Experts Can ’ t Agree If We ’ re Still in a Pandemic
As a health journalist, I’ve written the phrase “the COVID-19 pandemic” more times than I care to count in the four years since the World Health Organization (WHO) first used that term on March 11, 2020. But lately, the word “pandemic” has given me pause.
Maybe you’ve noticed it too: these days, a lot of people refer to the pandemic in the past tense. “During COVID,” they say, or, “when we were in the pandemic.” The implication is that the virus is gone and the pandemic is over.
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The former is clearly untrue. The ...
Source: TIME: Health - March 11, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
‘I’m never going to be Tony’: Jeanne Marrazzo, Anthony Fauci’s successor, vows a new direction at NIAID
When Jeanne Marrazzo started her residency at the Yale New Haven Hospital in 1988, the world was a very different place. Marrazzo provided care for dying AIDS patients—mainly gay men and intravenous drug users and their sexual partners. “Stigma was alive and well and thriving, and in fact, really, really ugly at the time,” Marrazzo told an audience of young scientists on 3 March in Denver, just before the start of an HIV/AIDS conference. “You really sometimes had to work hard to get your patients what you needed. That made me interested in political and scientific advocacy and activism very early on.”
At th...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 8, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Youth violence and knife crime in ethnic minorities in the UK: a review of the literature - Gwata D, Ventriglio A, Hughes P, Deahl M.
BACKGROUND: Youth violence and knife crime is increasing dramatically, so much so it has been described as a global epidemic. The social, economic and political forces fuelling this rise mean that minority groups are particularly affected. AIM: Thi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 7, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
What's causing colon cancer epidemic in young people? Scientists launch $25m global probe to find the answer
A team of researchers at top universities in the US and UK will receive $25million over five years to investigate the causes of colon cancer in young people. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
How to Use Apps to Actually Make Friends
With loneliness at epidemic levels in the U.S., many people could use a few more friends to lean on. Survey data suggest that many U.S. adults want to make new friends—perhaps because strong relationships are one of the best predictors of happiness and well-being—but struggle to do so. About 8% of U.S. adults say they don’t have any close friends at all.
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Enter the apps. Bumble for Friends, Hey! VINA, Wink, and plenty more promise to help people make friends online. Many work just like dating apps: you build a profile that includes photos and a bio, then swi...
Source: TIME: Health - March 6, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Jamie Ducharme Tags: Uncategorized healthscienceclimate Source Type: news
Dengue is raging in Brazil. A promising local vaccine is at least a year away
When dengue started to circulate in his small town in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Fabio Vilella’s first thought was that he should get his 13-year-old son vaccinated. Children are especially vulnerable, and his son had dengue before, which increases the risk of severe disease. But Vilella, an environmental biologist, soon made a startling discovery: Not a single private clinic or pharmacy in the country had any vaccine left. “I’m really worried,” he says.
Brazil is seeing an unprecedented surge in dengue, a viral disease that can cause excruciating pains and is sometimes fatal. An unusually hot ...
Source: ScienceNOW - March 5, 2024 Category: Science Source Type: news
Africa: Africa Immunization Advisory Group Urges Single-Dose HPV Vaccine Adoption to Advance Vaccination Efforts
[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- Cervical cancer poses a significant burden in sub-Saharan Africa, with 120,000 cases annually out of the global total of 690,000, further exacerbated by the HIV epidemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa Source Type: news
Africa: Undernutrition and Obesity a 'Double Burden' in Africa - WHO Study
[RFI] According to a World Health Organization study published by The Lancet medical journal, obesity has increased alarmingly in low and middle income countries, particularly in Africa. World Obesity Day, held on 4 March, aims to raise awareness around what the WHO describes as an "epidemic". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 5, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Nutrition Source Type: news
A scoping review of E-scooter safety: delightful urban slalom or injury epidemic? - Janikian GS, Caird JK, Hagel B, Reay G.
Introduction
E-scooters are a convenient, relatively inexpensive and fun new mode of transportation with rapidly increased use in cities throughout the world. Despite the popularity of e-scooters, increases in rider injuries and fatalities have become a p... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Warning of looming Gen Z blindness epidemic because today's children 'don't go outside as much as previous generations'
The world is already experiencing soaring rates of short sightedness. Dr Joern Jorgensen, of LEC London, says it will only get worse. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Obesity Affects More Than 1 Billion Around the World Obesity Affects More Than 1 Billion Around the World
The global obesity epidemic has grown to include children as well as adults.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines)
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - March 4, 2024 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news
America's alcohol epidemic: 500 dying per DAY from booze in latest figures... more than COVID now!
Alcohol killed 178,000 Americans during the height of the pandemic, equal to nearly 500 deaths per day. Experts say this jump is linked to heightened anxiety about the coronavirus. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘Epidemic of obesity’ blights children as global rates soar
Research shows urgent need for policies to encourage weight loss and cut disease risk (Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare)
Source: FT.com - Drugs and Healthcare - February 29, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Amid bankruptcy, opioid maker Endo Health Solutions agrees to settlement over mislabeling claims
Opioid manufacturer Endo Health Solutions reached an agreement with the U.S. government Thursday to resolve criminal and civil cases stemming from its contribution to the opioid epidemic. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 29, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Global Pesticide Ban Is Only Way To Stop Us From a Health Epidemic Nightmare
Getting your five-a-day has been one of Britain's nutrition benchmarks for decades, but the aim is now turning millions of people into ticking health timebombs. A recent study from the Environmental Working Group made the startling discovery that a large percent of Americans tested positive for…#donaldtrump #brexit #nhs #dewaynejohnson #monsanto #bayerag #roundup #stvincent #grenadines #dowchemical (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
