' This will blow up the market': The 6% commission on buying, selling a home in America is dead as NAR reaches deal
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is set to cough up $418 million in damages and eliminate commission rules in a landmark deal experts say will significantly shake up the real estate industry. “This will blow up the market and would force a new business model,” Norm Miller, a professor…#nar #normmiller #universityofsandiego #walmartwholefoods #kroger #nonecostof #usfed #ryantomasello #keefebruyettewoods #mls (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Startup Pleural Dynamics raises $3.2 million for device that eases breathing disorder
Pleural Dynamics' device treats pleural effusions, a buildup of excess fluid between the lung and the chest wall that can cause shortness of breath, cough and a poor quality of life. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 15, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Cam Bonelli Source Type: news

Most People With TB Report No Persistent Cough
(MedPage Today) -- A significant proportion of people in the community with pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) have subclinical disease, according to a meta-analysis involving survey studies across Africa and Asia. In adjusted analyses, 82.8% (95% CI... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - March 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

How Moms Prevent Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Whooping cough is highly contagious. If one person has pertussis, up to 90% of people in the same house will get it. Here’s what careful moms do. (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - March 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FL Senate Approves Bill Requiring Form for Asbestos Lawsuits
The Florida Senate voted to approve Republican Senator Travis Hutson’s proposed SB 720 requiring courts to dismiss asbestos claims without a completed information form. The bill’s next stop is the Florida House of Representatives. If the House approves the measure, it would then go before the governor. If signed into law, those with asbestos-related diseases will have to provide more extensive information when filing a lawsuit. SB 720 has the backing of businesses. Lobbying groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Florida Insurance Council also support the measure.  However, veterans groups a...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - March 11, 2024 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Travis Rodgers Tags: Asbestos (general) Asbestos Exposure Asbestosis Cancer (Non-Meso) Florida Legal Lawsuit Mesothelioma Source Type: news

West Virginia Lawmakers OK Bill Drawing Back One of the Strictest Child Vaccination Laws
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s GOP-controlled state Legislature voted Saturday to allow some students who don’t attend traditional public schools to be exempt from state vaccination requirements that have long been held up as among the most strict in the country. The bill was approved despite the objections of Republican Senate Health and Human Resources Chair Mike Maroney, a trained doctor, who called the bill “an embarrassment” and said he believed lawmakers were harming the state. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “I took an oath to do no harm. There’s zer...
Source: TIME: Health - March 10, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: LEAH WILLINGHAM / AP Tags: Uncategorized News Desk wire Source Type: news

Urgent warning over whooping cough as cases spike to decade high: Health chiefs beg parents to get children vaccinated against '100-day cough'
UKHSA bosses received 553 lab-confirmed reports of whooping cough cases in England alone in January. It marks a 61-fold rise on the 9 logged over the same month in 2023. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Whooping cough: UK 'Urgent warning' issued as cases of Victorian disease skyrocket
This deadly disease can lead to seizures and even death in vulnerable children. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Whooping cough warning for England, as cases rise
There have been more than 500 cases of the risky infection since the start of the year, officials warn. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Validated COuGH RefleX Score Can Predict Likelihood of GERD
WEDNESDAY, March 6, 2024 -- The validated Cough, Overweight/Obesity, Globus, Hiatal Hernia, Regurgitation, and Male Sex (COuGH RefluX) score can predict the likelihood of proven gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in patients with chronic... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - March 6, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Biotech Nocion was in 'a real pickle,' then raised $62M in venture capital
CEO Richard Batycky said the capital would be used to bring Nocion ’s lead drug into a Phase 2b study in chronic cough patients and to prepare for a Phase 3 trial. But just last year, Batycky said the future of Nocion wasn’t so certain. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - March 5, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Hannah Green Source Type: news

Judge orders NSO to cough up Pegasus super-spyware source code
NSO Group, the Israel-based maker of super-charged snoopware Pegasus, has been ordered by a federal judge in California to share the source code for "all relevant spyware" with Meta's WhatsApp. The order [PDF] from Judge Phyllis Hamilton follows from WhatsApp's 2019 lawsuit [PDF] against NSO for…#nsogroup #israel #pegasus #meta #whatsapp #pdf #phyllishamilton #nso #voip #apple (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Whooping cough outbreaks persist in Alberta as health officials urge vaccination
As pertussis cases continue to climb, Albertans are being warned to ensure their children are up-to-date on their immunizations. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news

Mythbuster: ‘ I ’ m worried my child ’ s cough is causing her harm ’
Parents continue to bring their coughing children to the practice, often repeatedly, even though every visit results in the same advice: ‘This is viral. Over-the-counter medicines may or may not manage symptoms, and there is no need for treatment with antibiotics.’  Parents’ concernsVarious studies have looked at parental beliefs on cough and other ‘minor’ childhood... Read moreThe post Mythbuster: ‘I’m worried my child’s cough is causing her harm’ appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - February 29, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Jon Lalljee Tags: Clinical Paediatrics Vaccinations and infections cough 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