'Clusters' of measles are appearing in three regions of the UK - check cases in your area
The West Midlands remains the epicentre for the current measles outbreak in the UK, but "clusters" are now appearing in two other regions. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Florida Has A Measles Outbreak. Here's What That Actually Means For You.
Experts predict what dropping vaccination rates may do and why these cases aren't something to dismiss. (Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post)
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
From COVID-19 to Measles, Florida ’ s War on Public Health
The culture of public health and medicine rests on open discussions in which different points of view are considered for the betterment of patient care and health. This process depends on psychological safety so individuals feel free and safe to speak and openly disagree. These factors collectively create a just culture, which improves systems and organizations and is being widely implemented in healthcare nationwide.
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However, in the face of politicized anti-science and anti-expert sentiment and attacks, we need to ask if just culture is being restricted in public health. Fo...
Source: TIME: Health - February 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Scott A. Rivkees Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news
Africa: Responding to Cholera Is a Multipronged Approach
[MSF] Over the last two years, countries' ministries of health and organisations like Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) have been trying to respond to a string of cholera outbreaks around the world. Why are we seeing so many outbreaks? What's causing them? And do we have the tools and resources needed to respond to them? MSF's International Medical Coordinator Dr Daniela Garone explains in this interview. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Aid and Assistance External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Source Type: news
Missing Doctor Found Dead; Bird Flu in Antarctica; Cholera Outbreak on Cruise
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The body of a missing 49-year-old Florida doctor who disappeared while paddleboarding was recovered. (People)
A rise in syphilis cases led to penicillin rationing... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 27, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Mauritius: Norwegian Cruise Ship Halted At Mauritius Due to Outbreak
[Daily Maverick] A vessel operated by Norwegian Cruise Line has been halted at Mauritius -- with passengers temporarily unable to disembark or board -- after several people became ill. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Mauritius Transport and Shipping Source Type: news
Logistics chain responsiveness to war impacts: a case study in North Adriatic Region - Caramuta C, Grosso A, Longo G.
The Russian-Ukraine conflict outbreak abruptly interrupted the sea-road intermodal service which provided some metal companies in the Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia with semi-finished steel products coming from the Ukrainian port of Mariupol. Thos... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 27, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Mauritius: Mauritius Lets Cruise Ship Dock After Cholera Scare
[DW] A suspected cholera outbreak aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Dawn stranded more than 3,000 people off the East African island of Mauritius. For passengers, an end to their involuntary stopover is now in sight. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Europe and Africa External Relations Health and Medicine Mauritius Transport and Shipping Source Type: news
Florida's measles outbreak continues to grow as two MORE children are diagnosed - as state's surgeon is accused of fueling crisis by allowing unvaccinated kids to go to school
Two more children in Broward County, Florida, have been infected with measles, which brings the county's total to eight amid a nationwide outbreak that includes 35 total cases in 15 states. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Youth Antidepressant Prescribing Rose Faster After COVID-19 Outbreak
MONDAY, Feb. 26, 2024 -- For adolescents and young adults, antidepressant dispensing was increasing before the COVID-19 outbreak and increased even more thereafter, according to a study published online Feb. 26 in Pediatrics.Kao-Ping Chua, M.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 26, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Forget bedbugs: The Las Vegas Strip faces a deadly health crisis
Las Vegas remains very sensitive to bad press, especially when it comes to health-related issues. In many ways the situation is a lot like norovirus or flu on cruise ships. Though the cruise industry has invested hundreds of millions in health and safety protocols and outbreaks are incredibly…#lasvegas #beyondbiden #taylorswift #simpsons #googledlasvegasstrip #bedbugs #lasvegasstrip #caesarsentertainment #czr #strip (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New Ebola and Marburg Guideline Addresses 'Inappropriate Practices'
(MedPage Today) -- The World Health Organization's (WHO) updated infection prevention and control (IPC) guideline for Ebola and Marburg disease aims to address "inappropriate practices" in the management of these outbreaks, according to a summary... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - February 26, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
High levels of all-cause mortality among people who inject drugs from 2018 to 2022 - Roussos S, Angelopoulos T, Cholongitas E, Savvanis S, Papadopoulos N, Kapatais A, Chounta A, Ioannidou P, Deutsch M, Manolakopoulos S, Sevastianos V, Papageorgiou MV, Vlachogiannakos I, Mela M, Elefsiniotis I, Vrakas S, Karagiannakis D, Pliarchopoulou F, Chaikalis S, Tsirogianni E, Psichogiou M, Kalamitsis G, Leobilla F, Paraskevis D, Malliori M, Goulis I, Papatheodoridis G, Hatzakis A, Sypsa V.
BACKGROUND: Mortality among people who inject drugs (PWID) is high, with overdose and HIV infection being the main causes of death. In Greece, there have been no data on mortality, and two HIV outbreaks have been recorded in this population in the past dec... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A review of unmanned vehicle distribution optimization models and algorithms - Zhao J, Hu H, Han Y, Cai Y.
With the development of globalization and artificial intelligence, as well as the outbreak of COVID-19, unmanned vehicles have played an important role in cargo distribution. In order to better analyze the research directions of unmanned vehicle distributi... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 26, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Who is Florida's controversial top doctor Joseph Ladapo? Harvard-graduate who railed against face mask mandates and advised men NOT to get the Covid vaccine
Dr Joseph Ladapo, Florida's surgeon general, was recently accused of endangering unvaccinated children at school by failing to tell parents to keep them home following a measles outbreak. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
