Yourlocalepidemiologist2

Summer is close! While sunscreen may seem like an easy health decision, many people, especially younger and health-conscious ones, have questions. Sunscreen health advice and rumors are everywhere, and we’re seeing this reflected in national surveys: 1 in 7 younger ...

Happy June! This week felt notably lighter to write about (knock on wood). The Ebola outbreak continues overseas, but domestically, the common cold and ticks are commanding most of the attention. We’ll also check in on Covid-19 and the vaccine rollout, where the dominoes of the federal process are starting to wobble.

This left plenty of room today for good news and a ti...

Man, we got a lot of questions this week. Which isn’t surprising, given *waves hands in the air* everything happening in health right now.

I try to keep Fridays reserved for paid YLE subscribers, and particularly the professionals and trusted messengers who are guiding households, communities, and patients. My goal is to help make your life a little ea...

As they say, bugs have ears. Public health has had a relentless May. Chemical plant (near) explosions, Ebola, hantavirus, and that's before you even get to the usual suspects: common colds, heat, and ticks.

Here’s an attempt to keep you up to speed and, more importantly, what it means for you and your community.

Vaccine hesitancy is not new, but we are increasingly confronting it in new ways. Social media, wellness culture, loss of trust in science and experts, political polarization, and longstanding distrust of institutions have created a landscape that feels like the Wild West. There aren’t many spaces where people who have changed their minds about vaccines can share their storie...