NPR Health
OCTOBER 29, 2024
If you or your kid has a cough that's been lingering, it could be a case of mycoplasma pneumonia. Cases are rising across the U.S. The good news — it's usually mild and easily treated. Here's how.
Climate for Health
OCTOBER 28, 2024
October is Children’s Health Month and as the Southeast picks up the pieces after hurricanes Helene and Milton, I, like many other parents, look at my own kids with increasing concern about the ailing world they will inherit.
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Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Californians have lower levels of toxic chemicals linked to cancer, birth defects and reproductive harm in their bodies than people in the rest of the country, according to a new study. California has the strictest chemical regulations of any state, and its policies are more stringent than federal chemical laws. This study is the first one assessing whether those regulations have resulted in lower levels of toxic exposures.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Researchers review existing evidence on the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter on the risk of developing asthma.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 26, 2024
Global efforts to understand and manage long Covid post-pandemic, with varied symptoms and limited treatment guidelines worldwide.
KFF Health News
OCTOBER 25, 2024
Bird flu cases have more than doubled in the country within a few weeks, but researchers can’t determine why the spike is happening because surveillance for human infections has been patchy for seven months. Just this week, California reported its 15th infection in dairy workers and Washington state reported seven probable cases in poultry workers.
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Climate for Health
OCTOBER 18, 2024
Climate change is one of the most pressing public health issues of our time. We’ve seen record-breaking heat, devastating wildfires, storms and prolonged droughts impacting our health and mental well-being.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2024
PITTSBURGH — Pollution from Pennsylvania’s three remaining coal-based steelmaking plants cause an estimated 50 to 92 premature deaths each year, according to a new report. The report , published by Industrious Labs, an environmental advocacy organization focused on decarbonizing heavy industry, looked at pollution and health data to estimate the total, facility-level, and state-level costs of the 17 coal-based steelmaking plants that are still in operation across the U.S., located in Indiana, Oh
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 24, 2024
Air travel review reveals sporadic SARS-CoV-2 transmission, with mask use and seating proximity key to infection risk.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 24, 2024
According to the government the recent 50% hike in prices of commonly used drugs was sanctioned keeping in mind the larger public interest and to ensure continued availability of drugs
The Hill
OCTOBER 30, 2024
Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with the disease last year. According to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Report 2024 , roughly 10.8 million people "fell ill" with the bacterial infection in 2023. "The continued rise reflects the ongoing after-effects of disruptions to TB services during the worst years of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020 and 2021).
NPR Health
OCTOBER 26, 2024
In the late 1960s, he went to Dhaka to work on cholera. There he became involved in the development of oral rehydration therapy — hailed as one of the most significant medical advances of the century.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Polar bears in some parts of the high Arctic are developing ice buildup and related injuries to their feet. The changes appear to be an unexpected consequence of climate change, related to changing conditions in a warming Arctic.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2024
This story was originally published in The New Lede , a journalism project of the Environmental Working Group, and is republished here with permission. New types of Roundup weed killing products marketed to U.S. consumers contain chemicals that pose greater health risks to people than prior formulations suspected of causing cancer, according to an analysis by an environmental health advocacy group.
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 30, 2024
PhD in Public Health candidate Elaine Russell and her mentor Kenneth Griffin, professor in the department of Global and Community Health, in George Mason University's College of Public Health, worked with Tolulope Abidogun, also a PhD in Public Health student, and former Global and Community Health professor Lisa Lindley, now of Lehigh University, to analyze data from the American College Health Association National College Health Assessment (ACHA-NCHA III) in an effort to understand how univers
The Hindu
OCTOBER 29, 2024
While most vaccines generate memory B-cells, not all of them turn into long-lasting plasma cells, and herein lies the rub
The Hill
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The results of a clinical trial published this week found that the active ingredient in the diabetes and weight loss medications Ozempic and Wegovy was linked with a near halving of reported pain among patients with knee osteoarthritis and obesity. The study funded by Novo Nordisk , the manufacturer of Ozempic and Wegovy, involved 407 participants taking either the active ingredient semaglutide or a placebo for 68 weeks.
NPR Health
OCTOBER 23, 2024
The survey published in JAMA Pediatrics showed that trans teens taking puberty blockers or hormones had very low rates of regret.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 17, 2024
A major new study reveals that carbon dioxide emissions from forest fires have surged by 60 percent globally since 2001, and almost tripled in some of the most climate-sensitive northern boreal forests.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
CALI, COLOMBIA– Más de 23.000 líderes, activistas ambientales e investigadores se reunirán esta y la próxima semana en Cali, Colombia, para la COP16 de las Naciones Unidas sobre biodiversidad, un evento trascendental para el futuro de los animales, plantas, hongos y microorganismos del mundo. En la reunión, 196 países transformarán las metas del Marco Kunming-Montreal de 2022 , firmado durante la última cumbre de biodiversidad, en acciones concretas para detener a los principales motores de la p
Public Health Insider
OCTOBER 29, 2024
Healthcare systems in the Puget Sound region have updated their joint guidelines for masking in hospitals and outpatient clinics during respiratory illness season. This means local healthcare facilities may require patients, visitors and employees to wear masks when respiratory illnesses such as flu and COVID-19 are circulating widely in the community.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 24, 2024
RTI activist K.V. Babu had filed a complaint with the Prime Minister’s public grievance cell over violation of Section 106 A(C) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.
The Hill
OCTOBER 24, 2024
All adults aged 50 and older should receive a vaccine against bacteria that can cause pneumonia and meningitis, federal health officials said. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday adopted a recommendation from its scientific advisory panel to lower the age for pneumococcal vaccination from 65 to 50 years old. Advocacy groups, including the National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs and the National Caucus and Center on Black Aging, said the new
NPR Health
OCTOBER 25, 2024
How do you encourage women to report domestic violence? In one Pakistani city, there's a new strategy: sending in female cops on pink scooters.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
Researchers developed a rating system to evaluate the plausibility of climate model simulations in the IPCC's latest report, and show that models that lead to potentially catastrophic warming are to be taken seriously.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Laura Diaz joins the Agents of Change in Environmental Justice podcast to discuss the intersection of social and environmental stressors on children’s health. Diaz, a current fellow and a Ph.D. student in Environmental Health Sciences at UC Berkeley, also talks about how her own childhood shaped her understanding of environmental injustice, and how being a mother has shaped her research – and her life.
KFF Health News
OCTOBER 30, 2024
CITRUS COUNTY, Fla. — It was hard enough for Stephanie to get methadone treatment when she moved to Florida from Indiana last year. The nearest clinic was almost an hour’s drive away and she couldn’t drive herself. But at least she didn’t have to worry about the cost of care. As a parent with young children who was unable to find a job after moving, Stephanie qualified for Medicaid despite Florida’s tight eligibility rules.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 25, 2024
India's drugs regulator recalls 49 medicines due to quality issues; action taken against makers of four spurious drugs.
The Hill
OCTOBER 31, 2024
Children whose parents keep them off sugar during their first two years of life have lower rates of diabetes and high blood pressure for the rest of their lives, a new study has found. That protection remains even if the children begin eating more sugar after age 2, according to findings published on Thursday in Science. Processed sugar begins to be harmful to children while they are still fetuses in utero, the scientists found.
NPR Health
OCTOBER 25, 2024
As more states ban gender care for youth, doctors and clinics in Minnesota are building up capacity to help the influx of trans patients who are traveling or moving to the state for care.
Science Daily: Pharmacology News
OCTOBER 23, 2024
Researchers have used artificial intelligence to design thousands of new DNA switches that can precisely control the expression of a gene in different cell types. Their new approach opens the possibility of controlling when and where genes are expressed in the body, for the benefit of human health and medical research, in ways never before possible.
Environmental Health News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
CALI, COLOMBIA– More than 23,000 world leaders, environmental activists and researchers are meeting this week and next in Cali, Colombia, for the COP16 United Nations (UN) biodiversity summit, a consequential event for the future of the world’s declining animals, plants, fungi and microorganisms. At the meeting, 196 countries will transform the goals of the 2022 Kunming-Montreal agreement , signed during the last biodiversity summit, into concrete actions to stop the main drivers of biodiversity
News Medical Health Sciences
OCTOBER 31, 2024
The study identifies links between gut microbiota, genetic variants in IBD, and mental health disorders, offering insights into potential biomarkers for CMDs.
The Hindu
OCTOBER 22, 2024
THOTA may be amended to facilitate retrieval of cornea from all Indians who die in hospitals, without family consent.
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