Be Well: Understanding Contributing Factors to Suicide
With September being suicide prevention month, we're continuing to raise awareness and provide options to people suffering with mental health issues. Dr. Liat Jarkon, director for the Center of Behavioral Health/NYIT, returned to 'beWell' to provide tips on how families can navigate hard conversations surrounding mental wellness and suicide.
You've probably heard about respiratory viruses like RSV and the flu, but now doctors are saying a new virus is on the rise. Cases of human metapneumovirus, or HMPV, spiked this spring, according to the CDC. The virus causes many of the same symptoms as the flu , including coughing, runny nose, sore throat, and fever.
There's new information about the world's oldest flying reptile, which was discovered in Australia. The giant creature is known as a pterosaur and lived about 107 million years ago.
Food workers who showed up while sick or contagious were linked to about 40% of restaurant food poisoning outbreaks with a known cause between 2017 and 2019, federal health officials said Tuesday.
