CDC: Expanding Listeria Outbreak To Include More Prepared Meals
A CDC food safety alert regarding a multistate outbreak of Listeria infections has been updated and expanded. Key Points: What You Should Do: If you have questions about cases in a particular state, please call that state’s health department. Source: https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2025/cdc-expands-listeria-outbreak-alert-to-include-additional-prepared-foods.html
FDA: How Smoking Affects Heart Health
Does Smoking Contribute to Heart Disease? Yes, smoking cigarettes can harm nearly any part of your body, including your heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular system). When breathed in, the toxic mix of more than 7,000 chemicals in cigarette smoke can interfere with important processes in your body that keep it functioning normally. One of these processes is […]
CDC: About Handwashing as a Healthy Habit in the Kitchen
Key points Overview Handwashing is one of the most important things you can do to prevent food poisoning when preparing food for yourself or loved ones. Your hands can spread germs in the kitchen. Some of these germs, like Salmonella, can make you very sick. Washing your hands frequently with soap and water is an easy way to […]
FDA: What It’s Like to Quit Smoking
Each Quit Attempt Is a Step Forward If you or a loved one are among the 34 million U.S. adults who smoke cigarettes in this country, and want to quit smoking, either for the first time or to make another attempt, do not give up, and know that you are not alone. Cigarette smoking remains the […]
CDC: About Hand Hygiene as a Family Activity
Key points Overview Handwashing is an easy, cheap, and effective way to prevent the spread of germs and keep kids and adults healthy. When your family is healthy, you don’t have to worry about missing school, work, or other activities. Did You Know? Handwashing can help prevent diarrhea-related sicknesses and respiratory infections, such as a […]
FDA: Microneedling Device Benefits, Risks and Safety
Being pricked by tiny needles may sound like a strange way to make your skin look better, but that’s the concept behind a skin care technique called microneedling. People are using microneedling in a variety of ways from reducing scarring, to treating fine lines and wrinkles. It is important to be aware of the risks […]
CDC: Craniosynostosis
At a glance What it is Craniosynostosis is a condition where the bones in a baby’s skull join together too early, before the brain forms fully. As the baby’s brain grows, the skull can become misshapen. The spaces between a baby’s skull bones are filled with flexible material. These spaces, called sutures, allow the skull […]
FDA: Help the FDA Prevent the Sale of Tobacco Products to Young People
While overall smoking rates have declined over the years, youth tobacco use remains a concern. According to the National Youth Tobacco Survey, in 2024 about 2.25 million youth reported current use of any tobacco product, including more than 1.63 million youth who reported current use of e-cigarettes. Many teens underestimate how easy it is to become […]
CDC: Immunization Schedule Adopts Individual-Based Decision-Making In Toddlers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today updated its adult and child immunization schedules to apply individual-based decision-making to COVID-19 vaccination and recommend that toddlers receive protection from varicella (chickenpox) as a standalone immunization rather than in combination with measles, mumps, and rubella vaccination. The immunization schedules adopt recent recommendations by the CDC […]
FDA: DermaRite Industries Nationwide Recall
Company Announcement DermaRite Industries, LLC is expanding the voluntary recall initiated on July 16, due to potential microbial contamination identified as Burkholderia cepacia complex. Out of an abundance of caution the voluntary recall has expanded to include additional products and lots, which can be found in the table below. Please see DermaRite.com for the original recall notice. Risk Statement: Burkholderia […]