Having a treadmill at home is a
huge perk. You can walk, jog, or run whenever the mood strikes, even on crappy weather days. But some recent reports of children being injured on and around treadmills have raised big questions about treadmill safety.
There were an estimated 22,500 treadmill-related injuries treated at U.S. emergency departments in 2019 in Americans of all ages, according to data shared with
Women s Health from the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). And around 2,000 of those were children under the age of eight. Between 2018 and 2020, the CPSC also received 17 reports of people dying of injuries linked to using a treadmill, including a 5-year-old child.
N.J. school nurse fails science, experts say, in comments about face masks.
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A New Jersey nurse was suspended after arguing that kids should not be forced to wear masks in school and refusing to wear one herself.Steve Hockstein | For NJ Advance Media
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She’s a school nurse who claims face masks are dangerous to kids and do nothing to stop the spread of COVID.
After refusing to wear a mask herself, Erin Pein said she was suspended from her job in the Stafford Township school district.
Now her supporters are planning a rally and her cause has become an issue in the upcoming Republican primary for Hirsh Singh, who arranged and posted a widely shared video interview with her and argues that no one should be forced to wear masks calling it “a matter of personal freedom.”
Here’s what the CDC’s new outdoor mask guidance means for N.J. residents
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Jim Faczak, park naturalist, takes a group of visitors on an earth tour at Cheesequake State Park in Matawan on April 24, 2021.John Jones | For NJ Advance Media
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After federal health officials updated their outdoor mask usage guidelines on Tuesday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said Wednesday that state mask regulations won’t change.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced people don’t have to wear masks outdoors when they walk, bike or run alone or with members of their household, regardless of vaccination status.
10 major questions about the CDCâs updated mask guidelines, answered by doctors
There is a lot of nuance to the new recommendations, even if youâre fully vaccinated. Share Updated: 3:34 PM CDT Apr 30, 2021 Korin Miller
10 major questions about the CDCâs updated mask guidelines, answered by doctors
There is a lot of nuance to the new recommendations, even if youâre fully vaccinated. Share Updated: 3:34 PM CDT Apr 30, 2021
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Show Transcript The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued new guidelines on outdoor mask use, here s what that means for you fully vaccinated people no longer need to wear a mask outdoors, accepting crowded venues. Unvaccinated people still have to vaccinated americans cannot mask for running, walking or biking alone or with members of their bubble. Unvaccinated americans can to under those same conditions, fully vaccinated people can unmask when visiting other fully
But there is nuance to the guidelines, and a lot of people are understandably confused. In fact, the CDC’s Twitter and Instagram posts were flooded with questions.
“They tried to emphasize in their guidance the new things that people who are vaccinated will be able to do in contrast to the people who aren’t vaccinated, but they got a little too much in the weeds,” says Timothy Murphy, M.D., senior associate dean for clinical and translational research at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine in New York.
Here, doctors offer their answers to some of the most common questions we found.