Archives: Morning Breakouts

Scientists have found that it might be better to be aerobically fit than muscularly strong when it comes to metabolic health. In other public health news: psychedelic drugs, medication recalls, soda, diets, and fighting the heat.

Modern Healthcare examines how hospitals facing natural disasters can protect patient data. Hurricane news looks at the heavy costs hospitals bear and emergency efforts to take care of patients and the elderly in the Bahamas, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina, as well.

The Michigan ban will go into effect immediately and will last for six months, and can be renewed for another six months as regulators work on permanent rules. Meanwhile, another death is reported that may be linked to the vaping-related lung illnesses that have been cropping up across the country.

It was the city's largest measles outbreak in a decade and it took a massive effort to contain it. Even though no new cases have been reported since mid-July in the city, the country's elimination status is still at threat because of ongoing outbreaks in the rest of the state.