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Category: Epidemic
Hyannis needle exchange case heads to SJC
… to prevent the spread of infectious disease. In briefs filed with the Supreme Judicial Court, both sides cited public health concerns amid the state’s relentless drug-abuse crisis. The needle exchange program emphasized the need to fight epidemics …
Is Vaping the Best Way to Stop LGBT Smoking?
Conversations about improving LGBT health are dominated by three topics: reducing HIV, improving mental health, and ending the epidemic of suicide in our community. But there is another issue facing LGBT people, and it demands to be addressed: smoking.
Additionally, less than half of Blacks living with the virus have an undetectable viral load.
A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report highlights the critical need for improvement in tackling the HIV epidemic among African Americans. Publishing their findings in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report to mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, which is February 7, researchers examined National HIV Surveillance System data through 2015 on African Americans 13 years of age or older in 33 jurisdictions with complete laboratory reporting.
Influenza Vaccination Market Survey of Industry Demand, Consumption…
Market Scenario: The market for Influenza vaccination is booming, as Influenza is a contagious respiratory disease that is caused by influenza viruses. Influenza viruses infect the respiratory tract in humans.
Clarksburg-Harrison Health Official: Other states should take note of WV’s opioid struggles
The Executive Director of the Harrison-Clarksburg Health Department said there’s mostly bad news – although some good news-regarding the opioid epidemic in West Virginia and how it relates to the rest of the country. “Unfortunately in Harrison County, we have higher data showing us in the southern coal belt,” Joseph C. Bundy, formerly the President of the West Virginia Association of Local Health Departments, said Thursday.
Flu epidemic sweeps across Iowa
“So right now what we’re seeing in Iowa is that the flu is widespread which means all six regions in the state of Iowa are seeing flu activity,” said Nola Ainger, of Polk County Health. A common mistake people often confuse influenza with the stomach flu, but influenza does not include symptoms like vomiting or diarrhea.
High school senior hosts town hall on heroin epidemic
A local high school student knows firsthand what it’s like to live with a drug addict so now she’s sharing her story in hopes of saving a life. Eighteen year-old Delana Crook is wise beyond her years.
Smoking costs $1.4 tn in health care, labour loss: study
A new report used data from 152 countries representing 97 percent of the world’s smokers in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. Smoking cost the world economy more than $1.4 trillion in 2012, and sucked up a twentieth of health care spending, a study said Tuesday.
Seasonal Flu Reaches Epidemic Levels in US
Cases of the seasonal flu have reached epidemic levels, according to a report released Friday by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC also reported that eight pediatric deaths have been reported due to seasonal influenza and that 10 states have experienced high amounts of people with flu-like symptoms.
Internet Show Health Inn Interviews Dr Aadil Chimthalawala on Tuberculosis Case
Host Debby Bruck interviews Dr Aadil, cardiologist about The Heart, Pericarditis and Infection due to TB. How can homeopathy help? CARY, N.C. – Jan. 30, 2017 – PRLog — Dr Aadil will be our guest on Health Inn, Cary, NC at 10:30AM ET USA via India to talk about Tuberculosis, an antibiotic drug resistence epidemic with an illustration of an acute case of pericarditis and PowerPoint.
Avian Flu Outbreaks Raise Concerns About Possible Pandemic
An avian flu outbreak in the U.K. is just the latest to erupt across the globe, worrying health experts about the possibility that the virus could become more widespread. On Thursday, U.K. officials confirmed a fifth area in the country has been hit with the H5N8 strain of the avian flu since December.
Proliferation of Bird Flu Outbreaks Raises Risk of Human Pandemic
… Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of …
Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic
… Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of …
Proliferation of bird flu outbreaks raises risk of human pandemic
… Europe, Africa and Asia in the past three months. While most involve strains that are currently low risk for human health, the sheer number of different types, and their presence in so many parts of the world at the same time, increases the risk of …
Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis weakens bones: study
… news if you have osteoporosis – it could cause a broken hip. Osteoporosis is thinning of the bones, and it is a huge health concern. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, this silent epidemic affects roughly 10 million Americans, of …
A new index for the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
The Fatty Liver Index consists of the parameters age, waist circumference, and triglyceride levels measured in the blood in a fasting state, and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase . Credit: DZD/IDM Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become a global epidemic.
“Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic” documentary screenings and clinics set
… can prevent cancer. Despite the availability of the HPV vaccine, local rates of vaccination are not as high as county health workers would like them to be. Only about 18 percent of area teens (22.8 percent of females, 14.2 percent of males) are …
Why a key AIDS-care program is in disarray
… providers have reported numerous problems with the program, which is overseen by the California Department of Public Health. Patients have been turned away by pharmacies, been forced to postpone medical procedures and been dropped from the program …
Watch Out for Bird Flu, WHO Says
The World Health Organization called on all countries to closely monitor outbreaks of deadly avian influenza in birds and to report promptly any human cases that could signal the start of a flu pandemic. Different strains of bird flu have been spreading across Europe and Asia since late last year, leading to large-scale slaughters of poultry in affected countries and some human deaths in China.
Genital Herpes Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Trials
… painful and embarrassing for adults, often producing blisters and sores in the genital area. But it also has profound health effects. Infants born to infected mothers can contract the virus, developing severe and often lethal illness. “An effective …
New genital herpes vaccine candidate shows promising results in preclinical tests
… “I know of no other HSV2 vaccine candidate with published results that are as promising as this study.” The public health burden from HSV2 is enormous. In the United States alone, researchers estimate that approximately one in six people age 15 to …
Bill Gates, Norway to invest in vaccines against epidemics
U.S. business magnate Bill Gates will invest 855 million kroner and the Norwegian government one billion kroner to develop vaccines against epidemics, newspaper Aftenposten reported Thursday. This was announced both by Gates and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg during World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday afternoon, the report said.
A third of year six children are overweight
… average figure of 62 per cent for England. An annual report by Dr Andrew Furber, the district’s director of public health, said rising obesity levels could cost the UK health service an extra 45.5bn a year by 2050. It said: “Being overweight can …
new New drug rules will likely see spike in reports of babies exposed to opioids
… changed to comply with changes in the Comprehensive Abuse and Recovery Act. Ayers said changes to CAPTA now require health professionals to report all children born with exposed to substance abuse, whether the drugs are illegal or legal. “And the …
City releasing quarantined cats as bird flu epidemic subsides :0
The first of hundreds of cats quarantined by the city amid a bird flu outbreak were sprung from their cages on Saturday, sources told The Post. An undisclosed number of detained kitties were carted out of the Animal Care Centers facility in Long Island City after getting clean bills of health, according to the shelter sources.
My view: Drug-resistant bacteria poses a serious threat
… ability to treat both rare and common bacterial infections, including bacterial pneumonias, food-borne illnesses and health care-related infections. In the case of the latter, as treatment options dwindle, modern medical advances such as surgery, …
Obesity in dogs sparks epidemic of canine arthritis
… exercise is also vital, he added. “It’s good for their well being and quality of life as well as just their physical health.” Today, many are living longer – and arthritis is a disease linked with old age. There is also a greater awareness of the …
No cost for cervical cancer screening for uninsured
During January, Cervical Health Awareness Month, the Chautauqua County Department of Health and Human Services is spreading the word that cervical cancer is preventable and highly treatable if found early. Being screened for cervical cancer with a Pap test is the key to prevention and survival.
Nation-Now 26 mins ago 10:09 p.m.Vaccines: Breaking down and debunking 10 myths
In this photo illustration the H1N1 swine flu vaccination Pandemic, the intensifier and a syringe are seen at Virchow clinical center on October 26, 2009 in Berlin, Germany. More parents have been skipping or delaying vaccinations for their children, a trend that has contributed to recent outbreaks of nearly forgotten diseases such as measles, mumps and whooping cough.
Haiti: January 12, 2010
… an earthquake or a pandemic. My interest then was in H5N1 and the then-pandemic H1N1, but Haiti taught me that public health is not so tidily compartmentalized. And Haiti’s lack of effective online communication systems taught me a lot as well. The …
Risky opioid prescribing rates drop after new VA initiative, study finds
… study, published in the journal Pain , looks at the effect of the Opioid Safety Initiative rolled out by the Veterans Health Administration in late 2013 to promote safer opioid prescribing. The study examines implementation of the OSI across all of …
Risky opioid prescribing rates drop after new VA initiative, study finds
… study, published in the journal Pain , looks at the effect of the Opioid Safety Initiative rolled out by the Veterans Health Administration in late 2013 to promote safer opioid prescribing. The study examines implementation of the OSI across all of …
Risky opioid prescribing rates drop after new VA initiative, study finds
… study, published in the journal Pain , looks at the effect of the Opioid Safety Initiative rolled out by the Veterans Health Administration in late 2013 to promote safer opioid prescribing. The study examines implementation of the OSI across all of …
Rate of elevated systolic blood pressure increases globally, along with associated deaths
… is important to guide prevention policies and interventions. Christopher J. L. Murray, D.Phil., of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues estimated the association between SBP of at least …
Flu claims nine lives so far, ministry bans medicine export
Nine people died of flu in the Czech Republic from the beginning of the season until January 6, the State Health Institute said in a report on Monday, and the Health Ministry has banned the export of the Tamiflu anti-flu medicine in connection with the current epidemic. A total of 35 serious flu cases were registered in the country in the given period, with patients mostly aged over 60. Nine patients have died.
Experimental Ebola vaccine trial shows positive prospects
… did not receive the vaccine. According to a release available to the Ghana News Agency the trial was led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), together with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, Medecins sans Frontieres and the Norwegian Institute of …
Make 2017 the year to avoid toxins (good luck) and master your domain: Words on Wellness
I am tired of all the nonsense we as American citizens are being fed while big business – and the government – continue to ignore the health and well-being of the fine people in this country. Why am I all fired up, you ask? I, like everyone else, took the advice of the Centers for Disease Control – the government – and received a flu shot.
Aging and addicted: The opioid epidemic affects older adults, too
It took a lot of convincing for John Evard to go to rehab. Seven days into his stay at the Las Vegas Recovery Center, the nausea and aching muscles of opioid withdrawal were finally beginning to fade.
Some pregnant women not told of free vaccine
New research on a killer disease suggests health workers need to do more to promote whooping cough vaccination during pregnancy. The vaccine has been state-funded for women between 28 and 38 weeks in pregnancy since 2013, but it is estimated that fewer than 20% of eligible women are having the jabs, compared with up to 60% in Britain.