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Back to school: Nurse seeks training to help bridge mental health care gap in rural NC

NC Health News

By Jennifer Fernandez As the mental health crisis for adults and kids worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic, Ivy Bagley decided to go back to school for one more certification. I decided during the pandemic, when we could not get kids seen for mental health, I wanted to be part of the solution, Bagley said. She graduated in December.

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Views of mental, physical health lowest in almost 25 years: Gallup

The Hill

Americans views of their mental and physical health are at the lowest point in nearly 25 years, a downturn that accelerated at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued since, according to a Gallup survey published Thursday. The number of respondents who described their mental health as excellent shrunk to 31 percent.

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Weekly Health Digest: Seasonal Allergies, Firefighter Health, Dementia Risk

Exploring Health

After all, allergies are most prevalent among children and typically develop after age two. In the aftermath, researchers from the University of Arizona, in collaboration with the Wildfire Conservancy, are conducting a study to monitor LA firefighters health outcomes related to their exposure to carcinogens from the recent fires.

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Bringing Public Health Home: LA County Department of Public Health’s Door-to-Door Outreach Builds Community Well-being

PHIG Partners

LA County Public Health understands that trust is the most critical public health intervention of all Trust is the foundation of any thriving public health system, acting as the invisible thread that connects communities to the institutions that serve them.

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12 Jobs That Are Booming in the Age of Big Data

Smart Data Collective

Did you know that big data consumption increased 5,000% between 2010 and 2020 ? A team of researchers from the University of Wisconsin discussed this in their study Big Data Application in Biomedical Research and Health Care: A Literature Review. This should come as no surprise. Genetic Engineer. Some are yet to come into view.

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The Impact of COVID-19 on Shared Priorities for International Cooperation in Active and Healthy Aging

The Health Care Blog

By ELIZABETH BROWN, CATALYST @ HEALTH 2.0. A Panel Discussion reflected on how the findings of the IDIH Digital Health Transformation Forum around the areas of Interoperability by Design, Data Governance, and Digital Inclusion might be impacted in a post-COVID-19 scenario.

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Parents of diabetic kids urge schools to monitor blood sugar apps

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeats free national newsletter here. Corey Dierdorff, a spokesperson for the Pasco County School District, where Luke attends school, said in a statement to KFF Health News that staff members react when they hear a students CGM sound an alert.