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Month: May 2021

Medicare Holds SEP for Texas Winter Storms

April 4, 2025May 18, 2021 by Macee Hall
FEMA has announced an extension of the SEP for Texas winter storms. The SEP will now last through July 31 of this year.

Due to the extent of the record-breaking storms that devastated much of Texas this past February, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management … Read more

Tags medicare, Special Enrollment Period, Weather

U.S. Fuel Prices Rise

April 4, 2025May 17, 2021 by Jeffrey Cooperstein

T U.S. fuel prices rise as the Colonial pipeline, which supplies the east coast with a sizable amount of gasoline, was hacked and shut down … Read more

Tags Cyber Security, finances, government acts & responses

Moving Forward: Tackling the Slowing Vaccination Rate

April 4, 2025May 16, 2021 by Cristin Dickey
America faces potential future outbreaks as the vaccination rate declines. Photo by Uriel Mont on Pexels.

The Crawl Back to Normal With the one-month anniversary of the day the vaccine became available for all American adults swiftly approaching, there has been … Read more

Tags COVID-19, government acts & responses, vaccinations

Medicare and Chiropractic Care

April 4, 2025May 15, 2021 by Cali Naughton
Chiropractic Care

Millions of people in the U.S. visit the chiropractor every year. Chiropractic care offers a non-invasive solution for treating chronic back and neck pain or … Read more

Tags Bone Health, medicare, Part B

May: Mental Health Awareness Month

April 4, 2025May 14, 2021 by Kayla Gonzalez
mental health month

Mental Health Month was created to raise awareness for mental health and how it affects children, adults, families, and communities. Established in 1949, Mental Health … Read more

Tags family, mental health, mindfulness

Meditation: Getting Started

April 4, 2025May 13, 2021 by Cali Naughton
Meditation Outdoors

More and more people are turning to meditation to clear their minds, calm anxiety, and connect deeper to their internal self. With research confirming the … Read more

Tags mental health, mindfulness, wellness

EU COVID Passports

April 4, 2025May 12, 2021 by Jeffrey Cooperstein

In the coming weeks, the EU COVID passports are expected to be introduced, which will allow immune individuals to move throughout the EU without restrictions. … Read more

Tags COVID-19, health & safety, vaccinations

Femtech Defined

March 20, 2025May 11, 2021 by Kayla Gonzalez
femtech

There have been gender disparities throughout the medical field for the longest time. Femtech has been attempting to combat this by providing services and products … Read more

Tags Technology, telehealth, women's health

Startling Decline in Birthrate Puts America at Risk of Depopulation

March 20, 2025May 10, 2021 by Cristin Dickey
A decline in American births troubles demographers with worries of depopulation. Photo by Hollie Santos on Unsplash.

The Numbers Are In… It comes as no surprise that 2020 was a slow year for births in the United States.  With widespread financial instability, … Read more

Tags current events, environmental health, family

Flavored Tobacco Ban

March 21, 2025May 9, 2021 by Jeffrey Cooperstein

The US FDA is implementing a flavored Tobacco ban products in an effort to reduce the overall number of lives impacted by smoking and tobacco … Read more

Tags government acts & responses, health & safety, Substance Abuse
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