Top 5 Takeaways Incident Overview: Fifteen cases of poisoning, including five deaths, were reported among attendees of a birthday luncheon in Chongqing, China, due to consumption of a homemade medicinal
Author: Cody Micah Carmichael MPH, CPH
Top 5 Takeaways Fatal Cases in Welders: Two cases of pneumonia in welders caused by Bacillus cereus group bacteria containing anthrax toxin genes were confirmed in 2020, one of which
Potential Innovative Approaches to Addressing Long COVID Fatigue: Low-Dose Naltrexone and NAD+ Introduction: Understanding Long COVID and Its Symptoms Long COVID, or Post-Acute Sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 Infection (PASC), has emerged
Top 5 Takeaways Measles Cases Among Evacuees: Forty-seven measles cases were reported among 72,299 Afghan evacuees, resulting in an attack rate of 0.065%. Mass Vaccination Campaign: A high-coverage mass vaccination
Top 5 Takeaways High TBI-Related Death Rates in Rural Areas: States with higher percentages of rural residents had significantly higher rates of TBI-related deaths. Leading Cause of TBI-Related Deaths: Suicide
Evidence-Based Approaches to Public Health: Epidemiology – Causality: Hill’s Criteria for Causation In this tutorial, we will explore Hill’s criteria for causation, a set of principles that help researchers evaluate
Top 5 Takeaways Omicron Surge: The Omicron variant led to the highest recorded national COVID-19 case rates in the U.S. during December 2021. Seroprevalence Increase: Overall seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies
Top 5 Takeaways High Coverage for Most Vaccines: Coverage exceeded 90% for ≥3 doses of poliovirus vaccine, ≥3 doses of HepB, ≥1 dose of MMR, and ≥1 dose of VAR
Top 5 Takeaways Significant Decrease in Disparities: From 2020 to 2021, disparities in age-adjusted death rates (AADR) from COVID-19 decreased significantly by 14.0%–40.2% for most racial and ethnic groups. Non-Hispanic
Top 5 Takeaways Overall Decline: From 2019 to 2020, the overall suicide rate in the United States declined by 3%, with significant reductions among both females (8%) and males (2%).