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Stay in the know about public health news from The Nation’s Health newspaper
Stories in the May 2020 issue include:
US public
health meets COVID-19 head-on
Public
health is working non-stop to help contain and control the COVID-19 outbreak.
But years of underfunding and workforce losses mean public health capacity is not as robust as it needs to be.
Federal funding
for gun violence prevention research sparks hope
After more than 20 years of minimal funding, the U.S. is opening its purse strings
to research on gun violence prevention. Researchers are optimistic it will re-energize the field and spark new science.
CDC: Vaccine
for recent flu season cut visits to doctors by nearly half
This season’s flu vaccine was 45% effective overall and 55% effective among children and teens, CDC reported.
US pedestrian
deaths from vehicles crashes increase in 30 states
Though pedestrian deaths were the highest in a decade last year, 20 states have lowered fatality rates.
Drivers who
drink but aren’t legally impaired cause thousands of deaths
Fifteen percent of driver-impaired crashes in U.S. involve
an operator who is not legally drunk.
Building local
connections could help reduce violent encounters between police, black men
Better relationships between police and community can de-escalate potentially negative encounters, study says.
Many people
with physical injuries face risk of PTSD
One-third of people with a physical injury who visit an emergency department are at risk of PTSD.
Healthy You:
To bend with ease, take care of your knees
Exercises
and a few changes to your daily routine can help you have healthy knees, giving
you more years of mobility and comfort. Read Healthy You online, or download
as a PDF in English or Spanish.
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