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04/29/2025

A lack of menopause resources motivated
Tamsen Fadal to write her book“How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better than Before," to give guidance to women going through menopause,
Bruce Y. Lee writes for Forbes

Tamsen Fadal first experienced perimenopause symptoms on live TV as a news anchor when she was in her 40s. At the time, she didn’t realize what was happening.

04/23/2025

Check out the link below to see Healio's interview of our Exec Director Bruce Y. Lee discuss our team’s recent study on the significant and growing burden of long COVID published in JID Journals
https://www.healio.com/news/infectious-disease/20250421/significant-economic-burden-of-long-covid-will-only-continue-to-grow-experts-say

04/14/2025

In the latest round of layoffs at key public health institutions, the Trump administration has made cuts to the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Lab Reference and Research Branch, responsible for STI surveillance, Bruce Y. Lee writes for Forbes

The Trump Administration has reportedly cut all 28 full-time employees and 10 fellows from the CDC Sexually Transmitted Diseases Laboratory Reference and Research Branch.

04/07/2025

As hundreds of millions of dollars of federal grant money has been terminated under the current presidential administration, Bruce Y. Lee offers 10 things to do if your organization’s federal grant gets terminated, written for Forbes

Many federal grants are being abruptly terminated under the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE. Here are 10 things to do if this may happen to your grant.

04/04/2025

If you’re feeling a little more wired than you should be after drinking decaf coffee, there’s a chance that it was actually caffeinated, after Our Family Coffee Traverse City Ground Coffee issued a recall after mislabeling decaf coffee, according to an U.S. Food and Drug Administration report, Bruce Y. Lee writes for Forbes

According to the FDA, Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA is voluntarily recalling batches of its Our Family Traverse City Ground Coffee for being mislabeled as decaffeinated.

04/01/2025

RFK Jr is planning to lay off the entire HIV.gov as a part of his U.S. Department of Health and Human Services downsizing plan, causing widespread public health impacts and questions surrounding who will manage ongoing disease threats, Bruce Y. Lee writes for Forbes

Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly laying off the entire Office Of Infectious Disease And HIV/AIDS Policy. Here's the impact.

03/26/2025

Long COVID has many concerns, but people may not think of erectile dysfunction being one of them. A newly published study in Scientific Reports found 19% of 609 men continued to have ED for up to two years after being hospitalized for COVID-19, Bruce Y. Lee writes for Forbes

Of 609 men surveyed, 19% continued to have erectile dysfunction after being hospitalized with COVID-19. Nearly half still had ED after two years.

03/25/2025

Both your waistband and wallet may be shrinking as insurance coverage for weight loss drugs such as Ozempic and Zepbound decrease, data from GoodRx shows that Ozempic insurance coverage went down by 22% in the past year, Bruce Y. Lee writes more for Forbes

While the number of prescription fills for GLP-1 receptor agonists has continued to increase, health Insurance coverage for meds like Ozempic and Zepbound has decreased.

03/21/2025

Most people don’t know the dangerous impacts of measles as it was eliminated from the U.S. in 2000, however as vaccine rates decline and cases reappear, Bruce Y. Lee writes for Forbes
on the US outbreak and dangerous symptoms “immune amnesia” and SSPE

With measles outbreaks occurring in different parts of the U.S., it's important to remember the possible long-term complications of measles like "immune amnesia" and SSPE.

03/19/2025

Check out the link below to read about our Exec Director and Prof The City University of New York CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy Bruce Y. Lee who was interviewed by Emily Blackburne for the The City University of New York Research in Focus newsletter to discuss our AIMINGS center for precision health and nutrition research

25 Colleges. One University.

03/18/2025

What is the economic impact of long COVID? Our study in JID finds that the current number of cases could cost society at least $2.01-6.56 billions dollars Bruce Y. Lee The City University of New York CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy Baylor College of Medicine
https://academic.oup.com/jid/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/infdis/jiaf030

03/12/2025

Give a listen to our Exec Director Bruce Y. Lee Prof The City University of New York CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy discuss with Nautilus Magazine how our work developing different types of AI algorithms and models can help with precision nutrition

Professor Bruce Y Lee was an early proponent of AI's ability to complement human nutrition and decision making, and his work is now at the forefront of healt...