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Tue, 2012-04-17 17:45 — mdmcdonald
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Bird flu: US Agriculture Department faulted for not releasing more data about cattle herds

Fri, 2024-04-19 10:13 — mike kraft
USDA faulted for disclosing scant information about outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in cattle With 28 herds in eight states infected with H5N1 bird flu, scientists are calling on the U.S. to release more data to help them assess the risk. Helen Branswell STAT
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Bird Flu
Disease
Disease Prevention
Government
Public Health
Agriculture
Animals
Livestock
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Walking or driving time to COVID vaccination sites cited as deterrent for some--study.

Thu, 2024-04-18 20:18 — mike kraft
Study: Time to walk, drive to COVID vaccination sites may have deterred some Nearly half of all physically able vaccine seekers (47%) could walk to COVID-19 vaccination sites within 15 minutes, and 87% could do so within 60 minutes. CIDRAP
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Cholera
Data
Demographics
Disease Prevention
Public Attitudes
Public Health
Vaccinations
Transportation
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Analysis
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Hottest U.S. summer resulted in record number of health emergences --CDC

Thu, 2024-04-18 20:11 — mike kraft
Heat caused record-high rates of health emergencies in some parts of the US last year, CDC report shows | CNN Last summer was the hottest ever recorded in the United States, and heat-related health emergencies also reached record-high levels in some parts of the country. Deidre McPhillips CNN
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Health
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Research into using wastewater testing to detect a variety of health threats

Thu, 2024-04-18 12:11 — mike kraft
What toilets can reveal about COVID, cancer and other health threats Nature - Wastewater testing grew tremendously during the pandemic. But is it ready to tackle the opioid crisis, air pollution and antibiotic resistance? Ladyzhets, Betsy nature
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China
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Disease Prevention
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Water
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Remdesivir cut death risk by up to 25% in adults with COVID and no added oxygen

Wed, 2024-04-17 17:54 — mike kraft
Remdesivir tied to 25% lower risk of in-hospital death in adults with COVID and no added oxygen The antiviral drug remdesivir cut death rates 17% to 25% in adults hospitalized for COVID-19 who didn't require supplemental oxygen at admission, suggests a large US study published yesterday in Open Forum Infectious Diseases.  CIDRAP

 

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Global
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COVID-19
Treatments
Disease
Public Health
Research
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Analysis
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Serious alcohol-related complications existed early in COVID pandemic--study

Wed, 2024-04-17 10:27 — mike kraft
Study shows increase in serious alcohol-related complications early in pandemic Women aged 40 to 64 years experienced increases of 33.3% to 56.0% in serious alcohol complication episodes in 10 of the 18 months. CIDRAP

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United States
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COVID-19
Symptoms
Demographics
Health
Pandemics
Research
Social behavior
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Analysis

U.S.rural health problems: analysis and call for expanded medicaid

Wed, 2024-04-17 10:08 — mike kraft
Rural Americans Are Way More Likely To Die Young. Why? - KFF Health News Three words are commonly repeated to describe rural America and its residents: older, sicker and poorer. Obviously, there’s a lot more going on in the nation’s towns than that tired stereotype suggests. But a new report from the Agriculture Department’s Economic Research Service gives credence to the “sicker” part of the trope. Rural Americans ages […] khnerich KFF Health News
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United States
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Demographics
Disease
Disease Prevention
Public Health
Citizens
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Measles: U.S. cases continue to grow, nearly half in children under 5 years old

Wed, 2024-04-17 09:47 — mike kraft
US measles cases top 120 as LA County tracks case with multiple exposures The visitor to Los Angeles County had visited Universal Studios and several other public places. CIDRAP

Eight more measles cases have been reported, putting the nation's total at 121 so far this year, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in its latest weekly update. The number of affected jurisdictions remained the same, at 18.

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Measles
Contagion
Children
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Public Health
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Vaccines: Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines

Tue, 2024-04-16 19:31 — mike kraft
Only One Harm From mRNA COVID Vaccines, Report Determines Independent reviewers reject causal links to infertility, myocardial infarction, stroke Nicole Lou medpagetoday

Independent reviewers confirmed a causal relationship between the first mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and myocarditis, and also determined that, more broadly, intramuscular shots can cause a series of shoulder injuries.

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Global
United States
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COVID-19
Symptoms
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Medical Testing
Public Health
Research
Science
Vaccinations
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Analysis

Biden administration launches new program to help 50 other countries counter future pandemics

Tue, 2024-04-16 19:17 — mike kraft
Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics President Joe Biden's administration is launching a program that will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak. AP News

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Africa
Asia
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United States
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Disease Prevention
Government
Health
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