Tag: pandemic
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Why the latest bird flu case has experts worried about a potential pandemic
Health officials are alarmed by 53 confirmed human cases of a bird flu variant across seven states this year, with a new potential case in a California child without known contact with infected animals. CBS News medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounder, the editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, answered questions about why experts…
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Americans started drinking more during the pandemic, and a new study shows that lasted for years
New data on pandemic-era drinking persisting Pandemic-era drinking increases persist, study shows 01:51 The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with increases in stress-related drinking and alcohol-related deaths, and new research suggests drinking didn’t stop as things returned to normal. In the study, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, researchers found drinking increases from 2018…