Category: Natural Disasters

Healthy Homes Happy Families Expo offers practical ideas for families from local experts

L to R: Children’s health advocate Kim Spencer has invited Dr. Ramon Ramos, Dr. Tassie Hargrove and Chelsea Dye along with other local wellness experts to share their wisdom at the Healthy Homes Happy Families Expo on Saturday, Feb. 25. ASTHMA, behavior issues, depression, diabetes, eczema, food allergies, obesity…there’s an alphabet soup of negative health conditions that are becoming increasingly more common in childhood. The Journal of American Medicine reports that chronic illness in American kids and teens has more than doubled since the 1990s, adding higher numbers to the pot: One in six has a developmental disability.

Antiviral Therapeutics Technologies, Markets and Companies Report…

Dublin, Feb. 21, 2017 — Research and Markets has announced the addition of Jain PharmaBiotech’s new report “Antiviral Therapeutics – Technologies, Markets and Companies” to their offering. This report reviews the current state-of-art of antiviral approaches including vaccines, pharmaceuticals and innovative technologies for delivery of therapeutics.

11 cases of sickness at evacuation camp

… to stay on one side of the main building, Ree said. Lisa Almaguer, communication director for Butte County Public Health, said the symptoms are consistent with the norovirus, which causes inflammation of the intestines. However, there is no …

Has Autism Prevalence Increased?

… for diagnosing ASD laid out by the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and the World Health Organization’s International Classification of Diseases . Both sets of guidelines for ASD diagnosis describe a wide array of …

DEA calls China’s fentanyl ban a ‘game-changer’ for opioid epidemic: report

China has announced a ban on the legal manufacture of four varieties of the synthetic opioid fentanyl, CNN reports. The sale and manufacture of four variations of the powerful synthetic opioid fentanyl will be banned in China starting March 1, a move the Drug Enforcement Administration hailed as a potential “game-changer” in the fight against the opioid epidemic, CNN reports .

“Superspreaders” identified as driving cause of 2014 Ebola epidemic

A new study has shown that in the catastrophic 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, about three percent of the people infected were responsible for infecting 61 percent of all cases. The issue of so-called “superspreaders,” according to researchers who published their findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is so significant that it’s important to put a better face on just who these people are and then better reach them with public health measures designed to control the spread of infectious disease during epidemics.

“Superspreaders” identified as driving cause of 2014 Ebola epidemic

A new study has shown that in the catastrophic 2014-2015 Ebola epidemic in West Africa, about three percent of the people infected were responsible for infecting 61 percent of all cases. The issue of so-called “superspreaders,” according to researchers who published their findings in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is so significant that it’s important to put a better face on just who these people are and then better reach them with public health measures designed to control the spread of infectious disease during epidemics.

Factors associated with stigma attitude towards people living with…

The effect of HIV-related stigma on HIV prevention and treatment is particularly serious in China. This study was to examine stigma attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS among general individuals in Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China and the factors associated with stigma attitude, including socio-demographic factors and HIV/AIDS Knowledge.

Three more foot-and-mouth cases confirmed in Korea

Three fresh foot-and-mouth disease cases were confirmed in central South Korea, the agriculture ministry here said Tuesday, amid rising concerns over a nationwide spread of the animal epidemic. Cows at three farms located in Boeun, North Chungcheong Province, some 180 kilometers southeast of Seoul, tested positive for the contagious virus according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

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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 …

Post-flood dangers still lurk

This is because the muddy waters leave in their wake health threats brought by water- and vector-borne diseases such as respiratory tract infection, gastroenteritis and even leptospirosis. While the Health Department has been able to take steps to keep such threats from recent floods under control, Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam confirmed that there had since been three cases of leptospirosis in Kelantan.

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.

Post-quake addiction surge expected after Kaikoura

People struggling with quake-related stress are most likely to need help for substance, gambling or sex addictions in the next few months, mental health workers say. Coping behaviours such as addiction are expected to start appearing in the three to five months following a major traumatic event such as the November 14 earthquake.

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.

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.

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.