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As more people are taking advantage of music on the go, personal audio systems are pumping up the volume to the detriment of the listener s hearing. During the 180th ASA Meeting, Daniel Fink from The Quiet Coalition and Jan Mayes will talk about current research into personal audio system usage and the need for public health hearing conservation policies. Their session, Personal audio system use can harm auditory health, will take place Thursday, June 10.
The coming flu season may be severe. Here s why CNN 1 hr ago
The coming flu season may be a doozy.
Even as coronavirus was devastating populations around the world, killing 3.7 million people globally, doctors and public health officials noticed something else was missing: There was almost no flu.
One child died from flu this year in the US. In 2019-2020, there were 199 flu-related deaths in children and 144 the season before that. Flu cases, usually counted in the tens of millions, only accounted for a few thousand this year in the US. Flu hasn t been anywhere, with the exception of some reasonable activity in western Africa, said Richard Webby, an influenza specialist at St. Jude Children s Research Hospital in Memphis.
(KYMA, KECY/CNN) – The coming flu season may be a doozy.
Even as coronavirus was devastating populations around the world, killing 3.7 million people globally, doctors and public health officials noticed something else was missing: There was almost no flu.
One child died from flu this year in the US. In 2019-2020, there were 199 flu-related deaths in children and 144 the season before that. Flu cases, usually counted in the tens of millions, only accounted for a few thousand this year in the US.
“Flu hasn’t been anywhere, with the exception of some reasonable activity in western Africa,” said Richard Webby, an influenza specialist at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis.