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Gerontological Society conference highlights aging story ideas for 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

While it was impossible to attend every session or fully absorb the wealth of information in four days, several themes and areas of concern emerged. Additional topics Climate changes impact on older adults : This includes topics such as disaster preparedness to intense heat. The theme of this years meeting was The Fortitude Factor.

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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Public Health and the Dairy Cow in the Room

KFF Health News

While the virus has been around for decades, its transmissibility to cattle is new, and that concerning characteristic emerged in the United States. Similarly, if a person is shot, they go to an emergency room and they get health care in that emergency department. Bird flu is top of mind for many in public health.