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2024-08-26 01:56:48

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2024-08-25 16:55:00

"That horrific history has been thoroughly documented, in court documents and at places like the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum and the killing field in Choeung Ek. But both of these are in the capital, Phnom Penh, and most Cambodians live in the countryside.
The bus’s mission is to bring the history to them."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/24/world/asia/cambodia-khmer-rouge-museum-bus.html
#history #Cambodia #KhmerRouge #genocide

2024-08-20 01:23:01

"Trupanion, a Seattle-based pet insurance company, is partnering with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to create a disease tracking system for pets, the company announced this week. The system will draw on insurance claims submitted to Trupanion in real time when sick dogs and cats visit the veterinarian."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/16/health/pets-disease-surveillance.html
#PublicHealth #BirdFlu #surveillance #pets #cats #dogs #epidemiology

2024-08-19 21:57:01

"The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Friday to let President Joe Biden's administration enforce a key part of a new rule protecting LGBT students from discrimination in schools and colleges based on gender identity in 10 Republican-led states that had challenged it."
https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-supreme-court-wont-allow-lgbt-student-protection-certain-states-2024-08-16/
#PublicHealth #education #TitleIX #lgbtq #transgender #SexDiscrimination #GenderIdentity

2024-08-19 18:31:01

"Democrats have set the stage for a convention this week packed with boasts about some of their most popular health care policy wins and future moonshot goals...Here are the top health care issues Democrats will likely highlight."
https://www.statnews.com/2024/08/18/dnc-harris-healthcare-what-to-watch-for/
#healthcare #HealthPolicy #Medicare #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #MedicalDebt #ACA #Obamacare #Medicaid #election #election2024

2024-08-19 16:55:01

“He has common sense when it comes to issues and policy,” said Andy Slavitt, a former UnitedHealth executive and former administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. “He’s not an ideologue. He’s an independent thinker who cares about people who don’t have resources,” said Slavitt, who served as a senior adviser to the Biden administration’s covid response team.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/harris-walz-ticket-health-policy-contrast-trump-vance-dnc/
#healthcare #Medicaid #Medicare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #lgbtq #elections

2024-08-19 15:03:00

"Melendez created a student organization called the American Latino Advocacy Society — abbreviated to ALAS, or “wings” in Spanish — where students worked together to resist controversial changes in the district, often by contacting trustees and attending board meetings."
https://houstonlanding.org/had-to-do-something-how-houston-area-students-are-taking-on-conservative-school-boards/
#schools #education #advocacy #Houston #Texas

2024-08-19 01:23:01

"Floridians suffered fewer outages thanks to the Florida Legislature. After five hurricanes and a tropical storm struck in 2004 alone, lawmakers and the governor decided to invest in resilient lines and poles. They also stopped allowing for-profit utilities to skimp on storm preparations."
🎁: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/columnists/tomlinson/article/beryl-texas-florida-hurricane-suffering-19656946.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vYnVzaW5lc3MvY29sdW1uaXN0cy90b21saW5zb24vYXJ0aWNsZS9iZXJ5bC10ZXhhcy1mbG9yaWRhLWh1cnJpY2FuZS1zdWZmZXJpbmctMTk2NTY5NDYucGhw&time=MTcyMzk5Mjc2Nzc2Mg%3D%3D&rid=MDcyMjg5MTAtNzRlYS00OGUyLTlmODQtNjI5ZTE0Zjg0MzRi&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D
#hurricane #beryl #debby #DisasterPreparedness #energy #electricity #power #PowerOutages #Florida #Texas #txlege #climate #environment #PublicHealth

2024-08-18 21:57:01

"Known as 'The Pond,' the getaway outside Houston has been a cornerstone of CenterPoint’s lobbying efforts for decades – a space where the company’s lobbyists and executives can enjoy nature alongside the same Texas lawmakers who have voted to make it easier for the company to charge Houston customers more for electricity."
🎁: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investigations/article/centerpoint-pond-retreat-texas-lawmakers-19579557.php?utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbmV3cy9pbnZlc3RpZ2F0aW9ucy9hcnRpY2xlL2NlbnRlcnBvaW50LXBvbmQtcmV0cmVhdC10ZXhhcy1sYXdtYWtlcnMtMTk1Nzk1NTcucGhw&time=MTcyMzk5MjMyMTcyNA%3D%3D&rid=MDcyMjg5MTAtNzRlYS00OGUyLTlmODQtNjI5ZTE0Zjg0MzRi&sharecount=Mg%3D%3D
#ethics #energy #electricity #power #PowerOutages #CenterPoint #Texas #txlege #lobbying

2024-08-18 18:31:01

"A federal lawsuit in Texas against Planned Parenthood has a web of ties to conservative activist Leonard Leo, whose decades-long effort to steer the U.S. court system to the right overturned Roe v. Wade, yielding the biggest rollback of reproductive health access in half a century."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/planned-parenthood-conservative-activist-leonard-leo/
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #contraception #WomensHealth #courts #Texas

2024-08-18 16:55:00

"This Medicaid 'unwinding' led to fears that the number of people without insurance would spike. But it also coincided with moves in more than a dozen states to expand health coverage for lower-income people, including children, pregnant women, and the incarcerated.
These expansions will mitigate the effects of the unwinding to some degree, though it’s still unclear how much."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/medicaid-unwinding-state-expansions/
#healthcare #insurance #Medicaid #unwinding #MedicaidExpansion

2024-08-18 15:03:00

"The U.S. bird-flu outbreak in dairy cattle is much larger than official figures suggest due to farmers' reluctance to test their animals and risk the economic consequences of a positive result, according to Reuters interviews with dairy experts, veterinarians, and farmers in six states with known cases."
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-undercounts-bird-flu-cattle-farmers-shun-testing-2024-08-15/
#PublicHealth #BirdFlu #cows #dairy #farmers #farmworkers #labor #OccHealth

2024-08-18 01:23:00

"This loosening of the rigid structures around cinema creates a more welcome space for neurodiverse patrons and by reducing sensory overload, relaxed screenings are able to introduce film to many audiences who simply would find the standard theatrical viewing environment too taxing."
https://lwlies.com/articles/relaxed-screenings-neurodiverse/
#film #movies #neurodivergent #accessibility #inclusion

2024-08-17 22:32:48

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😂 🤣

2024-08-17 22:03:44

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Texas, and I currently work in a clinic with limited medical resources for folks without insurance. I don't usually recommend people come see me!

2024-08-17 21:57:01

"In pursuit of ever larger audiences, Shen Yun has treated many of its performers as an expendable commodity, a New York Times investigation has found. It has routinely discouraged them from seeking medical care when their bodies have broken down, and commanded their obedience to grueling rehearsal and tour schedules through relentless emotional abuse and manipulation."
🎁: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/15/nyregion/shen-yun-dance-abuse.html?unlocked_article_code=1.DU4.9_gV.MQ8BG5wVNzoF&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
#aapi #aanhpi #FalunGong #ShenYun #dance #entertainment

2024-08-17 18:31:00

"The lawsuit, which Texas filed along with the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, is a continuation of Paxton’s legal challenges to the Biden administration’s gender-affirming policies. It is one of dozens of suits Texas has brought against the federal government since Biden stepped into the White House in January 2021, legal steps that seek to advance some of the highest-priority conservative issues of the day."
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/15/paxton-transgender-protections-federal-lawsuit/
#PublicHealth #labor #lgbtq #transgender

2024-08-17 16:55:01

"With former President Donald Trump open to restricting access to a major abortion pill physicians are steeling themselves if he wins for the possible end of legal telehealth abortion — a method that has allowed thousands of patients to circumvent state bans over the past two years."
https://19thnews.org/2024/08/trump-vance-abortion/
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #USpol #elections #elections2024 #Project2025

2024-08-17 15:03:00

"The FDA in October 2021 had set guidelines to trim sodium levels in foods ranging from potato chips to hamburgers in a bid to prevent excessive intake of salt that can trigger high blood pressure, a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke.
The agency is now seeking voluntary curbs from packaged-food makers such as PepsiCo, Kraft Heinz, and Campbell Soup. The companies did not immediately respond to Reuters requests for comment."
https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/us-fda-seeks-fresh-curbs-sodium-levels-packaged-processed-foods-2024-08-15/
#PublicHealth #food #nutrition

2024-08-17 14:55:09

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Putting the "public" back in "public health."

2024-08-17 01:23:01

“Pharmaceutical companies themselves have a scorched-earth policy towards any legislative or regulatory changes. In other words, the industry will throw every claim it can think of at the states to try to block implementation of the law,” said Robin Feldman, a professor at UC Law San Francisco and an expert on pharmaceutical law.
https://stateline.org/2024/08/15/to-lower-prescription-drug-costs-states-head-to-the-courthouse/
#healthcare #PrescriptionDrugs #DrugPrices #CostsOfCare #PhRMA #PBMs

2024-08-16 23:07:36

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🙋🏽‍♀️ Any patients unwilling to wear a mask can reschedule with another doctor.

2024-08-16 21:57:01

"Like millions of Americans, he’s lost a loved one to gun violence. But it’s his job, as an emergency medicine physician in Houston, at one of the state’s top level I trauma centers, that gives him a close-up view of what a bullet does to the human body. Nearly every day, he and his colleagues dig their hands into the wounds of gunshot victims to try to stop the bleeding and prevent vital organs from shutting down."
https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/doctor-cedric-dark-gun-reform-book-under-the-gun/
#PublicHealth #GunViolence #GunSafety #Bookstodon

2024-08-16 18:31:01

"A similar scenario has played out in hundreds of other rural communities across the United States, where hospitals have faced closure over the past 40 years. In that regard, the story of Mound Bayou’s hospital isn’t unique.
But there’s more to this hospital closure than the loss of inpatient beds, historians say. It’s also a tale of how hundreds of Black hospitals across the U.S. fell casualty to social progress."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/black-hospitals-south-closure-impact-taborian-mound-bayou-mississippi/
#healthcare #hospitals #disparities #HealthEquity

2024-08-16 16:55:01

"Along with her husband and their children, the family has worked in the fields for years. Despite their critical role in an agriculture industry that generates over $70 billion annually in North Carolina, they have faced persistent barriers to essential healthcare services, including annual exams, vaccinations, and screenings for chronic conditions."
https://enlacelatinonc.org/the-fight-to-ease-a-health-crisis-among-north-carolinas-farmworkers/
#healthcare #labor #farmworker #immigrant #undocumented #FQHC #PublicHealth #SDOH

2024-08-16 15:03:01

"The Affordable Care Act is back under attack. Not as in the repeal-and-replace debates of yore, but in a fresher take from Republican lawmakers who say key parts of the ACA cost taxpayers too much and provide incentive for fraud."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/affordable-care-act-aca-obamacare-new-gop-republican-attacks/
#healthcare #ACA #Obamacare #insurance #Medicare #Medicaid #PrescriptionDrugs #CostsOfCare

2024-08-16 01:23:01

"The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year’s disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup.
Workers who reported headaches and nausea — while shooting compressed air into the creek bed, which releases chemicals from the sediment and water — were sent back to their hotels to rest, according to a report obtained by The Associated Press about their illnesses."
https://apnews.com/article/east-palestine-ohio-railroad-train-wreck-epa-f2cf628d79c47e265539e98032390f3f
#PublicHealth #environment #labor

2024-08-15 21:57:00

"...focus has turned to the parents of the gunmen and whether they bear responsibility for the horrific acts of their children.
That has been the question at the center of a civil trial now taking place in a small county courtroom in Galveston, along the Gulf Coast of Texas. The defendants are the parents of a 17-year-old gunman who killed eight of his classmates and two teachers at Santa Fe High School in 2018."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/14/us/shooting-parents-santa-fe-texas-trial.html
#PublicHealth #GunViolence #GunSafety #SantaFe #texas

2024-08-15 18:31:00

"Montana’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that minors don’t need their parents’ permission to get an abortion in the state – agreeing with a lower court ruling that found the parental consent law violates the privacy clause in the state constitution."
https://apnews.com/article/montana-abortion-parental-consent-980e974b46721f6fcdefd9ac85a2a996
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #minors #adolescents #YoungAdults #privacy #montana

2024-08-15 16:55:01

"The U.S. government will save $6 billion in the first year from lower prices the Biden administration negotiated on 10 top-selling prescription drugs for the Medicare health program for older Americans, officials said on Thursday.
President Joe Biden's signature Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in 2022, allows Medicare to negotiate prices for some of the most costly drugs that the program covers for 66 million people."
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-expects-6-bln-savings-first-medicare-drug-price-negotiations-2024-08-15/
#healthcare #medicare #PrescriptionDrugs

2024-08-15 15:03:00

"The authors argue that mental health is not merely an individual issue to be tackled after someone becomes unwell; it is also necessary to focus collectively on the environmental, social, economic, political and technological changes that contribute to mental distress."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/well/mind/mental-health-young-adults-trends.html
#healthcare #MentalHealth #PublicHealth #youth #YoungAdults #finances #economics #climate #SDOH

2024-08-15 01:23:01

"None of this rhetoric about a Chinese 'invasion' or 'threat' is new. There is a long history of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian rhetoric in the United States. In the past, such rhetoric has led to violence and discrimination. Using it now—despite the lack of evidence that China or the CCP is using the border to 'infiltrate' the country—threatens to stoke backlash against Chinese migrants and Asian Americans..."
https://time.com/6989755/chinese-migration-rhetoric-peril/
#aapi #aanhpi #immigrant #emigrant #migrant #StopAAPIHate

2024-08-14 21:57:01

"Millions of Americans now receive their prescription medications through mail-order shipments, either for convenience or because their health plans require it. But the temperatures inside the cargo areas of delivery trucks can reach 150 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer, according to drivers — far exceeding the range of 68 to 77 degrees recommended by the national organization that sets standards for drug handling."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/13/health/heat-mail-order-drugs.html
#healthcare #PrescriptionDrugs #heat #climate #mail

2024-08-14 18:31:01

"Climate change is causing hotter days and nights, which put extra stress on the human body. The problem is likely to only get worse.
Yet deaths related to heat are almost certainly undercounted in Texas and nationwide, according to experts. Accounting for heat’s role in a death is notoriously difficult because of the subjectivity and complexity of the process."
https://www.texastribune.org/2024/08/14/texas-heat-deaths-undercount/
#healthcare #PublicHealth #deaths #heat #climate #environment #texas #arizona

2024-08-14 16:55:00

"Three quarters of reproductive age women in the United States oppose letting states decide whether abortion is legal, including large majorities of Democrats and independents, according to a new survey...Former President Trump has taken credit for ending Roe, saying it was a popular decision. After refusing to take a position for months, Trump is now betting on a message that individual states get to decide their own abortion policies."
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4826547-most-women-oppose-leaving-abortion-laws-to-the-states-across-party-lines-poll/
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice

2024-08-14 15:03:01

"A warmer climate means mosquito season is getting longer, prompting not only an increase in the pesky insects but also greater potential for them to spread diseases like West Nile virus.
To help reduce the risk In New York City, expert "insect hunters" track the summer pests among the trees and marshes of parks that residents use to escape the summer heat."
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mosquito-season-getting-longer-more-disease-west-nile-virus/
#PublicHealth #mosquito #WestNile #dengue #climate #environment

2024-08-14 13:43:04

Children are particularly vulnerable to the stresses of gun violence, and 10 of 24 people injured by bullets at the Feb. 14 parade were under 18 years old. Countless more children like Gabriella experienced the trauma firsthand. They’ve endured fear, anger, sleep problems, and hypersensitivity to crowds and noises.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/kids-children-survivors-super-bowl-shooting-panic-attacks-sleep-kansas-city/
#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #GunSafety #Guns #Firearms

2024-08-14 01:23:01

"Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief...While the process of fighting high medical bills can be time-consuming and frustrating, advocates stress that patients shouldn’t be intimidated by the system. If you’ve received a surprise medical bill, here’s what you should know:"
Only in the U.S., where people can go bankrupt over medical bills 😞
https://apnews.com/article/surprise-medical-bills-handle-58dfe56afa490b582ddce491aa0ac3bc
#healthcare #hospitals #MedicalDebt #CostsOfCare #SurpriseBills

2024-08-13 21:57:00

"Both women had ectopic pregnancies that implanted in their fallopian tubes, which connect ovaries to the uterus.
The women say that they were initially sent home without receiving appropriate care, which in this case should have been terminating the pregnancy...by the time both could receive abortions, their pregnancies had ruptured. Both women had to have their affected fallopian tube removed."
https://19thnews.org/2024/08/texas-hospitals-women-ectopic-pregnancies-emtala/
#healthcare #hospitals #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #texas

2024-08-13 18:31:00

"Universal free school lunches could lead to fewer cases of obesity, improved attendance and fewer suspensions, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open.
Why it matters: School lunches are becoming fodder for partisan politics with the selection of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz — an ardent supporter of free school lunch programs — as Kamala Harris' running mate, Food Fix's Helena Bottemiller Evich pointed out."
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/12/universal-school-lunches-may-improve-attendance-and-reduce-obesity
#PublicHealth #education #food #nutrition #lunch

2024-08-13 16:55:00

"But only about 5.7% of medical physicians identify as Black or African American, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges.
To increase representation, Blackstock said we also must address the barriers that prevent people of color from becoming physicians in the first place, such as racism, microaggressions and access to education."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/health/black-women-address-health-care-disparities/index.html
#healthcare #MedEd #representation #disparities #HealthEquity #education #SDOH #diversity #equity #inclusion #DEI

2024-08-13 15:03:01

"A new study has uncovered dramatic differences in outcomes based on the race and sex of the people who went into cardiac arrest and got CPR. White people were three times more likely than Black people to survive the episode, and men of any background were twice as likely to survive as women, researchers found. In all of these cases, CPR was administered by someone other than a first responder."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/08/09/cardiac-arrest-cpr-survival-rate-study/74704745007/
#healthcare #CPR #disparities #HealthEquity

2024-08-13 11:39:41

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Both still better than what's available in the U.S.!

2024-08-13 01:23:01

“Despite the dire impact of long COVID on individuals and society, I fear that many are still unaware of the danger,” says Akiko Iwasaki, professor of immunology at Yale School of Medicine and co-lead investigator of the university’s COVID-19 Recovery Study. “There is an urgent need to provide proper diagnosis and treatment for people living with long COVID.”
https://fortune.com/well/article/long-covid-cost-1-trillion-treatment-cure/
#PublicHealth #covid #LongCovid #vaccines #immunizations

2024-08-12 22:30:22

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Wikipedia says France has mostly government health insurance, many private general practitioners, and a mix of public, non-profit, and for-profit hospitals. So not socialism?

2024-08-12 21:57:01

"A team of researchers from the University of Houston have developed a new vaccine to treat and prevent the spread of flu and multiple coronavirus strains.
Through two nasal sprays — an immune activating therapeutic treatment and a new vaccine — the team of UH researchers have not only broken ground on vaccinating against SARS-CoV-2 and the flu virus, but also on creating a universal coronavirus vaccine."
🎁: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/health/article/university-of-houston-covid-nasal-vaccine-19628489.php?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8jHdTGPTA0ZDGpBBkXD4alMro0k1mfkC_RPKTjlb-Jn97O9IIaK3HECl4naYvE2qefQ3iLomtILJFGIVzBBXMjKfTPMw&_hsmi=319679493&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vbmV3cy9ob3VzdG9uLXRleGFzL2hlYWx0aC9hcnRpY2xlL3VuaXZlcnNpdHktb2YtaG91c3Rvbi1jb3ZpZC1uYXNhbC12YWNjaW5lLTE5NjI4NDg5LnBocA%3D%3D&time=MTcyMzQ2Nzg3ODY0NA%3D%3D&rid=MDcyMjg5MTAtNzRlYS00OGUyLTlmODQtNjI5ZTE0Zjg0MzRi&sharecount=MQ%3D%3D
#PublicHealth #covid #flu #vaccines #immunizations

2024-08-12 18:31:00

“An infection anywhere is potentially an infection everywhere, and this is exactly what we saw with mpox in 2022,” said Rimoin, who is also a professor of epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. “It’s a critical moment to act quickly, to be vigilant and with no time to lose.”
🎁: https://wapo.st/3YI7VHo
#PublicHealth #mpox #Congo #IDMastodon

2024-08-12 16:55:01

“The whole point of having health and medical expertise at any event including the Olympics is to insure the health, short and long term, of the athletes, staff, coaches and officials. Anyone with covid should be isolating. Anyone at high risk from covid should not be sanctioned to compete,” Caplan said in a statement.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/09/health/noah-lyles-raced-covid/index.html
#PublicHealth #covid #LongCovid #athletes #olympics #ParisOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics2024

2024-08-12 15:03:00

"...the U.S. is the only high-income country without universal healthcare. Many American athletes do have access to the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee’s health insurance policy. But their eligibility for the program is up to their sport’s governing body...More than a quarter of U.S. athletes report earning less than $15,000 per year, and more than 40% said they paid out of pocket for healthcare..."
https://www.si.com/olympics/american-athletes-taking-full-advantage-of-free-healthcare-olympic-village-france
#healthcare #athletes #olympics #Paris2024 #Olympics2024

2024-08-12 13:34:57

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I started watching a few and had to stop. The climate change one 😳

2024-08-12 13:25:07

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😅

2024-08-12 13:15:57

Calls from Khloie and others, along with body camera footage and surveillance videos from the May 24, 2022, shooting at Robb Elementary School, were included in a massive collection of audio and video recordings released by Uvalde city officials on Saturday after a prolonged legal fight.
The Associated Press and other news organizations brought a lawsuit after the officials initially refused to publicly release the information.
https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-video-released-2eaabf46b09866b037b3a9dee81b9cd1
#Texas

2024-08-11 21:57:00

"Today, Harris is faced with the shortest presidential campaign in modern U.S. history after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race in mid-July...So All Things Considered spoke with five people who knew Harris well during various chapters of her life to better understand what makes her the person she is today."
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/05/nx-s1-5052893/kamala-harris-election-2024
#aapi #aanhpi #BlackMastodon #USpol #elections #elections2024

2024-08-11 18:31:01

“They come in with their little lists, from TikTok, they know exactly what they want, and they laugh at you. Like, if you tell them they don’t need a serum, they will literally laugh.” Did their parents try to put the brakes on, I asked? “Oh, they’re by themselves,” the employee said. “They are unaccompanied. They have Apple Pay, and when they pull it up it’s Amex Platinum.”
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-tweens-get-from-sephora-and-what-they-get-from-us
#beauty #skincare #tweens

2024-08-11 16:55:00

"Today, many women runners are flipping the script. They’re discovering how dangerous undernourishment can be – including the risks of disordered eating – and are seeking out coaching that supports proper fueling. The old model of coaching for thinness is gradually giving way to an emphasis on strength and stamina."
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/08/nx-s1-5065821/olympics-track-field-female-runners-fueling-performance
#athletes #health #MentalHealth #BodyPositivity #running #runners #food #nutrition #strength #olympics #Paris2024 #Olympics2024 #ParisOlympics

2024-08-11 15:03:01

"Patel, who is in Paris at the Olympics, tells TODAY.com she’s observed zero COVID protocols and that most staff, including medical personnel, are not wearing masks, though a small number of spectators are. She also says it’s not clear how cases are being contained and expressed concern about availability of COVID tests."
https://www.today.com/health/coronavirus/covid-olympics-2024-rcna164070
#PublicHealth #covid #LongCovid #olympics #Paris2024 #olympics2024 #ParisOlympics

2024-08-11 01:23:01

"Nguyen said after moving to New York for college, talking politics with her parents became easier. She still sometimes struggles to express the topic in Vietnamese, taking some moments to look up translations for political terms, she said.
But with each conversation, Nguyen said they have become more patient, learning more about their parents’ lives and preferences in the process."
https://voices.aaja.org/stories/austin-2024/asian-americans-voting-personal/
#aapi #aanhpi #elections #elections2024 #USpol

2024-08-10 21:57:01

"Maine joins a dozen other states with similar laws, requiring that buyers wait 72 hours to complete a purchase and retrieve a weapon. The law is among several gun-related bills adopted after an Army reservist killed 18 people and injured 13 others on Oct. 25, 2023, in Lewiston...gun safety advocates who believe it will prevent gun deaths by providing a cooling-off period for people intent on buying a gun to do harm to others or themselves."
https://apnews.com/article/maine-gun-waiting-period-mass-shooting-ce8837757eeeb8bd6204e3017cbe7cb5
#PublicHealth #GunViolence

2024-08-10 20:59:20

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Truth. It makes your lungs sad.
This is why I wonder if edibles would be a healthier choice 🤷🏽‍♀️

2024-08-10 20:58:24

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😒

2024-08-10 18:31:01

"Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Thursday requiring hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status to help the state determine the cost of providing healthcare to noncitizens.
Beginning Nov. 1, Abbott is directing hospitals in Texas to gather data on 'patients who are not lawfully present in the United States,' as well as the number of inpatient discharges and emergency visits and the costs of care."
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4819901-texas-gov-abbott-hospitals-patients-immigration-status/
#healthcare #hospitals #immigrant

2024-08-10 16:55:01

"Federal health officials are renewing warnings about the growing number of measles cases and encouraging parents to get their children the recommended vaccinations before school starts.
Measles outbreaks are up substantially, CDC numbers show. CDC officials say that's because there was a drop in vaccinations, which they say are the best way to keep communities safe and free from potentially deadly diseases."
https://www.cbsnews.com/philadelphia/news/measles-cases-rising-back-to-school-vaccinations/
#PublicHealth #measles #vaccines #immunizations #schools

2024-08-10 15:03:01

“Our research shows that people who use cannabis, particularly those with a cannabis use disorder, are significantly more likely to develop head and neck cancers compared to those who do not use cannabis,” said senior study author Dr. Niels Kokot, a professor of clinical otolaryngology-head and neck surgery at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/08/health/marijuana-head-and-neck-cancer-wellness/index.html
#PublicHealth #marijuana #cannabis #cancer #research

2024-08-10 01:23:01

"Both female and male AANHPI broadcast journalists face career challenges, but often in different ways that aren't widely understood, which is particularly challenging given stereotypes and biases towards AANHPIs." says Naomi Tacuyan Underwood, AAJA Executive Director. "For instance, data shows that despite improvements in recent years, AANHPI men are far from reaching full representation, while AANHPI women are seldom given full-time roles."
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/first-of-its-kind-analysis-shows-asian-american-broadcasters-face-significant-gaps-especially-on-gender-302215752.html
#aapi #aanhpi #journalist

2024-08-09 21:57:01

Oliver Lackey opened a pharmacy...in the local grocery store with “zero prescriptions.” Before long, business took off — yet he was still struggling.
“I was getting more patients and was filling more prescriptions,” Lackey told Stateline. “But as I grew in revenues, my reimbursement from the insurance companies and PBMs every year was getting worse.”
https://stateline.org/2024/08/08/states-want-to-lower-drug-prices-a-federal-law-stands-in-their-way/
#healthcare #pharmacy #pharmacies #PBM #PrescriptionDrugs #insurance #ERISA #oklahoma

2024-08-09 18:31:01

"At first glance, the 60-year-old governor might not seem the most likely of political surrogates to talk about abortion and pregnancy. But Harris found a partner who has a track record of increasing abortion access in his state and can speak comfortably about his own family’s struggles with infertility."
https://apnews.com/article/walz-harris-ivf-abortion-reproductive-rights-55cb772464c99ba9c2b4c2043cb87560
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #elections #elections2024 #USpol

2024-08-09 16:55:01

Givens, who is also chair of the board of trustees for the Mississippi State Medical Association, which supports Medicaid expansion, said the federal government would pay for the vast majority of it and that most Mississippians support it. “Why does that not translate when it comes to policy?” Givens asked. “It’s called the stupidity of politics. Period.”
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/politics-medicaid-expansion-mississippi-south/
#healthcare #Medicaid #insurance #ACA #Obamacare #CostsOfCare #HealthcareCosts

2024-08-09 15:03:01

"The rise of telehealth is part of why the number of abortions in the U.S. has continued to go up since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022 — even though 14 states have near-total abortion bans. In those states, shield law providers represent the only legal way people can access abortions within the established health care system."
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/06/nx-s1-5037750/abortion-pills-bans-telehealth-mail-mifepristone-misoprostol
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #telehealth #ShieldLaws

2024-08-09 01:23:01

"When Californians phone for help with their Medicaid coverage, they routinely face waits of nearly an hour — and are regularly disconnected without reaching anyone, researchers found in a newly released analysis.
An audit released Wednesday by the Children’s Partnership, an advocacy group focused on child health, found the average wait when researchers phoned in dozens of counties was 55 minutes."
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-08-07/medi-cal-medicaid-phone-calls-california
#healthcare #Medicaid #MediCal #california

2024-08-08 23:00:50

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A bit embarrassing for the U.S., non?

2024-08-08 21:57:00

"After at least a decade of decline, the death rate from stroke for people ages 45 to 64 started to rise in 2012. By 2019, the stroke death rate for this age group had grown 7% from where it was seven years earlier, and it spiked another 12% in the early years of the Covid-19 pandemic."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/08/health/stroke-death-rising-middle-age-adults-us/index.html
#PublicHealth #strokes #covid #LongCovid #vaccines #immunizations #MaskUp

2024-08-08 18:31:00

"The number of cases is up, but the quality in terms of deadliness is not,' said Otto Yang, an associate chief of infectious diseases at UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine. 'Still, a lot of people are still dying, and it is still having a big impact on society, so we should still be taking this seriously."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/08/07/covid-surge-summer-paris-olympics/
#PublicHealth #covid #LongCovid #vaccines #immunizations #MaskUp #Olympics #ParisOlympics #Paris2024 #Olympics2024

2024-08-08 16:55:01

"Inmates in U.S. prisons appear to not be seeking the health care they need because they can't afford co-pays, per a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.
Why it matters: Co-pays, found in up to 90% of state and federal prisons, could be a barrier to addressing the increasing prevalence of chronic health conditions among the incarcerated."
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/co-pays-block-inmates-from-accessing-health-care-study
#healthcare #PublicHealth #incarceration #MentalHealth #PrenatalCare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy

2024-08-08 15:03:04

"Texas Children’s Hospital said Tuesday it is laying off 5% of its workforce amid a series of financial challenges for the nation’s largest children’s hospital...Aldred said the layoffs are the result of what she characterized as 'historic financial challenges' within the health care industry. She said Texas Children’s took other measures before determining layoffs were necessary."
🎁: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/health/article/texas-childrens-hospital-layoffs-19621573.php?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-93YBmWag2AyFeyuoIxuzKka_OYSQeVld8d-tsqSyzo7VbfgpImoHM_rf8X_axf2fvJ_kW43-bAe_-jd4kvhUDFKiLqSg&_hsmi=319064193&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vaGVhbHRoL2FydGljbGUvdGV4YXMtY2hpbGRyZW5zLWhvc3BpdGFsLWxheW9mZnMtMTk2MjE1NzMucGhw&time=MTcyMzAzNjM1MDQyMg%3D%3D&rid=MDcyMjg5MTAtNzRlYS00OGUyLTlmODQtNjI5ZTE0Zjg0MzRi&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
#healthcare #hospitals #business #texas

2024-08-08 01:23:00

"On the 10-year anniversary of his untimely passing, we asked more than 20 of his costars, collaborators, and friends for their favorite memories of this kind, playful, and uniquely intelligent artist: an explosively energetic performer, an openhanded friend, a quiet man, a serious actor. Many of them started with their earliest recollections of the phenomenon that was Robin Williams."
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/robin-williams-death-anniversary-memories
#entertainment #comedy #films #movies #actors #comedians

2024-08-07 21:57:01

"After Covid-19 vaccines transitioned to the commercial market last fall, the CDC stepped in to ensure that adults without insurance, or those whose insurance plans did not fully cover the vaccine, could receive shots for free. The agency’s Bridge Access Program provided roughly 1.5 million shots...But the program ends this month, making it even harder for health centers to provide shots for free."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/06/well/cdc-covid-vaccines-free-program.html
#PublicHealth #covid #LongCovid #vaccines #immunizations

2024-08-07 18:31:00

"At age 19, he lost his father to cancer, leaving his mother strapped with medical debt, an experience that informed some of the policy priorities...In June, Walz signed legislation banning medical providers from withholding medically necessary care because of unpaid debt. The law also banned debt transfer to a widow."
https://rollcall.com/2024/08/06/walzs-personal-experiences-shape-his-health-policy-outlook/
#healthcare #MedicalDebt #PublicHealth #fertility #IVF #veterans #GunViolence #ACA #ReproductiveJustice #USpol #elections #elections2024

2024-08-07 16:55:00

“No matter who the president is, reforming health care in the United States is a tall order given the power and lobbying abilities of the health insurance companies,” says Perry N. Halkitis, PhD, dean of the Rutgers School of Public Health.
Here’s what health policy researchers and a doctor anticipate may change if Harris and Walz take the election in November.
https://fortune.com/well/2024/08/06/kamala-harris-tim-walz-win-health-care-changes/
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #insurance #ACA #Medicaid #PrescriptionDrugs #business #NursingHomes #USpol

2024-08-07 15:03:01

"Under Severino’s vision for HHS, federal approval of one commonly used abortion drug, mifepristone, could be revisited and potentially withdrawn. Health agencies would promote 'fertility awareness' as an 'unsurpassed' method of contraception. Medicaid...could be converted into block grants that Democrats say would result in far lower funding and enrollment."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/project-2025-heritage-foundation-trump-health-policy/
#healthcare #HealthPolicy #lgbtq #transgender #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #Project2025 #USpol

2024-08-07 13:32:29

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I want to know what places like South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan are doing. If they're not having surges, perhaps their public health practices are better than these countries' and we should learn from them.

2024-08-07 01:23:01

"By July 2020, American Indians and Alaskan Natives had a covid-19 infection rate 3½ times that of non-Hispanic whites. Problems accessing data predated the pandemic, but the alarming infection and death rates in Native American communities underscored the importance of making data-sharing easier so tribal health leaders and epidemiologists have the information they need to make lifesaving decisions."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/native-american-tribal-data-blind-spot-public-health/
#PublicHealth #NativeAmerican #Indigenous #data #epidemiology

2024-08-06 21:57:01

"Soon, a prescription won’t be necessary. In a groundbreaking expansion of technology previously aimed at diabetics who need to carefully control their blood sugar, Abbott Laboratories and Dexcom are poised to begin selling continuous glucose monitors over the counter, meaning they can be purchased by adults without first seeing a doctor."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/08/05/glucose-monitors-wellness-prescription-diabetes-over-the-counter/
#healthcare #diabetes #MedicalDevice #wellness #lifestyle

2024-08-06 18:31:01

"Agenda47 is Trump's official campaign platform for the 2024 election. It is separate from the oft-mentioned Project 2025, but proposes his plans for crime, immigration and other issues.
While Trump's proposals on healthcare are slim, he has put forward a few policies focused on drug shortages, prices and addiction."
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/05/trump-agenda47-drug-shortage-prices-addiction/74587818007/
#healthcare #DrugShortages #DrugPrices #PrescriptionDrugs #PhRMA #SubstanceUse #elections2024 #elections #USpol

2024-08-06 16:55:01

"Texas is home to the country's largest share of Americans under 65 without health insurance, according to new Census Bureau data, with 18.8% of residents uninsured as of 2022.
Why it matters: That's a big improvement over 2006, when 27.6% of Texans were uninsured — but still nearly double the national uninsured rate of 9.5%."
https://www.axios.com/2024/08/06/uninsured-americans-texas-map
#healthcare #insurance #ACA #Medicaid #texas

2024-08-06 15:03:01

“...for a lot of us, we’re going to have a moment where we have to decide if we’re going to do the right thing for the patient that’s in front of us and risk our license, or if we want to step back and potentially let a patient – let a mother in our community – die from an obstetric complication, but preserve our license and our ability to continue to care for the other people in our rural communities.”
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/05/us/iowa-abortion-ban-maternity-care/index.html
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #RuralHealth

2024-08-06 01:23:01

"A 2023 KFF survey found that, among Black and Hispanic adults, those with self-described darker skin tones reported more experiences with discrimination in daily life compared with those who have lighter skin tones. People who feel they experience daily discrimination can be at higher risk for depression, loneliness, increased alcohol and drug use, and anxiety, data shows.
And colorism can also lead to physical health concerns."
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/colorism-mental-health-anxiety-discrimination-race-skin/
#healthcare #MentalHealth #colorism

2024-08-05 22:30:34

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I'm sorry it's such a challenge and how much labor it takes to be a patient and advocate for yourself. If your titers do not show immunity, you should be able to get vaccinated now especially if you have insurance. I've checked patients of reproductive age and gotten them vaccinated before they planned to get pregnant.

2024-08-05 21:57:01

"Hennepin Healthcare’s emergency department has a new chair, one of the first tribally enrolled people to lead an academic emergency department in the U.S. Dr. Thomas Wyatt (Shawnee/Quapaw) is believed to be the first Indigenous physician to chair an emergency department in Minnesota."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/08/03/hennepin-healthcares-new-emergency-chair-talks-diverse-staff
#healthcare #EmergencyMed #Indigenous #NativeAmerican #Minnesota #MentalHealth #SubstanceUse #PublicHealth #prevention

2024-08-05 18:31:01

"...policy changes, flatlined funding and shuttering clinics put a strain on small family planning providers that have to fund the upfront cost of stocking a range of contraceptives, from birth control pills to injections to intrauterine devices, for their patients. That can reach around $30,000 for a clinic that dispenses birth control to about 50 to 75 patients a month..."
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/womens-health/finding-cheap-birth-control-becoming-harder-many-states-abortion-bans-rcna161032
#healthcare #ReproductiveJustice #contraception #FamilyPlanning #Medicaid #RuralHealth

2024-08-05 16:55:00

"In a three-part series, Today, Explained’s Haleema Shah reports on the promise and precarity of MDMA. Starting with the rogue chemist and therapists in the 1980s who believed it could change psychotherapy, the series traces the decades-long effort to make a dance-floor drug medicinal, journeying through the war on drugs, the rave era, and the psychedelic renaissance to explain how a once-maligned drug became an emblem of healing..."
https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/363903/mdma-medicine-ptsd-fda #MentalHealth #MDMA #ecstasy #podcast

2024-08-05 15:03:01

"Maternity homes have seen a resurgence in the two years since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Across the country, homes are sprouting up or expanding. Christian anti-abortion advocates want to open more of these transitional housing facilities, believing they are the next step in helping women who carry pregnancies to term...Maternity homes also have a fraught history of trauma, secrecy and shame."
https://apnews.com/article/abortion-maternity-homes-catholic-christian-roe-cbc70b49618c2541838085456eb1c162
#ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy #abortion #adoption #religion

2024-08-05 13:03:24

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Pretty much! It's not a routine recommendation for the average adult to check titers or get a MMR booster. If you can confirm your childhood immunization record, you're likely set. But if you have questions, it's a good idea to talk to your PCP.

2024-08-05 12:59:36

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Thanks for sharing - languages are fun!

2024-08-05 12:58:50

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I hope you're safe. 🙏🏽

2024-08-05 12:58:28

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I hope he's safe. 🙏🏽

2024-08-05 01:23:01

"Like me, 25% of women have crippling menopause symptoms that reduce their quality of life and 17% of women have quit or considered quitting.
Even though all women go through menopause, very few employers offer workplace support or programs. Women suffer in silence, and employers have a responsibility to step up and support their workforce. Women have a right to demand it."
https://www.yourtango.com/self/menopause-prematurely-ending-womens-careers
#labor #work #career #menopause #WomensHealth #gynecology #PrimaryCare #FamilyMedicine

2024-08-04 21:57:01

"CenterPoint Energy has decided to withdraw its request to raise consumer rates.
The power company announced on Thursday it's withdrawing its March 6 filing that was under review by the Public Utilities Commission. The increase would have raised monthly bills by around $1.25.
Instead, CenterPoint said it wants to focus on resiliency this hurricane season and restoring the public’s trust after Beryl."
https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/centerpoint-raise-rates-withdraws-puc-request/285-0e2a17dd-b400-4e10-83d3-580c4bb35d3d
#PublicHealth #energy #PowerOutages #Beryl #Houston #Texas

2024-08-04 18:31:01

"...they instead are...prompted to enter their address, cellphone number and age.
If they agree to submit all that, the system still does not steer them to a voter registration page. Instead, it shows them a “thank you” page.
So that person who wanted help registering to vote? In the end, they got no help at all registering. But they did hand over priceless personal data to a political operation."
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/02/elon-musk-pac-voter-data-trump-harris.html
#elections #election2024 #USpol #data #misinformation #disinformation

2024-08-04 16:55:01

"In a sense, she may always be making her way back to herself. A self that is constantly shifting, adapting, processing, healing. It hasn’t been easy, especially when she was discussing the most painful parts of her incarceration, with the litany of interviews she did for her book."
https://www.theringer.com/olympics/2024/7/29/24208528/brittney-griner-team-usa-paris-olympics-womens-basketball-wnba
#sports #athletes #basketball #WNBA #olympics #Paris2024 #olympics2024 #ParisOlympics #OlympicGames #MentalHealth

2024-08-04 16:24:20

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I like how Stacey Abrams explained the American Dream is built on the idea of DEI to allow everyone opportunities: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-JCBnUyD6Q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==