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Secondhand Electronic-Cigarette Aerosols and Indoor Air Quality

The National Center for Health Statistics reports that in 2021, 4.5% of adults aged 18 and over were electronic cigarette users. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration recently released data from the 2023 National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) that showed 2.1 million youth also use e-cigarettes. - - This means tens of millions of e-cigarettes are used daily. These devices work by producing an aerosol when a liquid is heated that usually contains nicotine, flavorings and other chemicals. While e-...

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Alyssa Mortell's “Invisible Warriors” Will Be Exhibited at the 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books

Self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will display Alyssa Mortell's Invisible Warriors: Living Strong with a Better Understanding of Chronic Illness at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The book festival will take place on April 20-21, 2024, at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. - - The L.A. Times Festival of Books is an annual public festival celebrating community, literature, culture, and arts. Considered the largest book festival in th...

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Shorten the Blanking Period After Atrial Fibrillation Ablation, Experts Say

New evidence-based research calls into question the conventional three-month blanking period immediately after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation, when early occurrences of AF are thought not to predict long-term AF recurrence. Two articles and an accompanying editorial in Heart Rhythm (opens in new tab/window), the official journal of the Heart Rhythm Society, the Cardiac Electrophysiology Society, and the Pediatric & Congenital Electrophysiology Society, published by Elsevier, address t...

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Channel 4 teams up with Frontline19 in 'Life on the Frontline' continuity takeover to spotlight powerful NHS workers' mental health campaign

Starting this evening (Wednesday) to Friday on More4, Channel 4 has invited NHS frontline staff to read the continuity announcements around well-known blue light programming including '24hours in A&E' and '999 on the Frontline'. The continuity takeover was created in collaboration with adam&eveDDB, the creative agency behind Frontline19's latest campaign “Sicker Than The Patients”. In the moving voiceovers, the frontline workers share their lived experience of mental health struggles to...

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Elsevier Health introduces Sherpath AI to address challenges facing US nursing education

The new AI solution was created in direct response to critical needs highlighted by the nursing educational community, including the demand for reliable study resources, improved student engagement with course materials, and driving capacity and effectiveness in the face of resource constraints. Hundreds of nursing students and educators at Arizona State University, Chamberlain University, Miami-Dade College, and other institutions have signed up to support the testing and roll-out of...

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BrandShield and the Pharmaceutical Security Institute Release Annual Report Showing More than 6,900 Fraudulent Drug Listings and 1,600 Rogue Pharmacies Removed

BrandShield together with the Pharmaceutical Security Institute, today announced its second annual Pharma Crime report carried out from January 2023 to December 2023. The scope of the report highlights the identification and removal of thousands of fraudulent rogue pharmacies and drug listings across social media, websites, and marketplaces. - - The removed listings contained counterfeit medicines purported to treat various cancers, ADHD, and diabetes, among other conditions. Between Jan...

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WHO announces Health for All Film Festival shortlist and jury

More than 900 filmmakers from 110 countries have submitted short films for the 5thï¿½edition of theï¿½ï¿½ WHO Health for All Film Festival ï¿½on themes ranging from climate change, refugees, tobacco, and gender-based violence. Some 60 films have been selected for the shortlist, for review by a jury of international artists and health experts, before the announcement of the winners on 26 May 2024. “Storytelling through film brings a human dimension to WHO's scientific work and helps us to better u...

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From Struggle to Strength: Diane Davies Writes “A Breast Cancer Journey: From There to Here”

In her heartfelt memoir, “A Breast Cancer Journey: From There to Here,” retired first-grade teacher and breast cancer survivor/thriver Diane Davies highlights the importance of strength and the will to persevere and overcome, while also illuminating the emotional and physical challenges of breast cancer. Her story is a poignant exploration of courage, triumph, and the indomitable human spirit. - - According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2020, 685,000 people died worldwide f...

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$ 6.9 Billion Weight Loss Telehealth Market Grows, But Gets Crowded

April 15, 2024 - Marketdata LLC, a leading market research firm tracking the weight loss market since 1989, has released a new report: “The Telehealth Weight Loss Market”. This 88-page analysis investigates the growing market for virtual platforms / companies that provide access to the hugely popular GLP-1 drugs, along with coaching support. This is estimated to be a $ 6.9 billion market. Telehealth soared during the pandemic in 2020 as consumers stayed home and communicated with their p...

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AdvaMed to CMS: “1,138 Days Without Breakthrough Coverage is Harming Seniors”

AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, unveiled a timer on the organization's website to track the number of days since the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ended the coverage pathway for FDA-approved breakthrough medical devices. Beginning with the Agency's decision to delay implementation of the Medicare Coverage for Innovative Technology (MCIT) rule in March 2021, Medicare beneficiaries have waited 1,138 days for an updated rule giving them and their doctors access to breakth...

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Physicians struggle to keep practices afloat after Change cyberattack

The American Medical Association (AMA) released informalï¿½ survey findings ï¿½(PDF) showing the ongoing, devastating impact of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, which threatens the viability of physician practices across the country, and, according to respondents, has serious implications for patient care. According to the survey, which was conducted from March 26 to April 3, restricted functionality since the cyberattack has resulted in: 36% of respondents reporting suspension in claim paym...

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Federal Court Enters Consent Decree Against Philips Respironics Following Recall of Certain Sleep Therapy Machines

The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania entered a consent decree of permanent injunction against Philips RS North America LLC (“Philips Respironics”), Respironics California LLC, and Philips Holding USA Inc., and Roy Jakobs, CEO of Royal Philips, along with several other individual defendants named in the decree. Theï¿½ consent decree, with limited exceptions, restricts the production and sale of new continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, bi-level posit...

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Sudan's Year of War: One in Two Children in the Line of Fire

More than 10 million children inï¿½ Sudan ï¿½have been in an active warzone and less than five kilometers (3 miles) away from gunfire, shelling and other deadly violence over the past year of war, said Save the Children. Analysis by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (ACLED) on behalf of Save the Children found that one in two children in Sudan are currently or have been within five kilometers (3 miles) of the frontlines of the conflict within the last year, leaving them expos...

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Tackling cancer at the nanoscale

When Paula Hammond first arrived on MIT's campus as a first-year student in the early 1980s, she wasn't sure if she belonged. In fact, as she told an MIT audience yesterday, she felt like “an imposter.” However, that feeling didn't last long, as Hammond began to find support among her fellow students and MIT's faculty. “Community was really important for me, to feel that I belonged, to feel that I had a place here, and I found people who were willing to embrace me and support me,” she sai...

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Can artificial intelligence techniques help clinicians assess and treat patients with bone fractures?

The study, which is published in theï¿½ Journal of Orthopaedic Research, uncovered a significant association between the rates of hospital readmission after fracture surgery and the presence of underlying medical conditions. Correlations were also found between underlying medical conditions and orthopedic complications, although these links were not significant. It was also apparent that gait analyses in the early postinjury phase offer valuable insights into the injury's impact on locomo...

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NoviSign Digital Signage Powers Campus Wide Communications for the University of Florida

The University of Florida (UF), a leading research university with over 50,000 students, is proud to announce the campus-wide deployment of NoviSign Digital Signage Software. This initiative aims to streamline and enhance communication across the bustling campus. - - Challenge: UF's digital signage was previously managed by multiple vendors across different departments, leading to inefficiencies and confusion. The university sought a centralized solution to provide a more stable and cost...

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Supervisory Board endorses strategic direction and leadership team of Siemens AG and extends the contract of Roland Busch, President and CEO

- - • With key leadership decisions, Supervisory Board demonstrates confidence in the strategy and trajectory of Siemens AG as a leading technology company - • Announcement of five-year contract extension for Roland Busch (59) as President and CEO, from April 1, 2025 - • Intention confirmed to extend appointment of Cedrik Neike (51), member of the Managing Board and CEO of Digital Industries, for a further five years from June 1, 2025 - - - The Supervisory Board of Siemens AG confirmed a fi...

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Discover Your Best Health: Abdel Jaleel Nuriddin Introduces “Help Yourself to Ultimate Health”

Dr. Abdel Jaleel Nuriddin's book “Help Yourself to Ultimate Health.” shines as a ray of hope in a world where good health is becoming harder to attain. Drawing upon decades of experience in holistic health and nutrition, he offers practical advice to help readers achieve better health and well-being. - - Dr. Nuriddin's journey began in Buffalo, New York, where he overcame challenging circumstances to become a leading voice in the field of holistic health. His dedication to empowering indi...

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Gilboa Therapeutics Presents Pre-clinical Data at AACR Supporting SolidT Engineered T-Cell Platform Targeting Solid Tumors

Gilboa Therapeutics, a preclinical stage biotechnology company, today announced the presentation of pre-clinical data at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research demonstrating that its novel T-cell therapy platform, SolidT, has the potential to reprogram T cells to detect and destroy solid tumor cells while leaving normal cells unharmed, and establish immune memory to eliminate secondary tumors. - - The presentation is entitled “A modified FcγRI expressing T...

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Air Liquide strengthens its Home Healthcare activity with an acquisition in Belgium and the Netherlands

Air Liquide is continuing its development with the acquisition of Homecare activities in Belgium and the Netherlands. With this operation, the Group broadens its presence and offer in these countries. Worldwide Air Liquide already supports 2 million people at home living with a chronic disease and has made Home Healthcare activities one of its strategic development priorities. The two entities acquired in Belgium and the Netherlandsï¿½ support 10,000 patients living with respiratory insuf...

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Has remote work changed how people travel in the U.S?

The prevalence of remote work since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic has significantly changed urban transportation patterns in the U.S., according to new study led by MIT researchers. - - The research finds significant variation between the effects of remote work on vehicle miles driven and on mass-transit ridership across the U.S. - - “A 1 percent decrease in onsite workers leads to a roughly 1 percent reduction in [automobile] vehicle miles driven, but a 2.3 percent reduction in mass tra...

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Infection Control Resources to Safeguard Patients from Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Other Pathogens

The New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) describes enterococci as part of the normal flora in the intestinal tract and also a common cause of nosocomial infections. The bacteria can also often found in the natural environment, in soil and water. - - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns these bacteria are constantly finding new ways to avoid the effects of the antibiotics used to treat those infections. Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is the name for the...

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“The Path to Soul Immunity” by Sophia Edwards-Bennett, M.D., PhD will be displayed at the 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books

The self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will exhibit “The Path to Soul Immunity: $ oul Currency for Life and the Big C (cancer) with Dr. EB” by Sophia Edwards-Bennett, M.D., Ph.D. at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The book festival will occur on April 20-21, 2024, at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, USA. - - The L.A. Times Festival of Books is one of the country's most significant literary festivals. Every April, the premier...

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Xeal, Bulfinch, and Harrison Street Electrify Boston's Life Science Hub with Advanced EV Chargers

- - - • The company's 'Never Down' approach to EV charging presents a trustworthy solution for drivers with industry-leading reliability - • The 83 chargers will help reliably electrify Boston's state-of-the-art life sciences campus, home to Pfizer, Novartis, and LabCentral - • The 12 already-installed chargers have contributed to nearly 9,000lbs in CO2 reduction in less than one month - - - Xeal, the only no-central-network-needed EV charging solution with industry-leading...

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Culmination Bio Partners with BillionToOne to Drive Diagnostic Solutions in Oncology

Culmination Bio, a data and technology company combining clinical and biospecimen data, announced a partnership with BillionToOne, Inc., a next-generation molecular diagnostics company with a mission to create powerful and accurate tests that are accessible to all. Culmination Bio and BillionToOne are working together to leverage their respective strengths in order to facilitate the development and validation of robust and impactful oncology diagnostics. Leveraging Culmination Bio's Dat...

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State Health Investigation Links Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak to Municipal Water Supply

Recently, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced that both epidemiologic and laboratory data point to areas of a municipal water system as the source of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in a northeastern Minnesota city that began in April of 2023. So far, a total of 14 confirmed cases of Legionnaires' disease have been identified as part of the outbreak. - - According to the MDH news release: Since the first cases of Legionnaires' disease were reported, MDH has been investigat...

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Bailey Rollins' Holistic Health Guide “Stay Fertile” Will Be Displayed at the 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books

The self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will exhibit “Stay Fertile: Simple Holistic Health Hacks To Boost Your Fertility, Overcome Challenges, And Increase Your Chances Of A Healthy Conception and Pregnancy” by Bailey Rollins at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The book festival will take place on April 20-21, 2024, at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, USA. - - The L.A. Times Festival of Books is one of the country's most signi...

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Risant Health completes acquisition of Geisinger

Risant Health has announced the completion of its acquisition of Geisinger as its first health system dedicated to increasing access to value-based care and coverage. Together, the organizations will create a new value-based care platform that includes best practices, tools, technology and services to support leading community-based health systems. Risant Health's goal is to expand and accelerate the adoption of value-based care in diverse, multipayer, multiprovider, community-based healt...

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Tietoevry's Lifecare patient information system strengthens its position in the wellbeing services county of Satakunta

Tietoevry Care's Lifecare patient information system harmonizes primary healthcare and dental healthcare in Satakunta wellbeing services county by improving the quality of care and services as well as promoting operational efficiency. The Lifecare system has already been widely used in the county's primary healthcare and specialized healthcare. "Tietoevry Care has extensive industry expertise in user-friendly solutions for social and healthcare professionals. The Lifecare system helps h...

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Mucormycosis and Mitigating Infection Risks to Protect Patients, Workers and Building Occupants

Mucormycosis is a rare but serious type of fungal infection caused by a group of fungi known as mucormycetes. Mucor species and Rhizopus species are some of the most common causes of mucormycosis, however there are also other species. The fungi typically live in soil and decaying organic matter. - - It is frequently a life-threatening infection warns the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The agency also cautions that while most cases of mucormycosis are sporadic, outbre...

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Gesund.ai Named to the 2024 CB Insights AI 100 List

CB Insights today named Gesund.ai to its eighth-annual AI 100, showcasing the 100 most promising private AI companies of 2024. - - “AI is taking off at lightning speed, and it's not just big tech companies at the forefront of it,” said Deepashri Varadharajan, director of AI research at CB Insights. “Our AI 100 winners – many of them early stage startups, some with very small teams – are pushing the boundaries of AI in everything from game development and battery design to agentic AI syst...

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Influenza Health Worker Vaccination Programmes: Platforms for Pandemic Preparedness

WHO recommends that HWs be vaccinated against a number of antigensï¿½ (). Globally, countries have most frequently reported vaccinating HWs against hepatitis B, seasonal influenza and measlesï¿½ ( [ii] ). In particular, the COVID-19 pandemic has drawn global attention to the importance of vaccinating health and workers (HWs). Countries are expressing interest in building from their experiences deploying COVID-19 vaccination to develop or strengthen national HW vaccination programmes.[/i] WHO...

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FDA Warns Consumers to Avoid Certain Topical Pain Relief Products Due to Potential for Dangerous Health Effects

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to use certain over-the-counter analgesic (pain relief) products that are marketed for topical use to relieve pain before, during or after certain cosmetic procedures, such as microdermabrasion, laser hair removal, tattooing and piercing. The agency issued warning letters to six companies for marketing these products in violation of federal law. Some of these products are labeled to contain ingredients, such as lidocaine, at c...

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Infection Control Testing Resources to Help Prevent the Spread of Klebsiella in Healthcare Settings

Klebsiella is a type of gram-negative bacteria that can cause different types of serious healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). These can include pneumonia, bloodstream infections, wound or surgical site infections, and meningitis. - - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warns that increasingly, Klebsiella bacteria have developed antimicrobial resistance, most recently to the class of antibiotics known as carbapenems. In healthcare settings, Klebsiella infections ca...

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Tietoevry's Lifecare client information system streamlines social care services in the wellbeing services county of Satakunta

Tietoevry Care delivers its Lifecare client information system to Satakunta wellbeing services county. The shared information system in Satakunta improves and harmonizes social care services. Currently, the wellbeing services county uses six social information systems to a varying extent. The Lifecare system replaces the previous systems enabling better management and understanding of social care customers. With Lifecare social care customers are able to view their information through K...

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Armed violence deepening malnutrition crisis for children in Haiti

ï¿½ The alarming surge in armed violence in areas of Haiti is creating heightened risk of furthering a malnutrition crisis in the country, UNICEF warned today. The recent findings from the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis indicate an alarming 19 per cent increase in the number of children estimated to suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in Haiti this year. In addition, and as evidenced by the latest IPC analysis, 1.64 million people are facing emergency...

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“Science and Beyond” by Rolf Sattler will be exhibited at the 2024 L.A. Times Festival of Books

Self-publishing and book marketing company ReadersMagnet will display “Science and Beyond: Toward Greater Sanity through Science, Philosophy, Art, and Spirituality” by Rolf Sattler at the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. The literary festival will take place on April 20-21, 2024, at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, CA. - - The annual premier book event is held every April at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles, USA. The book fe...

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How Can We Rebuild Trust in Healthcare for Improved Health Outcomes?

People from marginalized groups are losing trust in healthcare – and it's affecting their mental and physical health. In the largest cumulative international polling of its kind, we have listened to more than 24,000 people across 10 countries to explore their experiences in healthcare. - - Our first survey reached out to people in Brazil, France, Japan, UK and the U.S. Our most recent polling expanded to include Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain and Mexico, revealing consistent findings: w...

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In Congressional Testimony, AdvaMed Urges Passage of Diagnostic Regulatory Reform

Zach Rothstein, Executive Director of AdvaMedDx, testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Subcommittee on Health during a hearing on diagnostic test regulation and FDA's proposed laboratory developed test (LDT) rule. In his written testimony, Rothstein urged Congress to pass diagnostic regulatory reform,ï¿½ “The current regulatory framework for diagnostics was established decades ago and has remained fundamentally unchanged despite dramatic advancements in the field.ï¿½ Tha...

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5 million children now taking part in The Daily Mile worldwide

- - • Phenomenal growth from 30 children in a single school in Scotland in 2012 to 5 million children across 20,000 schools in 96 countries today. - • The Daily Mile Foundation is celebrating the achievements of schools and teachers across the world who are commited to improving the fitness, health, and wellbeing of their children. - • Scientific research confirms The Daily Mile can significantly enhance children's fitness, heighten their alertness, and boost concentration levels in class, s...

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Spike in arrivals of unaccompanied Rohingya children in Indonesia highlights increasing desperation – Save the Children

About 250 unaccompaniedï¿½ Rohingya ï¿½children,[1] ï¿½some as young as 11, arrived inï¿½ Indonesia ï¿½in the last three months of 2023, a 78 percent increase compared to arrivals throughout the rest of that year,[2]ï¿½ said Save the Children. The children's rights organization analyzed figures from two quarterly reports from the UNHCR, which showed a worrying increase in the number of children taking the perilous journey on their own. Last year, some 4,500 Rohingya[3] ï¿½refugees, the majority fromï¿½ B...

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Cargill and Water.org announce $ 2.1 million partnership to provide access to safe water and sanitation

Reliable access to clean, safe water as well as sanitation and hygiene are essential for communities to thrive. To help expand water access, Cargill has committed $ 2.1 million in funding to Water.org, a global nonprofit focused on removing the financial barriers between people living in poverty and access to safe water.ï¿½ This two-year grant project, running January 1, 2024 – December 31, 2025, will directly impact an estimated 300,000 individuals — approximately 75,000 households — by pro...

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Millions at risk from cholera due to lack of clean water, soap and toilets, and shortage of cholera vaccine

Immediate action is needed to stem an unprecedented multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide, according to the International Coordinating Group (ICG) on Vaccine Provision. Actions include investing in access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene, testing and detecting outbreaks quickly, improving quality of and access to healthcare, and fast-tracking additional production of affordable oral cholera vaccine (OCV) doses to better prevent cases. The ICG manages the global cholera vaccin...

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World Water Day 2024: bridging divides through water cooperation

Today,ï¿½ World Water Day 2024 ï¿½calls us to action, to unite around the theme of "Water for Peace" and to leverage water as a tool for building a more stable, peaceful world. Access to drinking-water is a human right, but when water is scarce or polluted, or when people have unequal or no access, tensions can riseï¿½ (1). This underscores the need to harness the cooperative power of water. Successful examples of water cooperation highlight its value in conflict resolution and community improv...

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FedEx Named Overall Logistics & Supply Chain Management Supplier of the Year at the Asia Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2024

FedEx Express (FedEx), a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and one of the world's largest express transportation companies, has been named 'Overall Logistics & Supply Chain Management Supplier of the Year' and also received the 'Best Logistics & Supply Chain Management Supplier Award: Last Mile Implementation' at the Asia-Pacific Biopharma Excellence Awards 2024 (ABEA 2024). Organized byï¿½ IMAPAC, ABEA 2024 seeks to give recognition to exceptional bioprocessing, logistics and supply ch...

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Laquinta Clack's Children's Guide to Understanding Terminal Illness Soon to be Exhibited at the L.A. Times Festival of Books 2024

While a lot of readers visiting the Los Angeles Times Festival Books 2024 are looking for cool stories, there are also plenty of educators and parents in search of helpful material on very challenging topics. - - The good news is that there are authors like Laquinta Clack who are just as eager to help spread awareness and provide books that engage kids while teaching them such valuable lessons. - - In her case, it's a lesson about sickle cell disease and other seemingly hidden illnesses that...

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“I am seeing my son dying and I can't do anything”: Children and Families in Northern Gaza Just Weeks Away from Famine

Children and families in northernï¿½ Gaza ï¿½are just weeks away from famine, according toï¿½ data released today ï¿½by leading experts on food insecurity and malnutrition, with some of the thresholds needed to declare a famine already exceeded.ï¿½ï¿½ Newï¿½ data ï¿½from the global initiative of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC)—the global scale to classify food and nutrition crises—says 1.1 million people across Gaza, or at least half of the population, are facing catastrophic food...

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Are there racial and ethnic differences in Medicare costs for older adults with dementia?

In an analysis of information on Medicare beneficiaries with dementia, Medicare expenditures were higher for Black and Hispanic individuals compared with whites. Theï¿½ Journal of the American Geriatrics Society ï¿½analysis also found that expenditures were highest for Black beneficiaries in every phase of care. The average total Medicare expenditures after being diagnosed with dementia were $ 165,730 for Black beneficiaries, $ 160,442 for Hispanic beneficiaries, and $ 136,326 for white benefi...

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AMA urges public to get vaccinated amid growing measles outbreaks

With an increasing number of measles cases reported across the U.S. and globally, vaccination rates declining and spring break travel beginning, the American Medical Association (AMA) today issued the following statement urging individuals to get vaccinated against the measles if not already immune. The following statement is attributable to: - Jesse M. Ehrenfeld, M.D., M.P.H. - President, American Medical Association “As many Americans begin spring break travel, the AMA urges everyone w...

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