Health

• Moderate Drinking Raises Health Risks While Offering Few Benefits - The New York Times

  1. Moderate Drinking Raises Health Risks While Offering Few Benefits  The New York Times
  2. Health warnings about alcohol give only half the story  The Economist
  3. Just one drink a day may put your health at risk, federal report finds  NBC News
  4. Opinion | Alcohol is linked to cancer. But isn't everything?  The Washington Post
  5. More than 1 drink a day raises risk of dying, new federal review concludes  CBS News

• Global report urges more accurate definition of obesity than BMI - BBC.com

  1. Global report urges more accurate definition of obesity than BMI  BBC.com
  2. New report proposes redefining obesity by adding body fat and health status to BMI  ABC News
  3. Who should be considered 'obese'? Time to move on from BMI, panel says.  USA TODAY
  4. How we diagnose and define obesity is set to change – here’s why, and what it means for treatment  The Conversation
  5. New Obesity Definition Challenges Current Use of B.M.I.  The New York Times

• Major Study Links 15 Factors to Early Dementia Risk - ScienceAlert

  1. Major Study Links 15 Factors to Early Dementia Risk  ScienceAlert
  2. Lifetime risk and projected burden of dementia  Nature.com
  3. United States Dementia Cases Estimated to Double by 2060  NYU Langone Health
  4. 15 science-based ways to reduce your risk of dementia  The Washington Post
  5. Dementia risk may be twice as high as Americans live longer, study finds  NBC News

• Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping - NBC News

  1. Childhood vaccination rates, a health bright spot in struggling states, are slipping  NBC News
  2. Even Adults May Soon Be Vulnerable to ‘Childhood’ Diseases  The New York Times
  3. Minnesota vaccination numbers took a dip during pandemic and still haven’t rebounded  KSTP
  4. ‘Experts’ killed trust in vaccines Politicised agencies and irrational rules alienated parents  UnHerd
  5. New Hampshire trails national average in childhood vaccination rates  WMUR Manchester

• Suspected Marburg virus outbreak declared in Tanzania; 8 dead - BNO News

  1. Suspected Marburg virus outbreak declared in Tanzania; 8 dead  BNO News
  2. Suspected outbreak of Marburg virus kills eight in Tanzania, WHO says  Reuters.com
  3. WHO says at least 8 dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania  Al Jazeera English
  4. Eight dead in suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania  The Telegraph
  5. Eight dead in suspected Marburg outbreak in Tanzania: WHO  Medical Xpress

• This virus is breaking records in Mississippi & there’s no treatment. Here’s how to stay safe - Biloxi Sun Herald

  1. This virus is breaking records in Mississippi & there’s no treatment. Here’s how to stay safe  Biloxi Sun Herald
  2. Does Hand Sanitizer Protect Against Norovirus?  TODAY
  3. So, there’s this thing going around NYC. Your guide to navigating the norovirus.  Gothamist
  4. As Alaska sees a spike in Flu cases — another virus is on the rise in the U.S.  Alaska's News Source
  5. Knowing norovirus symptoms amidst nationwide outbreaks  KPAX News

• New Osteoporosis Prevention Guidelines Released - Newsmax

  1. New Osteoporosis Prevention Guidelines Released  Newsmax
  2. Osteoporosis screening guidelines updated: Do you need a bone scan?  NBC News
  3. PHOTO COLLECTION: AP Top Photos of the Day, Tuesday, January 14, 2025  Citizentribune
  4. Reports: Browns promoting Tommy Rees to OC  ashepostandtimes.com
  5. USPSTF: Women 65+ should continue osteoporosis screenings  McKnight's Long-Term Care News

• Seattle vets warn pet owners to keep cats indoors to avoid bird flu - KING5.com

  1. Seattle vets warn pet owners to keep cats indoors to avoid bird flu  KING5.com
  2. Role reversal: Avian flu makes birds a menace to cats  KUOW News and Information
  3. U.S. egg industry sees record chicken deaths from bird flu outbreak  CBS News
  4. San Francisco reports H5N1 avian flu in child  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  5. Bird flu's Illinois impacts include higher egg prices, warnings for pet owners  NBC Chicago

• Surge of respiratory viruses infecting millions worldwide in first weeks of 2025 - WSWS

  1. Surge of respiratory viruses infecting millions worldwide in first weeks of 2025  WSWS
  2. High levels of respiratory illness reported across Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware  6ABC Philadelphia
  3. ‘Quad-demic’ hits Bakersfield, but flu and RSV are still the biggest threats  KGET 17
  4. US respiratory disease markers remain high for flu, COVID, RSV  University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  5. What to know about this winter's surge of viral illnesses across the country  PBS NewsHour

• Doctors from Prisma, Lexington Medical Center say cases of norovirus, respiratory illnesses on the rise - WLTX.com

  1. Doctors from Prisma, Lexington Medical Center say cases of norovirus, respiratory illnesses on the rise  WLTX.com
  2. 2 hospital systems in Upstate will tighten visitor restrictions  WYFF4 Greenville
  3. Upstate hospitals to tighten visitation restrictions for patient safety  Fox Carolina
  4. SC has among highest flu rates in US, CDC says. Here’s how bad and where it’s worst  The State
  5. ‘She couldn’t breathe’: Doctors sound the alarm as flu cases surge across South Carolina  WIS News 10