- Playing music, dancing, creating art — and even playing some types of video games — may actually slow down brain aging.
- Just one week off social media can improve young adults’ mental health.
- Is the collapsing birth rate just supply and demand? HT: Tyler
- “We are at the point, or fast approaching it, when those private thoughts of ours are no longer private.”
- Did the Covid -19 vaccine really kill ten children? (Statnews)
Category: COVID-19 and Public Health
Democrats Aghast at Trump Administration’s (Reasonable) Immigrant Health Restrictions
The following was reported in Kaiser Family Foundation Health News:
Foreigners seeking visas to live in the U.S. might be rejected if they have certain medical conditions, including diabetes or obesity, under a Thursday directive from the Trump administration.
Traffic Fatalities Near Historic Lows, but Public Health Advocates Demand More Laws
Traffic fatalities have been inching up ever since covid. About 43,230 people died in 2021 the year after the Covid Pandemic. Traffic deaths are up 20% from a decade ago. Approximately 39,345 people died in 2024 compared 32,744 in 2014.
Wednesday Links
- The Covid vaccine works against cancer.
- Why New Yorkers voted for a socialist mayor.
- Polling on what to do about Social Security finances.
- Beginning in January, Medicare will begin paying over $1,000 for an artificial intelligence product that analyzes CT scans of the heart for signs of harmful plaque that can cause a heart attack. (Statnews)