Bubonic Plague

"The catastrophic loss of life at the hands of a single bacterium during the 14th century remains one of human history’s most devastating events."https://www.popsci.com/health/how-bubonic-plague-survived/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NECROTIZING FASCIITIS AWARENESS DAY

"Necrotizing Fasciitis Awareness Day on May 31 shines a light on a rare disease that  affects the soft tissues of the skin."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/necrotizing-fasciitis-awareness-day-may-31?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13673687&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL SAVE YOUR HEARING DAY

"National Save Your Hearing Day on May 31 recognizes the importance of preserving our hearing."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-save-your-hearing-day-may-31?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13673687&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Diseases

"Diseases do not only affect humans: in 2006–2007, a sudden and unexplained bat mortality was observed in a cave in New York State, USA."https://www.uni-greifswald.de/en/university/information/current-news/details/n/a-241425/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Photographic memory

"Although the terms eidetic memory and photographic memory are popularly used interchangeably,[1] they are also distinguished, with eidetic memory referring to the ability to see an object for a few minutes after it is no longer present[3][4] and photographic memory referring to the ability to recall pages of text or numbers, or similar, in great detail."https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory#:~:text=Eidetic%20memory%20(%2Fa%C9%AA%CB%88d,without%20using%20a%20mnemonic%20device.

NATIONAL SENIOR HEALTH & FITNESS DAY

"Put on your sneakers for National Senior Health & Fitness Day."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-senior-health-fitness-day-last-wednesday-in-may?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13625844&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

COVID-19 vaccine

"The COVID vaccine will no longer be recommended for healthy children or healthy pregnant women, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced today."https://www.staradvertiser.com/2025/05/27/breaking-news/cdc-drops-covid-vaccine-recommendation-for-kids-pregnant-women/

Immune cells Fight Cancer

"When Bruce Levine and his colleagues began attempting to engineer immune cells to fight cancer in the 1990s, few people thought they would succeed."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-01570-6?utm_source=Live+Audience&utm_campaign=6267b05a55-nature-briefing-daily-20250527&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b27a691814-6267b05a55-50276768

Strokes

"Up to 80% of strokes can be prevented through healthy lifestyle changes and working with health care practitioners to control stroke risk factors."

https://school-of-life.net/2025/02/26/5-critical-steps-to-help-prevent-a-stroke/#google_vignette

Lactic Acid

"Lactic acid is fuel for your cells during intense exercise."

https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/body/24521-lactic-acid

MAHA

"President Trump's Make America Healthy Again Commission blamed factors including bad diets, chemical exposure and unnecessary medication for causing childhood chronic illness in a highly anticipated report released Thursday."

https://www.axios.com/2025/05/22/maha-commission-report-rfk?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Clinical Trials

"Outside clinical trials, the first COVID‐19 vaccine was administered on 8 December 2020. Researchers aimed to quantify the global impact of the first year of COVID‐19 vaccination programmes using mathematical modelling to fit COVID‐19 transmission and vaccination to reported COVID‐19 mortality and all‐cause excess mortality in 185 countries and territories."

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9537923/?user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

COVID-19 vaccines

"The Trump administration released a more stringent set of guidelines for approving Covid-19 vaccines, requiring more evidence for new shots for healthy adults and children."https://www.wsj.com/health/healthcare/trump-fda-covid-vaccine-guidelines-04640756?st=BT47ka&mod=1440&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NATIONAL AMERICAN RED CROSS FOUNDER'S DAY

"On May 21, National American Red Cross Founder's Day marks the anniversary of the American Red Cross."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-american-red-cross-founders-day-may-21?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13584385&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES FOR CHILDREN DAY

"We celebrate Emergency Medical Services for Children Day on Wednesday during Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Week."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/emergency-medical-services-for-children-day?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13584385&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Memories

"Memories aren’t stored in just one part of the brain."https://qbi.uq.edu.au/memory/where-are-memories-stored

Appendicitis

"There are four stages of appendicitis, which describe its severity and whether it has caused any complications: simple, supportive, gangrenous, and perforated."https://www.health.com/stages-of-appendicitis-8704813?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17779790-20250520&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=052025&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Activity helps muscle growth

"Consistent and challenging physical activity helps muscles grow, and recovery is necessary for proper muscle healing and growth."https://www.health.com/muscle-recovery-supplements-8770626?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17779790-20250520&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=052025&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Chest Pain

"Causes of chest pain, some benign and some serious, include heart attack, angina, heartburn, infections, inflammation, and panic attacks."https://www.health.com/condition/heart-disease/causes-of-chest-pain?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17779790-20250520&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=052025&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Proper Hydration

"Proper hydration helps regulate body temperature, lubricates and cushions joints, protects the spinal cord and other sensitive tissues in the body, and supports waste elimination."

https://www.health.com/hydrating-foods-8608127?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17779790-20250520&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=052025&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Dehydration

"Dehydration occurs when your body doesn't have the amount of water it needs to function efficiently."

https://www.health.com/dehydration-symptoms-7480908?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17779790-20250520&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=052025&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Crispr

"An infant in Philadelphia has been successfully treated with a customized Crispr gene-editing therapy for a rare and deadly disease, doctors reported Thursday—a breakthrough in the futuristic technology."https://www.wsj.com/tech/biotech/crispr-gene-editing-therapy-philadelphia-infant-8fc3a2c5?st=5T6ntK&mod=1440&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Naloxone

"Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose."https://nida.nih.gov/publications/drugfacts/naloxone?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Methodone

"The first big update to U.S. methadone regulations in 20 years is poised to expand access to the life-saving drug starting next month, but experts say the addiction treatment changes could fall flat if state governments and methadone clinics fail to act."https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-09-20/us-will-let-more-people-take-methadone-at-home?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Drug overdose

"Drug overdose deaths dropped in the United States last year to the lowest levels seen in five years, according to a new federal report published Wednesday morning."https://abcnews.go.com/Health/us-drug-overdose-deaths-fell-27-year-reaching/story?id=121744099?utm_source%3Djoin1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Marine Research

"Researchers led by the Institute of Marine Research in Norway report an 800 km poleward shift in the spawning grounds of Norwegian spring-spawning herring (NSS herring) following a loss of collective migration memory among older fish due to age-selective fishing."https://phys.org/news/2025-05-memory-loss-herring-results-km.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Age

"The United States population is older than it has ever been. Today, the country’s median age is 38.9, which is nearly a decade older than it was in 1980."https://news.mit.edu/2025/eldercare-robot-helps-people-sit-stand-catches-them-fall-0513?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NATIONAL FIBROMYALGIA AWARENESS DAY

"Each year on May 12th, millions of people observe National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-fibromyalgia-awareness-day-may-12?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13464701&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL WOMEN’S CHECKUP DAY

"National Women’s Checkup Day on the second Monday in May each year focuses on the importance of regular routine visits for women."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-womens-checkup-day-second-monday-in-may?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13464701&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL LIPID DAY

"National Lipid Day on May 10th each year brings awareness to Dyslipidemia."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-lipid-day-may-10?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13458206&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Brain Circuits reshaped

"A landmark study published by scientists at the University of California San Diego is redefining science’s understanding of the way learning takes place."https://today.ucsd.edu/story/neuroscientists-pinpoint-where-and-how-brain-circuits-are-reshaped-as-we-learn-new-movements?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

NATIONAL STUDENT NURSE DAY

"National Student Nurse Day is celebrated May 8 during National Nurses Week."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-student-nurse-day-may-8?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13444136&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

RFK

"A year ago, the long-time anti-vaccine advocate and current US health secretary famously told The New York Times that a parasitic worm "got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died.""https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/04/rfk-jr-s-anti-vaccine-stance-is-rooted-in-a-disbelief-in-germ-theory/?utm_source=nl&utm_brand=ars&utm_campaign=aud-dev&utm_mailing=Ars_Orbital_050725&utm_medium=email&bxid=5bdce8643f92a434ca85f247&cndid=45206598&hasha=ecc4eb5a460f31b456c54514153c0893&hashb=126020d02221c0fc5a17b7aa92eeaba8b008e1db&hashc=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01&esrc=subscribe-page&utm_content=Final&utm_term=ARS_OrbitalTransmission

AI Brain

"University of Toronto Scarborough researchers have harnessed artificial intelligence (AI) and brain activity to shed new light on why we struggle to accurately recognize faces of people from different races."https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-05-ai-brain-reveal-racial-groups.html?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4#google_vignette

NATIONAL SCHOOL NURSE DAY

"National School Nurse Day on the Wednesday of National Nurses Week honors all school nurses who care for the children in the schools every day. School nurses promote learning through healthy children."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-school-nurse-day-wednesday-of-national-nurses-week?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13435426&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL BARRIER AWARENESS DAY

"On May 7th each year, we are charged with breaking down obstacles on National Barrier Awareness Day."

https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-barrier-awareness-day-may-7?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13435426&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL NURSES DAY

"NationalNurses Day is observed annually on May 6th."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/pop-culture-lifestyle/national-nurses-day-may-6?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13433399&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL SILENCE THE SHAME DAY

"On May 5th, National Silence the Shame Day brings an opportunity to continue the conversation about mental health and wellness and erase the stigma associated with mental illness."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-silence-the-shame-day-may-5?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13286062&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

NATIONAL FITNESS DAY

"National Fitness Day on the first Saturday in May offers an opportunity to be inspired and try new ways of becoming fit and healthy."https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-fitness-day-first-saturday-in-may?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13272375&hashed_email=6c23328441e0f46865e8039a24ce7ccf8880f2d7&email=yeremiah%40aol.com

Bathroom Usage

"We’ve all seen the very Mommy Dearest-coded morning shed videos on TikTok: You know, where someone shuffles into a bathroom first thing in the morning and starts removing all the face tape, hair curlers, and sheet masks they slept in, emerging like a weird gooey larva with a perfect blowout."https://www.scarymommy.com/lifestyle/do-wrinkle-patches-work?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=scaryMommy&utm_campaign=db0db1e712&utm_source=Scary+Mommy+Daily&utm_campaign=db0db1e712-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2025_05_02_04_40&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-db0db1e712-671786313

Birth Control

"Birth control, or contraception, is a device, medication, or procedure that helps prevent pregnancy."https://www.health.com/supplements-to-avoid-on-birth-control-11705780?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17531422-20250502&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=050225&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Antioxidants

"Antioxidants are nutrients that help protect your body from harmful molecules called free radicals."https://www.health.com/foods-with-more-antioxidants-than-blueberries-11709058?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17531422-20250502&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=050225&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01

Vaccines

"Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Is changing the way vaccines are tested and will now require all new vaccines to undergo safety testing in placebo-controlled trials, meaning that some people will receive the vaccine while others get an inert substance like saline to test the vaccine’s efficacy."https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5277641-hhs-vaccine-testing-placebos/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Bacteria

"The composition of bacterial populations living on our faces plays a significant role in the development of acne and other skin conditions such as eczema."https://news.mit.edu/2025/facial-bacteria-study-could-lead-probiotics-healthy-skin-0501?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter&user_id=66c4c92f5d78644b3ac5d5b4

Constipation

"Constipation may be connected to worsening cognitive function, new research finds."https://www.health.com/constipation-linked-cognitive-decline-7565427?hid=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&did=17531422-20250502&utm_campaign=hth-healthy-living_newsletter&utm_source=hth&utm_medium=email&utm_content=050225&lctg=4811f21c13a7d3a5abac89f8c16272d61e5cb114&lr_input=64a20f24338333901e4cb7afc40a3cfae56c6770df59fc13cf25a5ce36d78b01