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Covid-19: Youth Sports, Not Reopening Schools, Fueling Increase In Cases, CDC Says
Youth sports, not the recent reopening of schools, has been cited for the recent rise of new COVID-19 cases among youths across America, federal health officials said.
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said that the latest data found that COVID is spreading rapidly among younger Americans participating in after-school activities such as sports and clubs, where they gather unsafely in clusters.
Walensky noted that the reopening of schools has not been linked to the rise in US cases, which are up approximately 3 percent week-to-w…
Tuna Products Recalled Due To Salmonella Outbreak In Seven States, Including NY, CT
Thirteen people in seven states - including New York and Connecticut - have been sickened by salmonella this year due to a frozen raw ground tuna product, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This week, the CDC announced a recall of three lots of individually packed one-pound bags and 20-pound boxes of Jensen Tuna Inc. The recalled lots are: z266; z271 and z272. Jensen Tuna distributed the recalled products to distributors in Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, and Washington. The recalled products may have been redistributed to additi…
Number Getting Illnesses From Ticks, Mosquitoes, Fleas Triples, CDC Says
With temperatures warming up, federal officials are warning area residents to be alert during Lyme Disease Awareness Month in May and through the summer.
Illnesses from mosquito, tick, and flea bites have tripled nationally in the past decade, with more than 640,000 cases reported during the 13 years from 2004 through 2016, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since then, nine new germs spread by mosquitoes and ticks were discovered or introduced into the country.
The recently released findings mark the CDC’s first study examining the data involving the bites of…
