# healthy living (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover healthy living. Page: Feed: --- ## [QuickStats: Age-Adjusted Alcohol-Induced Death Rates Among Adults Aged ≥45 Years, by Sex - United States, 2014-2024](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766285) _2026-08-20 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes age-adjusted alcohol-induced death rates in the United States during 2014-2024. ## [Notes from the Field: Dengue Outbreak - Naoero, 2025](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766284) _2026-08-20 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes dengue cases reported in Naoero during 2025. ## [Monkeypox Virus Surveillance - United States, 2024-2025](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766283) _2026-08-20 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes cases of monkeypox virus infection reported during 2024-2025. ## [Back to School letter](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/back-to-school-letter-2) _2026-08-20 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ My dear boys, Usually, I try to take this time, this back-to-school rush, to offer some thoughts or wishes for the school year. It doesn't feel like there is a lot of logic to offer right now, so instead, I'd like to offer instead some compassion for the wonky time that's passed and gratitude for all three of your continued efforts. Since the end of February, our situation has been upside down. We… ## [Notes from the Field: Potential Infant HIV Exposure from Donated Breast Milk Received Through Social Media - Santa Clara County, California, May 2025-January 2026](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766232) _2026-08-13 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes a possible HIV exposure from donated breast milk received through social media. ## [Southward Expansion of Ixodes scapularis (Blacklegged) Tick Pathogens - Western North Carolina, November 2024-August 2025](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766231) _2026-08-13 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes identification of blacklegged ticks during community-based tick surveillance at a residential property in North Carolina. ## [Yelling yellerson](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/yelling-yellerson) _2026-08-12 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ You know what it feels like inside your mind, your stomach, your body when you are angry and you just explode with words and irritation and volume. You know what it is like to not see or hear anything but mad mad mad. Do you ever consider what that is like for the person at whom you are directing all of that mad? Listen, yelling can be therapeutic, and cathartic. But it can also be traumatic and… ## [Trends in Emergency Department Visits Involving Cannabis Hyperemesis Syndrome Identified Using a New Diagnosis Code - United States, January 2023-May 2026](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766162) _2026-08-06 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes emergency department visits involving cannabis hyperemesis syndrome (CHS) after implementing a CHS diagnosis code. ## [Poisoning Deaths in a Workshop for Ceremonial Papermaking - China, May 2025](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766161) _2026-08-06 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes four poisoning deaths at an unlicensed ceremonial papermaking workshop in China. ## [And still we endure](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/and-still-we-endure) _2026-08-06 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ There are still 1,000s of Foreign Service employees and family members impacted by the war with Iran. As a result of this ordered evacuation, we are going on month 5+ of families away from their homes, separated if the employed had to stay at post, pets stranded, away from school and friends … home and household effects left unattended. Here’s the thing, though : most of the rest of the world has… ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8lARCoIVPy7e) _2026-08-06 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [Effect of Diagnostic Test Type on Detection of Salmonella Infections - Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, 2004-2024](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766111) _2026-07-30 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ## [West Nile Virus and Other Nationally Notifiable Arboviral Diseases - United States, 2024](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766110) _2026-07-30 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). ## [Protein-enhanced everything](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/protein-enhanced-everything) _2026-07-30 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ An ongoing nutrition discussion/argument I have with my boys is about protein, especially if they need to supplement their diet with more and more protein. They want bigger muscles and to be more fit, they say, so of course they need protein-supplemented everything. I argue that if they eat a varied diet -- which they do -- there is no need for extra protein. It's not worth the cost, not worth the… ## [Surveillance Summaries: Active Surveillance for Invasive Mold Disease - Four Hospitals, Atlanta, Georgia, 2020-2024](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=342778&c=766089) _2026-07-28 · Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)_ This report describes 968 potential cases of invasive mold disease across four Georgia hospitals. ## [Progress Toward Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome Elimination - Worldwide, 2012-2024](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132599&c=766073) _2026-07-23 · MMWR (Journal)_ This report describes progress towards worldwide rubella elimination during 2012-2024. ## [Notes from the Field: Misidentification of a Specimen as Neisseria meningitidis During a University Classroom Laboratory Exercise - Utah, 2025](https://tools.cdc.gov/api/embed/downloader/download.asp?m=132599&c=766074) _2026-07-23 · MMWR (Journal)_ This report describes a suspected exposure to Neisseria meningitidis during a university laboratory exercise. ## [You, your kiddo and college](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/you-your-kiddo-and-college) _2026-07-23 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ A few months ago, I recorded a series of podcasts with Hannah Engel-Rebitzer, an independent Educational Consultant, about the application process for university and considerations that parents might have. Primarily, this is applicable to Foreign Service kids, but honestly, any soon-to-apply student and parent could benefit from listening. We talk about money, what universities are looking for,… ## [Difficult Conversations & Protecting your Peace](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/difficult-conversations-protecting-your-peace) _2026-07-16 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ I don't know about you, but I don't especially like to have difficult conversations. I mean, regardless of the intended conversation participant, no one WANTS to get into an argument. Humans are generally speaking community-engaging social creatures. We like to get along with people. The general mindset is to be WITH the general consensus, and not be contrary. That being said, sometimes one must… ## [We go on walking](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/we-go-on-walking) _2026-07-09 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ We try and we try and still it does not stay close to us. Where does love go when it goes? It is a common question, contrived in its commonness yet savagely sincere, bellowing in the bosom of every brokenhearted lover, reverberating through the body of every civilization’s love songs and sonnets, radiating from cave drawings and dive bar graffiti. It is also a peculiar question, lexically and… ## [Happiness is ...](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/happiness-is) _2026-07-02 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ Happiness is not the same thing as walking around with a smile on your face. Happiness is not having stuff. Happiness is not about being in a particular place. or being a certain age. Or having a particular car. Or living in a specific house. Sure, all of those can happen when you are happy, but they are not equal to happiness. Happiness is less about what you have and more about how much you can… ## [International money transfers (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/4nkD5uKIHCKj) _2026-07-02 · **Sponsored**_ Send money to other countries and manage multi‑currency balances online. ## [Be Bold](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/be-bold) _2026-06-25 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ Do not ask yourself "How will people see me if I try for this?" Do not second-guess yourself because you worry about over-stepping. You know you deserve this. So be bold. ## [Ebb and flow](https://www.healthyexpatparent.com/post/ebb-and-flow) _2026-06-18 · Susie Csorsz Brown · Healthy Expat Parent_ Things come together and then they fall apart. Again, they come together and again fall apart. This is the nature of things, the natural ebb and flow of life, of being, of existing. Not just as a human, but as a part of nature and all things created to ebb and flow together. When things fall apart, this is a kind of testing and also a kind of healing. We think the point is to overcome a dilemma or… ## [Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2025-2030: Progress on added sugar, protein hype, saturated fat contradictions](https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/2026/01/09/dietary-guidelines-for-americans-2025-2030/) _2026-01-09 · Brett O Otis · The Nutrition Source_ The 2025–2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs) were released this week with the tagline “eat real food,” and a stronger stance on limiting added sugars and highly processed foods. But it also brought the return of a pyramid-like graphic—this time flipped on its head, emphasizing foods like steak, full-fat milk, and butter. The visual prominence of such options might have you thinking…