Posts Tagged ‘childhood vaccinations’

The Sick Child

Measles Is a “Diet-Related” Disease?

March 12, 2025 — It’s no secret. We have reservations about the expansive use of the label “diet-related” disease for a stunning array of conditions that have many different causes. Even for obesity, that label is problematic. But we’re used to it. We were not ready, though, for the news this week that the most senior health official in […]

Preventable COVID Deaths in Adolescents

January 15, 2022 — A new study this week in the New England Journal of Medicine brought home a basic fact. Severe illness and deaths from COVID in adolescents are almost entirely preventable. This is especially true for youth with conditions – like obesity – that would otherwise put them at risk. In a case-control study of 1,222 adolescents, […]