Polio ’ s Arrival in the U.S. Is Another Urgent Reminder That Kids Need to Get Vaccinated
The global pandemic isn’t the only current example of what happens when vaccine skepticism and misinformation infect the public. Childhood vaccination rates around the world are also experiencing their largest drop in three decades. And on July 21, another viral disease with remarkably effective vaccines to prevent it made a very unwelcome appearance. A single case of polio turned up in Rockland County, New York—the first time any case of polio had been detected in the U.S. in nearly a decade. The infected individual, whose name is being withheld, is a man in his twenties who recently developed polio-related pa...
Source: TIME: Health - July 22, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jeffrey Kluger Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaccines Source Type: news
New York Reports First U.S. Polio Case in Nearly a Decade
NEW YORK — New York health officials on Thursday reported a polio case, the first in the U.S. in nearly a decade.
Officials did not immediately offer details on who the Rockland County resident was, whether the person was vaccinated or their current condition.
State officials said it appeared the person had a vaccine-derived strain of the virus, perhaps from someone who got live vaccine — available in other countries, but not the U.S. — and spread it.
Polio was once one of the nation’s most feared diseases, with annual outbreaks causing thousands of cases of paralysis — many of them in childre...
Source: TIME: Health - July 21, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe/AP Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate New York wire Source Type: news
Nigeria: Malnutrition and Its Alarming Endemic Situation in Nigeria
[This Day] Public Health experts see malnutrition as one of the major public health and development concerns, globally. In Nigeria, especially in Nasarawa, Kaduna and Niger, the situation is dreadful - as revealed at a stakeholders meeting in Abuja recently. Iyobosa Uwugiaren, who was at the meeting writes (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 21, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Why It ’ s So Hard to Get a Monkeypox Vaccine Right Now
When New York City’s department of health announced on July 12 that monkeypox vaccine appointments were available in several sites around the city, demand was so high that the scheduling website crashed. Every appointment was booked within hours, leaving many people unable to get shots.
Vaccine rollout wasn’t supposed to go like this. When monkeypox cases were first detected in the U.S. in May, experts were reassuring. They stressed that—unlike COVID-19 when it first emerged—monkeypox is a known threat, with existing vaccines that could be deployed as necessary.
But the reality has been messier. Vac...
Source: TIME: Health - July 18, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Vaccines Source Type: news
An autopsy based study of chest injuries in fatal road traffic accidents conducted at IGIMS, Patna, Bihar - Goel N, Kumar A, Kumar S, Prasad M.
BACKGROUND: Thorax (chest) is one of the most important cavities of the human body. Thoracic trauma constitutes 10 to 15% of mortalities in the world wide population. Road Traffic Accident (RTA) is like an endemic disease, which affects mainly young people... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 18, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Marburg, Monkeypox, And Other Viruses Emerging From Africa
Marburg is the latest virus spreading in Africa. It is new to Ghana, with the first two cases reported last week. Monkeypox is endemic in Africa and now spreading rapidly globally. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - July 17, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Judy Stone, Senior Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Source Type: news
Gambia: Monkeypox - A Neglected Old Foe!
[The Point] Monkeypox is a zoonosis caused by a virus belonging to the genus orthopoxvirus and endemic to western and central Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 15, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Monkeypox 'must be eliminated to stop it becoming endemic', experts warn
MONKEYPOX could become endemic in Britain without more action from the Government, sexual health organisations have warned. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - July 13, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
U.K. Monkeypox Cases Rise To More Than 1,700, With Most Cases In London
LONDON — British health officials say there have now been 1,735 confirmed cases of monkeypox and that three-quarters of those cases are in London, according to data released on Tuesday.
In a review of the outbreak published last week, Britain’s Health Security Agency said there were “no signs of a decline” in the monkeypox epidemic and that the virus “continues to be transmitted primarily in interconnected sexual networks of gay, bisexual, or men who have sex with men.” The agency said 97% of cases fell in that category and that there was no evidence of sustained transmission beyond that...
Source: TIME: Health - July 12, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Associated Press Tags: Uncategorized Public Health wire Source Type: news
Substance abuse and rural Appalachian pediatric trauma in West Virginia - Rawson J, Thevenin L, Balko I, Seifarth F, Meltzer H, Dhumak V, Bush A, Kimble W, Wen S, Ellison P.
INTRODUCTION: Rural Appalachia is endemic to issues such as substance abuse, poverty, and lack of community support, all of which negatively influence health outcomes. The incidence of pediatric trauma as it relates to substance abuse is of concern in the ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
"Why I stayed in that relationship": barriers to indigenous women's ability to leave violent relationships - McKinley CE, Liddell JL.
Indigenous women in the United States are among the most vulnerable to intimate partner violence (IPV), which has reached endemic levels. The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to understand contextual factors and barriers to becoming liberated from v... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - July 11, 2022 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
For COVID-19, endemic stage could be two years away
By studying a coronavirus in rats and using that data to inform mathematical models, Yale researchers predict SARS-CoV-2 may become endemic in two years. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - July 5, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
U.S. Officials Announce More Steps Against Monkeypox Outbreak
Reacting to a surprising and growing monkeypox outbreak, U.S. health officials on Tuesday expanded the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus.
They also said they are providing more monkeypox vaccine, working to expand testing, and taking other steps to try to get ahead of the outbreak.
“We will continue to take aggressive action against this virus,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 response coordinator, who has also been playing a role in how the government deals with monkeypox.
The administration said it was expanding the pool of people who are advised to get vaccin...
Source: TIME: Health - June 28, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Mike Stobbe / AP Tags: Uncategorized Disease healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news
Africa: Monkeypox - Countries Need to Remain Vigilant, Says Africa CDC
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- Since the beginning of 2022, 1,715 cases (1,636 suspected; 79 confirmed) and 73 deaths (CFR: 4.3%) of monkeypox have been reported from eight endemic and two non-endemic African Union (AU) Member States (MS). During the period of the COVID-19 pandemic (February 2020 to date), Africa has documented 12,141 cases and 363 deaths (CFR 3%) of monkeypox. The number of cases has continued to rise on the continent. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 28, 2022 Category: African Health Source Type: news
WHO Says Monkeypox Not a Global Health Threat for Now
MONDAY, June 27, 2022 – The spread of monkeypox should be closely monitored, the World Health Organization said on Saturday, but it is not a global emergency at this time.
Monkeypox is a long-neglected illness, endemic in some African countries,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - June 27, 2022 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
