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Location of Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People

Thu, 2024-12-26 09:30 — mike kraft
Trash Incinerators Disproportionately Harm Black and Hispanic People - KFF Health News Across the country, trash incinerators disproportionately overburden majority-Black and -Hispanic communities. Though the number of incinerators has declined nationwide since the 1980s, Florida offers financial incentives to waste management companies that expand existing facilities or build new ones. khnalessandrab KFF Health News

 

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Explainer: The status of infectious diseases during this holiday season

Thu, 2024-12-26 09:20 — mike kraft
What to know about infectious diseases during this holiday season As friends and family visit, so too do their viruses. What's trending and where? And how can you protect yourself? The Times speaks with Peter Chin-Hong, a UCSF infectious disease doctor. Los Angeles Times
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High rates of cognitive change shown in studies of Long-COVID.

Thu, 2024-12-26 09:12 — mike kraft
Long-COVID study shows high rates of cognitive change In a second study, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers find that the prevalence of long COVID-19 in the US population in 2021 was 29.9%, and 77.2% of those with long COVID had not returned to pre-COVID health within 8 to 60 weeks after infection. CIDRAP
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Public acceptance of RSV vaccine grows in the U.S. as hesitancy plateaus--poll

Tue, 2024-12-24 16:27 — mike kraft
Public acceptance of RSV vaccine grows as hesitancy plateaus A year after becoming available, vaccines to protect against RSV in newborns and older adults are being more widely accepted by the American public, according to a new Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) ... Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania Medical Xpress

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Los Angeles reports bird flu case after state officials declare an emergency

Tue, 2024-12-24 16:18 — mike kraft
Bird flu case reported in Los Angeles after state officials declare emergency Los Angeles County health officials reported the first human case of bird flu in the area less than a week after a statewide emergency declaration was announced. ABC News ABC News

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Los Angeles reports bird flu case after state officials declare an emergency

Tue, 2024-12-24 15:53 — mike kraft
Bird flu case reported in Los Angeles after state officials declare emergency Los Angeles County health officials reported the first human case of bird flu in the area less than a week after a statewide emergency declaration was announced. ABC News ABC News

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In a statement released on Monday, the L.A. County Department of Public Health said the human case of H5 bird flu was detected in an adult who was exposed to livestock infected with the virus at a worksite.

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US FDA revokes authorization for four COVID antibody drugs

Tue, 2024-12-24 10:11 — mike kraft
US FDA revokes authorization for four COVID antibody drugs The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has revoked the emergency use authorization for four COVID-19 antibody-based drugs, including those from Eli Lilly and Regeneron . Reuters Reuters

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A ‘silent’ COVID surge may hit the US over the holidays, experts warn

Tue, 2024-12-24 09:57 — mike kraft
A ‘silent’ COVID surge may hit the US over the holidays, experts warn — here's what that means This year's winter wave is off to a late start, and experts expect cases to keep rising. Here's what to know. TODAY

This year's winter COVID wave is off to a later start than usual, and some experts are warning about a potential "silent" surge in transmission over the holidays.

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Cholera: Yemen reports the highest toll --WHO

Mon, 2024-12-23 17:27 — mike kraft
Yemen bears world’s highest cholera burden, deepening humanitarian crisis Yemen has reported the highest global burden of cholera, with nearly 250,000 suspected cases and 861 associated deaths as of 1 December, accounting for 35 per cent of worldwide cholera cases and 18 per cent of related deaths this year, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday. UN News

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U.S. Whooping cough cases reach highest level in a decade

Mon, 2024-12-23 14:06 — mike kraft
Whooping cough cases reach highest level in a decade The U.S. has recorded over 32,000 whooping cough cases this year, compared with around 5,100 as of mid-December last year. Infants are most vulnerable to the bacterial infection. NBC News

 

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