| Date | Title | Description |
| 10.11.2024 | The Unseen Guardians: The Crucial Role of Fire Watch Guards in Emergency Preparedness | In the world of fire safety, we often think of alarms, sprinklers, and fire exits. Yet, lurking in the shadows is a vital player: the fire watch guard. These trained professionals are the unsung heroes of emergency preparedness. They stand ... |
| 08.11.2024 | Health | Black Americans still suffer worse health. Here’s why there’s so little progress | But Brown called them “lucky,” with enough health insurance or money to see a doctor. The clinic serves patients along the infamous “Corridor of Shame,” a rural stretch of South Carolina with some of the worst health outcomes in the nation.... |
| 31.05.2024 | About 1 in 3 Americans have lost someone to a drug overdose, new study finds | About one in three Americans know someone who has died of a drug overdose, according to a new survey.
More than 2,300 adults responded to the survey, which was conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Healt... |
| 20.05.2024 | Prescription drug ads should soon start looking noticeably different | figcaption>span]:font-sans">
A new chapter in drug advertising begins Monday when a federal transparency rule takes effect requiring commercials to clearly spell out potential side effects and when a person should avoid the medic... |
| 03.04.2024 | Health | A paramedic was skeptical about this treatment for stopping repeat opioid overdoses. Then he saw it help | Lauren Peace, Tampa Bay Times | (TNS) KFF Health News
OCALA, Fla. — Fire Capt. Jesse Blaire steered his SUV through the mobile home park until he spotted the little beige house with white trim and radioed to let dispatchers know he’d arrive... |
| 15.03.2024 | Health | Why COVID patients who could most benefit from Paxlovid still aren’t getting it | Arthur Allen | KFF Health News (TNS)
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked... |
| 07.03.2024 | Health | Why even public health experts have limited insight into stopping gun violence in America | By Christine Spolar | KFF Health News (TNS)
Gun violence has exploded across the U.S. in recent years — from mass shootings at concerts and supermarkets to school fights settled with a bullet after the last bell.
Nearly every day of 2024 so... |
| 09.02.2024 | Shopping malls were born in the US, but China is reshaping their future | A shopping mall in Zhongshan in China. Source: Adobe Stock. article-article-body
On a recent research trip to China, I wandered through the Oasis Mall in suburban Shanghai. Like many Chinese shopping centers, this complex was filled with em... |
| 01.02.2024 | 2024 Award Applications Open to Organizations Demonstrating Best Practices in Workplace Mental Health | The Luv u Project and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health team to offer Award
We are proud to present this important award to best-in-class organizational leaders who are genuinely committed to improving the mental well-bein... |
| 25.01.2024 | Bernie Sanders’ showdown with pharma CEOs is coming to a head | You’re reading the web edition of D.C. Diagnosis, STAT’s twice-weekly newsletter about the politics and policy of health and medicine. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Bernie’s subpoena showdown
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| 30.12.2023 | The problem with only talking about 'unconscious' bias | Health Chevron icon It indicates an expandable section or menu, or sometimes previous / next navigation options.
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| 19.12.2023 | Millions in opioid settlement funds sit untouched as overdose deaths rise | Katheryn Houghton, Aneri Pattani | (TNS) KFF Health News
Nearly a year after Montana began receiving millions of dollars to invest in efforts to combat the opioid crisis, much of that money remains untouched. Meanwhile, the state’s opioid o... |
| 14.11.2023 | New NIH head says government has fallen behind pharma on clinical trials | WASHINGTON — The new National Institutes of Health director, Monica Bertagnolli, said it’s a “failure” that enrollment in government-funded clinical trials has lagged behind those funded by the pharmaceutical industry.
“If you just look at ... |
| 08.11.2023 | Health | Children who survive shootings endure huge health obstacles and costs | Liz Szabo | (TNS) KFF Health News
Oronde McClain was struck by a stray bullet on a Philadelphia street corner when he was 10.
The bullet shattered the back of his skull, splintering it into 36 pieces. McClain’s heart stopped, and he was tec... |
| 04.10.2023 | The New Covid-19 Updated Vaccine Is Now Available. Here’s What You Need To Know | Syringes wand vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine are prepared to be administered to ... [+] frontline healthcare workers under an emergency use authorization at a drive-up vaccination site from Renown Health in Reno, Nevada on De... |
| 28.09.2023 | Machine learning could help predict risk of preterm birth using wearables data | For all their potential to drive changes in health, wearables have struggled to gain a foothold in medicine. The dramatic changes during pregnancy are a fertile ground to test their potential, though — and new research shows how applying ma... |
| 20.09.2023 | CDC Awarding More Than $250 Million For Network Of 13 Infectious Disease Forecasting Centers | Northeastern University is one of the recipients of new funding from the CDC that establishes a ... [+] national network of infectious disease forecasting centers.getty |
| 14.09.2023 | The EPA Rejected Calls for Tougher Water Pollution Regulations at US Factory Farms – Now, It’s Being Sued | 5 Mins Read Last month, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) denied a 2017 petition calling for stricter water pollution regulations for factory farms. The agency formed a research committee to recommend solutions in a process that cou... |
| 05.09.2023 | Kim Kardashian’s Promotion Of Full-Body Scans Raises Questions About Social Media Influence In Healthcare | HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA: Kim Kardashian speaks onstage during the 2nd Annual American Influencer ... [+] Awards at Dolby Theatre on November 18, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Recently, Kardashian has been promoting full-body MRI scans on her... |
| 03.04.2023 | Viral fast-food hacks, like the Chipotle 'fajita quesadilla,' prove American appetites haven't caught up to the climate crisis | Redeem now
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Alexis Frost didn't expect her Chipotle hack to make millions of stomachs rumble.
The TikTok creator, known for reviewing fast-food staples, posted last summer about leveling up Chipotle's steak quesadilla with fajita veg... |
| 28.03.2023 | 1 in 4 Colorado teens say they can get a loaded gun within 24 hours, new study finds | One in 4 Colorado teens reported they could get access to a loaded gun within 24 hours, according to survey results published Monday. Nearly half of those teens said it would take them less than 10 minutes.
“That’s a lot of access and those... |
| 13.03.2023 | What research shows about risks of myocarditis from COVID vaccines versus risks of heart damage from COVID | Frank Han is an assistant professor of pediatric cardiology at the University of Illinois at Chicago and Jennifer H. Huang is an associate professor of pediatric cardiology at Oregon Health & Science University.
Soon after the first COV... |
| 02.03.2023 | How to fight disinformation online? Get ahead of the lie before it gets out of control | This editorial article is a part of Big Tech + You Month 2023 in Technical.ly’s editorial calendar.
From COVID-19 denial to election result conspiracy theories, a lie can make its way around the internet with just a few clicks. But what rol... |
| 14.02.2023 | Healthier School Meals Program Led to Less Overweight Kids: Study | TUESDAY, Feb 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- More than a decade ago, the Obama administration passed the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 as a way to counter the toll the obesity epidemic was taking on children's health.
The goal was to m... |
| 23.01.2023 | Startups measuring the brain that you need to know | Companies are using biomarkers to diagnose and treat mental illness and other neurological disorders
Mental illness is considered the silent pandemic that's been overlooked since the start of COVID. The World Health Organization found the g... |
| 02.01.2023 | Want a clue about health care costs in advance? New tools take a crack at it | Need medical treatment in the new year and want to nail down your out-of-pocket costs before you walk into the doctor's office? There's a new tool for that, at least for insured patients.
As of Jan. 1, health insurers and employers that off... |
| 05.12.2022 | What Dr. Anthony Fauci Teaches Us About Leadership In A Crisis | |
| 23.11.2022 | The number of US adults carrying a loaded handgun every day doubled to an estimated 6 million in just 4 years | A convention attendee looks at a handgun at the National Shooting Sports Foundation's Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2018. Getty Images/Ethan Miller
US adults carrying loaded handguns on a daily basis ... |
| 17.10.2022 | Hearing aids available over the counter for as low as $199, without a prescription, as 2017 law takes effect | Starting Monday, consumers will be able to buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect.
Where for decades it cost thousands of dollars to get a device that could be... |
| 28.06.2022 | Crime and Public Safety
Crime and Public Safety | Sheriffs who denounced Colorado’s red flag law are now using it | By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News
Dolores County Sheriff Don Wilson never expected to use Colorado’s red flag law when it was passed in 2019. He thought the law made it too easy to take a person’s guns away.
The statute allows law enf... |
| 22.06.2022 | Congress: Fund PrEP to end the HIV epidemic | As the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies considers this week what programs to fund in the 2023 budget, many public health concerns will demand their attention. One funding... |
| 06.06.2022 | After weekend of gun violence, expert says there is "disconnect" between public's demand for action and what policymakers will do | It was a weekend marked by terrifying gun violence across the country, with 13 mass shootings in the U.S. since Friday.
In Philadelphia, three people died and 12 more were injured Saturday night as gunfire erupted on South Street at a time ... |
| 20.05.2022 | Nearly half of Americans live in areas where they should consider masking, CDC data says | Nearly half of Americans live in areas where they should consider masking indoors to curb a surge in COVID-19 cases, according to data updated Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's up from around a third of Amer... |
| 19.04.2022 | Unlearn.AI, a startup developing a ‘digital twin’ service for clinical trials, raises $50M | The idea of digital twins — digital representations of humans built with computer models — for medical research is gaining traction in both the private and academic sectors. With predictive simulation technology, some experts say that digit... |
| 12.04.2022 | Recipients of the 2022 Prevent Blindness Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health, and Rising Visionary Award Announced | VOSH/International named recipient of '22 Jenny Pomeroy Award for Excellence in Vision and Public Health. Rising Visionary Award co-recipients are Marissa K. Shoji, MD, & Hursuong Vongsachang, MPH. “We congratulate all of our Award reci... |
| 03.04.2022 | The pandemic migration’s full impact is becoming clear—and it’s a ‘big deal’ for the future of cities and white-collar work | Never miss a story: Follow your favorite topics and authors to get a personalized email with the journalism that matters most to you.
It’s no secret that many city dwellers fled to rural and suburban areas after the pandemic hit the U.S. in... |
| - | Omicron-specific vaccine is coming but ‘may not matter—everybody’s going to be infected,’ says expert | An omicron-specific Covid vaccine will be ready by March but some experts warn it could be “too late” due to the variant’s highly transmissible nature.
On Monday, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla told CNBC that its vaccine with BioNTech that target... |
| - | New Covid FLiRT variants spark concerns of a summer spike | New strains of Covid-19 are spreading globally, raising concerns among health professionals about a possible summer spike in cases.
The FLiRT variants have been on the rise in the U.S. and Europe as the coronavirus continues to mutate from ... |
| - | Omicron might be the worst Covid gets when it comes to transmissibility, experts predict | It’s too soon to know if Covid’s omicron variant will hasten the end of the nearly two-year-long Covid-19 pandemic. But some experts say that when it comes to contagiousness, omicron could be the “most transmissible the virus can get.”
The ... |
| - | 3 big Covid misconceptions people still have, according to infectious disease experts | As Covid’s omicron variant continues to rip across the United States, causing record numbers of infections and hospitalizations, new coronavirus myths keep bubbling up.
The variant has been the subject of constant scientific scrutiny since ... |
| - | These E-Scooter Companies Are Changing Their Low-Income Programs in LA | When Lime launched in Los Angeles in 2018, the company offered five free rides per day to low-income riders, so long as they were under 30 minutes each.
But in early May, that changed. Rides under 30 minutes now cost low-income Angelenos a ... |
| - | Here’s how U.S. health officials are responding to bird flu in humans after second case | U.S. health officials have been monitoring and responding to bird flu in humans, even as they emphasize that the risk to the general public remains low.
A strain of bird flu called H5N1 has been confirmed in dairy cows across nine U.S. stat... |
| - | Chilean GeneproDX is ready to go global with its patented ThyroidPrint® | Thyroid nodules are widespread; particularly among people aged 60 years and older. In fact, it’s estimated that up to 50% of people over the age of 60 will form these abnormal growths on their thyroid gland. And even though the nodules are ... |
| - | It's getting harder to gauge your Covid risk levels—tracking these 4 metrics can help | For more than two years, the daily count of new Covid-19 infections has been how most people understood the trajectory of the pandemic.
Now, experts say, daily case counts don't mean what they used to — making them a much more flawed metric... |
| - | How does India have twice as many women airline pilots as the US? | Nivedita Bhasin became the world’s youngest commercial airline captain in 1989, but the Indian pilot still recalls her early years when other crew would urge her to rush into the cockpit so passengers wouldn’t get nervous at the sight of a ... |
| - | The No. 1 vitamin kids in the U.S. 'aren't getting enough of' today: Dietitian and parenting expert | As a dietitian and founder of Kids Eat in Color, one of the most common questions parents ask me is how to tell if their children are getting the right nutrients.
The unfortunate truth is that many kids today don't consume the proper amount... |
| - | Youth suicide rates rose 62% from 2007 to 2021: ‘People feel hopeless,’ one recent grad says | Young people dying by suicide has been an alarmingly frequent headline in recent years.
Katie Meyer, a goalkeeper on the Stanford University women’s soccer team, died by suicide in 2022. She was 22. Ian Alexander Jr., son of actor and direc... |
