FDA and NIH discuss smoking cessation practices, reviving e-cigarette debate

by Caroline Killilea | Oct 22, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics

WASHINGTON –The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health analyzed practices for reducing tobacco consumption, including switching from traditional cigarette use to e-cigarettes, at a joint public meeting on smoking cessation on Monday.  “We’ve...

An update on bird flu in the U.S.

by Caroline Killilea | Oct 10, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON – A third case of bird flu was confirmed in California on Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following two other cases confirmed in the state last week. Two additional presumed cases are awaiting verification.  Wild birds, which...

Memories of pandemic wane but long COVID-19 continues for many

by Emma Sullivan | Mar 19, 2024 | Featured, Health & Science

ALBANY — When 15-year-old Oneida County resident Matilda Terrell caught COVID-19 for the first time in July 2022, Matilda’s symptoms were mild and they recovered quickly.  But, when they contracted the virus for the second time two months later, their life changed...

GOP-controlled House presses measures to to end the national health emergency

by Avani Kalra | Feb 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON –– The Republican-led House on Wednesday is pressing through a series of measures aimed at immediately ending the national health emergency issued at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, although the move may be more symbolic after President Biden this week...

Youth vaping epidemic remains after Congress gives FDA control over synthetic nicotine regulation

by Joanna Hou | Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science

WASHINGTON — The American Lung Association’s annual State of Tobacco Control report, released Wednesday, found tobacco and e-cigarette use among teens rose slightly in 2022 after three years of decline.  The higher rates of tobacco use among the nation’s youth come...