… all Chautauqua County schools have immunization rates at or above 95 percent. But despite the strong numbers, county health officials say some vaccinations could see improved uptake rates. Before students enter school, they need to have …
Day: December 24, 2016
El Nino, warming planet may have sparked Zika epidemic
… conditions for an outbreak, but epidemics also depend on many other factors, including population density, access to health care and the use of pesticides and other anti-mosquito interventions in any given location. Some of these factors – which …
Mental health malfeasance
The 21st Century Cures Act signed by President Barack Obama contains smart, well-designed mental-health provisions. But unless President-elect Donald Trump and Tom Price, his nominee for secretary of health and human services, “drain the swamp” at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the Center for Mental Health Services, many of the new law’s useful provisions could be negated or undone by the permanent bureaucracy.
People on the Move: 12/24/2016
Rebecca Fishman , a board-certified general surgeon with fellowship training in breast surgical oncology, joined Allegheny Health Network and is seeing patients at West Penn Hospital. Tucker Arensberg PC said the following attorneys were elected to the firm’s membership : Kristin A. Biedinger, Jeffrey J. Junstrom, James W. Kane, Peter A. Spangler and Carolyn A.W. Whitworth .
Remembering 16 auto industry leaders who died in 2016
As CEO and chairman of Chrysler in the late 1970s, Riccardo confronted wave after wave of challenges: soaring gasoline prices, inflation, rising Japanese competition and ultimately, the survival of Chrysler itself. And some of his moves paved the way for enduring success: most notably, an embrace of front-wheel-drive technology and the hiring of Lee Iacocca in 1978 as president and COO.
Bacteria-powered battery built on single sheet of paper
Scientists have developed a bacteria-powered battery on a single sheet of paper that can power disposable electronics such as diagnostic sensors. The manufacturing technique reduces fabrication time and cost, and the design could revolutionise the use of bio-batteries as a power source in remote, dangerous and resource-limited areas, researchers said.