Hospitals warned patients to stay away from emergency departments unless absolutely necessary, as the country faced a flu epidemic and overcrowding hits crisis levels. Hospitals warned patients to stay away from emergency departments unless absolutely necessary, as the country faced a flu epidemic and overcrowding hits crisis levels.
Category: Epidemic
Ending the opioid epidemic
… 500,000 persons in the United States died from drug overdoses. These casualty figures not only reflect a national health emergency, but are emblematic of a war on the American people. By comparison, approximately the same number of Americans lost …
Virginia’s flu level ‘widespread’
Drugstores and their pharmacies have become common sites for flu shots, but they increasingly hope to attract and retain customers with in-person and online health counseling, personalized programs and other offerings.
Offering Syringes Along With Prayers, Churches Help IV Drug Users
… efforts have contributed to growing support for the programs, which the federal Centers for Disease Control and other health organizations see as a valuable tool in combating the opioid epidemic. Most programs include components such as education, …
Federal prosecutor tackles heroin scourge that claimed son
In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016 photo, interim U.S. Attorney Bruce Brandler poses for a photograph at his office in Harrisburg, Pa. The top federal prosecutor for central and northeastern Pennsylvania announced a strategy to combat the heroin and prescription painkiller epidemic.
Sex Without Urinary Tract Infection: Keeping It Clean
Prevention of urinary tract infections has become so important, as we all find ourselves in the middle of what infectious disease experts have termed a “stealth pandemic” of Escherichia coli sequence type 131 that is resistant to some very potent antibiotics. Generally speaking, E coli is responsible for at least 80% of the 7 million uncomplicated outpatient UTIs that occur yearly in the United States.
Opioid epidemic affects older adults, too
John Evard participates in a group therapy session during his stay at the Las Vegas Recovery Center. “I was a rule-follower,” said Evard.
Brain tumors disappear in clinical cancer trial
But a blood cancer therapy called CAR-T cell treatment could prove to yield a major turning point in eradicating several forms of cancer, including breast and
Bird Flu Crisis on the Wane
… are therefore not counted as new suspected cases, according to the guidelines of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). Meanwhile, several wild birds infected with bird flu have been found in North Gyeongsang Province, and the first case of …
4 Reasons the U.S. Government is Dropping AIDS.gov
… HIV became a more precise way to refer to a virus as opposed to an arbitrary syndrome,” wrote Hornet ‘s Senior Health Innovation Strategist, Alex Garner. “There is a very clear distinction between a virus and a syndrome yet it’s not uncommon to see …
New database of PCR primers enables effective detection and identification of RNA viruses
… notably severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory disease (MERS), both of which had severe health and economic impacts. The SARS epidemic emerged in southern China 2002. It killed 774 people in 37 countries, before its …
Pa. to get part of $10M grant for behaviorala
Pennsylvania will receive a cut of up to $10 million in federal funding for behavioral health treatment, which includes mental health and substance abuse treatment. Pa. to get part of $10M grant for behavioral health Pennsylvania will receive a cut of up to $10 million in federal funding for behavioral health treatment, which includes mental health and substance abuse treatment.
Soaring insulin prices prompt insurance shift
… pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) – make many patients anxious, says Anhalt, But Troyen Brennan, a physician and chief health officer at CVS Caremark, says he’s heard “very little complaint with regard to stress levels.” Basaglar has been proven to …
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 …
Experimental Ebola vaccine offers high protection against deadly virus, reveals major trial
… vaccination among those who did not receive the vaccine. The trial was led by WHO, together with Guinea’s Ministry of Health, Medecins sans Frontieres and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with other international partners. …
Angola declares end to world’s worst yellow fever epidemic in decades
… More than 15 million Angolans and 10 million Congolese were vaccinated under a campaign coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO). In a statement entitled “The end of the epidemic of Yellow Fever in Angola”, the health ministry in Luanda …
Ebola vaccine ‘highly protective’ against deadly virus, scientists say
Girls play a kickball match in Monrovia, Liberia, in late 2014, during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. that a major trial of an experimental vaccine shows that it may be “highly protective” against the virus, which has Although the current outbreak has been contained, health officials fear the deadly pathogen could come back and have been racing to develop new ways to stop it should that scenario unfold.
Africa Makes Significant Progress against HIV Epidemic Findings
… collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and in partnership with ministries of health. Importantly, the data positively demonstrate that the 90-90-90 global targets set forth by UNAIDS in 2014 are attainable, even …
As Drug Overdose Deaths Escalate, Opioids Continue to Be the Top Killer
… in 2010. Opioid drugs continue to be linked to the highest percentage of these deaths. The report may spur public health officials and other leaders to focus more on responding to the growing addiction and drug abuse problem, Dr. Caleb Alexander, …
El Nino, warming planet may have sparked the Zika epidemic, scientists say
A female Aedes aegypti mosquito in the process of acquiring blood from a human host. In a world characterized by rising temperatures, deforestation and other human influences on the environment, the spread of infectious disease is a hot topic.
Is July 15 the reason for the flu epidemic?
No, I’m not talking about chemical weapons. I don’t have any theories regarding the claim that “they have spread viruses through the air.”
An Epidemic of White Death: A Canary in the Coal Mine?
According to preliminary data from an ongoing new health study, reducing access to health care or weakening the health care safety net could have severe consequences for the . This is a region that already suffers from high unemployment, deep poverty and skyrocketing drug use…and surprisingly, the white population may be uniquely vulnerable in this region.