Seattle Reverses Course, Makes Public Drug Use Arrestable Crime
The Seattle City Council on Tuesday ruled that public drug use will soon be illegal in the city. Imagine that! According to KIRO7, public drug use can now end in arrest - though there remains a large effort to funnel drug users into…#seattle #seattlecitycouncil #kiro7 #citycouncil #danielkim #seattletimes #johnmooregettyimages #teresamosqueda
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

FDA Panel Rejects Implanted GLP1-RA-Dosing Device for T2D FDA Panel Rejects Implanted GLP1-RA-Dosing Device for T2D
An implanted device for delivering the GLP-1 receptor agonist exenatide to people with type 2 diabetes received a unanimous no vote from an FDA advisory panel based on safety and other concerns.Medscape Medical News
Source: Medscape Diabetes Headlines - September 22, 2023 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news

The iPhone 15 is lovely, may have Goldilocks size problem
First Fondle The iPhone 15 is predictably lovely – but the larger models may be too much to handle, and the smaller machines feel a little undersized. The Register today popped into an Apple Store in Sydney, Australia, to sample the new smartphones within moments of their public release. Your…#register #applestore #sydney #iphones #cupertinocathedral #iphone #apple #applestorei #android #droids
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Most PCPs Do Not Feel Comfortable Screening for Firearm Safety
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Only a minority of internal medicine (IM) providers report feeling comfortable conducting routine firearm safety screening, according to a study published online Aug. 31 in the Journal of General Internal...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

News at a glance: Diphtheria treatment shortage, prisoner release, and iNaturalist ’s growth
CONSERVATION Popular biodiversity app to expand The nonprofit that runs iNaturalist, a popular app and website for identifying species, has received a $10 million grant to expand. The funding from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, announced last week, will allow iNaturalist—whose website is one of the largest generators of crowd-sourced species-occurrence data—to add users, technology, and observations to inform conservation. iNaturalist hopes to grow in nature-rich parts of the world, such as Asia and South America, which have fewer users uploading data. Since iNaturalist’s founding in 2008, the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 21, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Shimano to recall 760000 Ultegra and Dura-Ace cranksets due to risk of failure
In partnership with the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Shimano has issued a recall of approximately 760,000 road chainsets across the Ultegra and Dura-Ace models. The recall is currently in effect across North America, but a worldwide recall is soon to be announced. The…#ultegra #duraacefc9000 #ultegrafcr8000 #duraacefcr9100 #fc #kj #kk #kl #ld #le
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Firebot is designed to scout burning builders before sending in firefighters
Stanley Wilson died a decade ago, battling a six-alarm fire at a Dallas, Texas, condominium complex. Two additional firefighters were taken to a hospital and two residents were treated on site for smoke inhalation, but all survived. A pair of reports were made public the following year, citing…#stanleywilson #dallas #siddarththakur #wilson #thaku #firebot
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Half a million children, others being reinstated after removal from Medicaid
Federal officials halted in more than half the states much of the process of evaluating who remains eligible for the safety-net health insurance.
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Amy Goldstein Source Type: news

Binance wallet spends almost $1M in ETH gas fees in one day
Binance reportedly said it was carrying out a wallet aggregation process to ensure the safety of user funds.#binance
Source: Reuters: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The Future of Healthcare 2023 – The Surgeons General Roundtable
Please join us here on Friday, Sept. 29 from 9:30 - 11:30 AM for live streaming video an exciting roundtable discussion with five former U.S. Surgeons General to discuss the Future of Healthcare.
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - September 21, 2023 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Geisel Communications Tags: Events Improving Lives Multimedia News Video public health Surgeon General Source Type: news

EPA Implements Stricter Regulations for Asbestos Industry
Asbestos manufacturers and processors are now subject to heightened regulations following completion of the final reporting rule under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Toxic Substances Control Act. On July 6, the EPA mandated reporting and record-keeping obligations for companies that manufacture, import or process asbestos and asbestos-containing products. “We know that exposure to asbestos causes cancer and other serious health problems that still result in thousands of people dying every year, and today we’re continuing our work to protect people from this dangerous chemical,” said Michal Freedho...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 21, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Arianna Delarosa Source Type: news

Medicare Advantage Ads Should Look Different This Year
(MedPage Today) -- Last week, CMS administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was in South Dakota listening to Native American tribal members explain how they were persuaded to enroll in Medicare Advantage (MA) plans whose networks -- they subsequently...
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - September 21, 2023 Category: American Health Source Type: news

Shared Decision-Making and Emergency Department Use Among People With High Blood Pressure
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - September 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

Factors Influencing the Referral of Patients with Prediabetes to a Diabetes Prevention Program in the Bronx, New York
Source: CDC Preventing Chronic Disease - September 21, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Public Health Source Type: news

How Wastewater Testing Can Help Tackle America ’ s Opioid Crisis
Among the many lasting legacies of COVID-19 may be a newfound appreciation for the value of what we flush down the toilet and wash down the drain. Wastewater can be a rich source of information about infectious diseases, like COVID-19, as well as flu, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), mpox and polio, since pathogens like viruses are shed in feces, urine and saliva, all of which is drained into sewage treatment plants. Sampling that water is a good way to screen for certain viruses, and, as more people bypass the medical system and labs in favor of testing themselves at home for things like COVID-19, health agencies lik...
Source: TIME: Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

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