completely botching its response to the 2009 outbreak of H1N1, known as swine flu.
That cushy work-at-home job can lead to social isolation, mental and physical health risks
Americans are getting lonelier and jeopardizing their health as more join the gig economy or skip the commute to an office, a new report says
Teen marijuana vaping is on the rise, a new report says, threatening to ‘undo years of progress’
One in five high school seniors vaped marijuana in the last year and 14% vaped it in the last month, the National Institute on Drug Abuse reported.
Half of THC vape samples have risky Vitamin E acetate, but pesticides, metals found too
Vitamin E is a likely culprit, but metal fume poisoning and cadmium poisoning are also possible. Cheap vaping devices would increase the risk.