Fall riskGait speedIntroduction: The CDC developed the STEADI toolkit to assist providers with incorporating fall risk screening, assessment of modifiable risk factors, and implementing evidence-based treatment strategies. The purpose of this study was two-fold: analyze the STEADI algorithm for strength...
One early analysis of the CDC guidance suggests nearly 90% of people in the U.S. live in counties that fall into the two highest of five risk categories for reopening schools.
Statistics show the stark risks of not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 COVID-19 has become a "pandemic of the unvaccinated." July 19, 2021, 10:02 AM 8 min read By Meredith Deliso ABC NEWS New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi said the vaccines are "astonishingly effectiv...
Advertisement: Still, the change may not affect how individual schools urge parents to react when their children fall sick. Schools and child care providers have a mixed record on following CDC recommendations and often look to local authorities for the ultimate word. And some...
Statistics show the stark risks of not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 COVID-19 has become a "pandemic of the unvaccinated." July 19, 2021, 10:02 AM 8 min read By Meredith Deliso ABC NEWS New York City Health Commissioner Dr. Dave Chokshi said the vaccines are "astonishingly effectiv...
That number has fallen: Last month, child care problems meant 41,000 adults missed work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Melissa Colagrosso’s child care center in West Virginia dropped special guidelines for COVID about a year ago, she said. N...
The statistics are among several mental health trends in high schoolers that have worsened most among girls over the past decade, according to data from the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior SurveypublishedMonday. Overall, 22% of high schoolers said they have considered suicide. That is somewhat better...
The Stay Independent Brochure (SIB) is part of the CDC’s STEADI initiative and is a fall risk screening self-report tool. This study aimed to translate and cross-culturally adapt the Arabic version of the SIB (AR-SIB) and evaluate its psychometric properties among community-dwelling older adu...
Holly Hedegaard, a medical epidemiologist with the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics. Other opioids -- both synthetic and natural -- such as oxycodone (OxyContin) and hydrocodone (Vicodin) accounted for another 24 percent of overdose deaths in 2015, down from 29 percent in 2010. ...
Volunteers must be 18 or older and either fully vaccinated or free of medical conditions that would put them at high risk for severe COVID-19. The ship operator must tell passengers that they are simulating untested safety measures "and that sailing during a pandemic is an inherently ri...