Federal Officials Find No Live Bird Flu Virus in Initial Milk Tests
The early results suggest that pasteurization is killing the H5N1 virus in milk, something that regulators were not certain of. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland and Benjamin Mueller Tags: your-feed-science Tests (Medical) Avian Influenza Milk Disease Rates Infant Formulas Cattle Viruses Dairy Products Livestock Source Type: news
Biden Delays Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
The proposal had been years in the making, in an effort to curb death rates of Black smokers targeted by Big Tobacco. In an election year, the president ’s worries about support among Black voters may have influenced the postponement. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Jewett and Noah Weiland Tags: United States Politics and Government Presidential Election of 2024 Recalls and Bans of Products Smoking and Tobacco Food and Drug Administration Biden, Joseph R Jr Source Type: news
At Least Three Women Were Infected With H.I.V. After ‘Vampire Facials’
The women underwent the cosmetic procedure at an unlicensed spa in New Mexico. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Disease Rates Spas Face Infections Workplace Hazards and Violations Medicine and Health Hypodermic Needles and Syringes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Source Type: news
Beth Linker is Turning Good Posture On its Head
A historian and sociologist of science re-examines the “posture panic” of the last century. You’ll want to sit down for this. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Matt Richtel Tags: your-feed-health your-feed-science Books and Literature Back (Human Body Part) Medicine and Health Sociology Ergonomics University of Pennsylvania Darwin, Charles Robert United States Source Type: news
One in Five Milk Samples Nationwide Shows Genetic Traces of Bird Flu
There is no evidence that the milk is unsafe to drink, scientists say. But the survey result strongly hints that the outbreak may be widespread. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes and Noah Weiland Tags: Avian Influenza Milk Food Contamination and Poisoning Supply Chain Shopping and Retail Viruses Food and Drug Administration Source Type: news
Penny Simkin, ‘Mother of the Doula Movement,’ Dies at 85
As a childbirth educator and maternal advocate, she promoted a profession that provides comfort to women giving birth and offers postpartum care as well. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Penelope Green Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth Deaths (Obituaries) Parenting Babies and Infants Kennell, John H (1922-2013) Seattle Simkin, Peggy Source Type: news
Antidepressants: What to Know About Uses and Side Effects
Facts and common misconceptions about some of America ’s most widely used drugs. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Caron Tags: Depression (Mental) Antidepressants Content Type: Service Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Anxiety and Stress Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Source Type: news
FDA Approves Antibiotic to Treat Urinary Infections
Pivmecillinam, which has been used in Europe for decades, will become available next year to women 18 and older. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jacobs Tags: Urinary Tract Antibiotics Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Drug Resistance (Microbial) Infections Bacteria Women and Girls Food and Drug Administration Journal of the American Medical Assn your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
Supreme Court Arguments on Idaho ’s Abortion Ban: 5 Takeaways
The court ’s ruling could extend to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans, and the implications of the case could stretch beyond abortion. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Pam Belluck Tags: Federal-State Relations (US) Abortion Emergency Medical Treatment Pregnancy and Childbirth United States Politics and Government Women and Girls Supreme Court (US) Alito, Samuel A Jr Barrett, Amy Coney Kagan, Elena Roberts, John G Jr Source Type: news
Grandmother Becomes Second Patient to Receive Kidney From Gene-Edited Pig
NYU Langone Health surgeons performed the transplant after implanting a mechanical heart pump in the severely ill patient. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Kidneys Genetic Engineering Medical Devices Implants Surgery and Surgeons Doctors Transplants New York University Langone Health Source Type: news
Bird Flu Outbreak in Cattle May Have Begun Months Earlier Than Thought
A single spillover, from a bird to a cow, led to the infections, a review of genetic data has found. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Apoorva Mandavilli Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Disease Rates Cattle Agriculture and Farming Dairy Products Viruses Milk Livestock Diseases Agriculture Department Food and Drug Administration Texas North Carolina Kansas Source Type: news
Dairy Cows Transported Between States Must Now Be Tested for Bird Flu
Since a new form of bird flu arrived in 2022, federal officials have sought to reassure Americans that the threat to the public remained low. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Noah Weiland, Benjamin Mueller and Emily Anthes Tags: Avian Influenza Federal-State Relations (US) Tests (Medical) Agriculture and Farming United States Politics and Government Dairy Products Food Contamination and Poisoning Viruses Medicine and Health your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news
New Nutrition Guidelines Put Less Sugar and Salt on the Menu for School Meals
The Agriculture Department finalized a new rule to bring the meals more in line with federal dietary standards. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Linda Qiu Tags: Agriculture Department Vilsack, Tom Obama, Michelle Lunch and Breakfast Programs Diet and Nutrition Education (K-12) United States Politics and Government Source Type: news
Breaking Down New Rules About ‘Forever Chemicals’
Lisa Friedman, who covers climate change, discussed the fight to regulate toxic chemicals found in nearly half of America ’s tap water. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Josh Ocampo Tags: PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) Environmental Protection Agency Greenhouse Gas Emissions Source Type: news
Fragments of Bird Flu Virus Discovered in Milk
The milk poses virtually no risk to consumers, experts said. But the finding suggests that the outbreak in dairy cows is wider than has been known. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes, Apoorva Mandavilli and Noah Weiland Tags: your-feed-science Avian Influenza Milk Agriculture and Farming Cattle Regulation and Deregulation of Industry Dairy Products Source Type: news
