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Moving Needles: Increasing Rates of Immunization in PALTC
Individuals enter assisted living and long-term care facilities for a number of reasons. Primary on their minds, and the minds of their loved ones, is safety. They expect — rightly so — that they or their loved one will be protected. One way to keep residents of post-acute and long-term care settings safe is through vaccination. Close contact and close living quarters place both residents and staff at increased risk for contracting contagious, vaccine-preventable illnesses. Yet immunization rates among both residents and staff of PALTC settings remain below the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations...
Source: Caring for the Ages - February 27, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Heather Roney, David Casey, Elizabeth Sobczyk Source Type: news

Fall Prevention and Liability in Skilled Nursing Facilities
Falls are the leading cause of injuries among nursing home residents. More than 25% of Americans over 65 years old sustain a fall annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. As the number of older adults increases, the incidence of falls with both nonfatal and fatal injuries is also likely to increase. Apart from the toll on individuals ’ health and quality of life, the financial impact is staggering. According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA), by 2030 the financial costs related to falls may exceed $101 billion (“Get the Facts on Falls Prevention,” March 13, 2023, https://bit.ly/3U8...
Source: Caring for the Ages - February 27, 2024 Category: Health Management Authors: Alan C. Horowitz Tags: Legal Issues Source Type: news

Long COVID Doesn ’ t Always Look Like You Think It Does
In the spring of 2023, after her third case of COVID-19, Jennifer Robertson started to feel strange. Her heart raced all day long and she could barely sleep at night. She had dizzy spells. She felt pins and needles in her arm, she says, a “buzzing feeling” in her foot, and pain in her legs and lymph nodes. She broke out in a rash. She smelled “phantom” cigarette smoke, even when none was in the air. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Robertson, 48, had a feeling COVID-19 might have somehow been the trigger. She knew about Long COVID, the name for chronic symptoms following an infection...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news

What to Know About Lead Poisoning in Children
Hundreds of children sickened from high levels of lead in applesauce pouches last year put a spotlight on lapses in the food-safety system. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett Tags: Hazardous and Toxic Substances Lead Poisoning and Poisons Children and Childhood Food Contamination and Poisoning Cinnamon (Spice) Environment Baby Foods Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Environmental Protection Agency Food a Source Type: news

Every US State ’s Worst Natural Disaster
The United States is a large nation. Out of 195 countries, it comes in at third not only in population but in land mass as well. It also has an impressive geographical diversity and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there are four regions and nine divisions based…#cdc #mothernature #eastcoast #midwestern #westcoast #galveston #alaska #arizona #yarnellhillfire #arkansas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Stomach bug that causes violent diarrhea is slamming the North East US - causing so much sick leave it's 'putting daily lives on hold'
Latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC ) showed cases of norovirus jumped 15 percent in the region over the two weeks to February 3. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why confirmed cases of Lyme disease have increased
A bite from an infected tick can cause Lyme disease Recent tracking rule changes led to a significant increase in reported Lyme disease cases in the U.S. The Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated definitions to better understand the tick-borne disease. In 2022, reported cases rose by 68.5% after the new definition went into effect. "The new Lyme disease case definition allows us to get a more accurate… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 23, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

A deadly viral illness is exploding in West Africa. Researchers are scrambling to figure out why
Reporting for this story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Irrua, Nigeria, and Kenema, Sierra Leone— Sitting on a bench outside the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH) in Edo state in southwestern Nigeria in September 2023, Muhammed Luqman Dagana recounted his ordeal earlier in the year with Lassa fever, a deadly hemorrhagic disease of West Africa. At first the 33-year-old wasn’t alarmed—his fever, headache, body aches, and cough were innocuous enough. A doctor at his local clinic gave him antibiotics for typhoid fever and antimalarial drugs. But his symptoms persisted, so he tried anoth...
Source: ScienceNOW - February 22, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news

Classifying studies on workplace violence for visiting nurses using the social-ecological model: a scoping review - Kim E, Lee J.
PURPOSE: To prevent workplace violence (WV) against visiting nurses (VNs), understanding the influencing factors is crucial. To better comprehend potential violence prevention strategies, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has presented th... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 22, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Occupational Issues Source Type: news

Africa: Africa-CDC Set to Cover 60 Percent of Vaccine Demand
[Ethiopian Herald] The African Center for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa-CDC)expressedreadiness to cover 60% of Africa's vaccine demand by 2040. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Source Type: news

While officials consider new Covid isolation guidance, here's what an immunologist recommends you do if you test positive
By April, there may be a new isolation period recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for people who test positive for Covid-19. Currently, the CDC says that people who test positive for the coronavirus should stay home for five days and isolate from the people that they live…#cdc #purviparikh #allergyasthmanetwork #michaeltosterholm (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 20, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

10 Sickened by E. Coli Outbreak Linked to Raw Milk Cheese
TUESDAY, Feb. 20, 2024 -- An Escherichia coli outbreak has been tied to Raw Farm brand raw cheddar cheese, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a food safety alert. Six of the patients remembered which type of raw cheese they... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 20, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Would you live in a city that forced you to exercise?
Not through policy and legislation but through clever planning and innovative architecture. About one in four Americans are physically inactive, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Numerous studies have shown…#annaboldina #boldina #cambridge #simcoewavedeck (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Newborns diagnosed with syphilis at alarming rates
A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that looks at sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has some concerning news, especially when it comes to syphilis. While cases of other STIs, like chlamydia and gonorrhea, have decreased or seen modest increases, syphilis has jumped 80% in the four years from 2018 to 2022. Dr. Stacey Rizza, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases specialist, says syphilis is a bacterial infection that is primarily transmitted through sexual contact. But she says… (Source: News from Mayo Clinic)
Source: News from Mayo Clinic - February 19, 2024 Category: Databases & Libraries Source Type: news

The CDC investigates a multistate E. coli outbreak linked to raw cheddar cheese
At least 10 people across four states — California, Colorado, Texas and Utah — have been made ill from an E. coli outbreak linked to raw cheddar cheese from the brand Raw Farm, according to health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that at least four people have…#colorado #utah #rawfarm #cdc #fresno #aaronmcafee #thisvoluntaryrecall #bristolfarms #fda #sandiego (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news