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Importance of Good Dental Care for Children

May 11, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Oral health is vitally important to overall health and well-being. Research has shown children who have poor oral health often miss more school and receive lower grades than children who don’t. Later in life, there is a link between poor oral healthcare and diabetes, heart and lung disease, stroke, respiratory illnesses and conditions of pregnant women including the delivery of pre-term and low birth weight infants. Dental disease is largely preventable through effective health promotion and dental disease prevention programs to improve the overall health of all Floridians.  Dental sealants are the most effective way of preventing caries (cavities) in permanent molars, where 80% of decay occurs in the permanent teeth of children […]

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Proactive Statement: MMWR on children with acute hepatitis and adenovirus infection in Alabama

May 4, 2022 Carma Henry 0

A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today, “Acute Hepatitis and Adenovirus Infection Among Children — Alabama, October 2021–February 2022” provides additional clinical and epidemiologic in-formation from an ongoing investigation involving children in Alabama with hepatitis (inflammation of the liver) of unknown cause. […]

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OP-ED Prostate Cancer Rising in Black America

April 27, 2022 Carma Henry 0

Whether it is other philanthropists, local or regional health centers, or state and federal officials, there is a desperate need for creative solutions to getting more people screened and saving more lives. Smith’s initiative is an innovative approach, but there are other ways to spread awareness and boost screenings in the Black community. […]

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CDC: Syphilis Rates Among Infants Up 235% In Four Year

April 22, 2022 Carma Henry 0

      The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that syphilis rates in infants have increased by 235% in four years. From 2019 to 2020, the number of babies infected with syphilis increased by approximately 15%, bringing the total to a 20-year high. Early data from 2021 suggests the trend is just growing worse, according to the CDC, echoing nationwide increases in other STD rates that did not slow throughout the pandemic. […]