Tag: public health

Too little sleep rivaled smoking as a predictor of how long people live

A new analysis of more than 3,100 US counties found short sleep second only to smoking.

New AHA data on America’s heart: Decades of progress have started to slip

New AHA data shows decades of mortality gains are slipping across the US.

Salmonella outbreak tied to Mexican jalapeños sickens 345 in 27 states, CDC says

Federal officials trace contaminated peppers to a Sinaloa grower distributed by Coast Citrus.

Ebola has killed more than 1,700 in eastern Congo in fastest-growing outbreak ever

The Bundibugyo virus outbreak has produced 3,802 cases in less than three months.