Many patients with severe monkeypox had untreated HIV, the CDC said.
According to the CDC, interest in Covid-19 vaccine boosters is declining.
New research finds sleep may be just as important to heart health as diet and exercise, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says a third of U.S. adults report getting less zzzzz’s than recommended.
Officials from South Carolina DHEC and Prisma Health are encouraging everyone to get the flu shot as soon as possible. “We’ve definitely seen a dramatic jump in the number of flu cases this year than any recent flu season. So in the last 8 years, we never really started above the baseline level of flu illnesses, and we’re already above that baseline here in the very first week of flu season,” says Dr. Knoche.
According to data from the CDC, between 2016 and 2019, nearly six million children were diagnosed with anxiety and nearly three million were diagnosed with depression.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC) is providing free breast cancer and cervical cancer screenings to women through its Best Chance Network program (BCN).
Almost 28% of those reporting use said they used e-cigarettes every day.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a food safety alert Friday after illnesses were reported across the United States.
This week is the Department of Health and Environmental Control’s third annual “PrEP Awareness Week. “DHEC finds the pre-exposure prophylaxis pill known as PrEP to be highly effective for the prevention of contracting HIV. “If taken as prescribed either as a pill once a day or as an injectable that you receive every 2 months, PrEP can reduce your chances of acquiring HIV by up to 99 percent,” says Robinson.
The day is used to raise awareness about the disease and it’s impact on not only the patient but also their family, friends and caregivers.
