Greene County, Tennessee, so far has received more than $2.7 million from regional and national settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors. But most of the money is not going to help people and families harmed by addiction.
Category: Public Health
Do you own a gun? Hard questions, free gun locks take aim at reducing violence
Do you have access to a gun? Do you live with anyone who has acces to a gun? Clinicians at the University of Michigan’s psychiatric emergency department are asking these hard questions as part of an initiative to reduce gun violence — one gun and one f…
ED visits for mental health conditions fall 10%: CDC
Weekly emergency department visits nationwide for mental health conditions and drug overdoses among adolescents, have fallen by 10 percent, but levels are still slightly increasing for adolescent female patients specifically, according to a May 12…
How physicians pinned down the source of an eye infection tied to blindness, deaths
In February, the CDC issued a warning against a brand of eyedrops linked to dozens of severe eye infections in the U.S. But the bottles were causing infections months before that.
2 cases of highly contagious, drug-resistant pathogen identified in NY
The CDC on May 11 released details about the first two cases of an infection in New York caused by an emerging pathogen known as Trichophyton indotineae.
The Crisis Is Officially Ending, but Covid Confusion Lives On
The public health emergency declaration for covid-19 ends May 11, ushering in major changes in how Americans can access and pay for the vaccines, treatments, and tests particular to the culprit coronavirus. But not everyone will experience the same changes, creating a confusing patchwork of coverage — not unlike health coverage for other diseases. Meanwhile, outside advisers to the FDA formally recommended allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. If the FDA follows the recommendation, it would represent the first over-the-counter form of hormonal contraception. Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Plus for “extra credit” the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week they think you should read, too.
CDC probes possible mpox resurgence
The CDC is investigating new mpox cases, with some of the infections happening among vaccinated individuals, the agency said May 10.
CDC updates mask guidance as PHE ends: What to know
The CDC published updated masking recommendations for healthcare facilities days before the nation’s May 11 COVID-19 public health emergency expiration.
WHO: Preterm births leading cause of childhood deaths
In the last decade, 152 million infants worldwide were born preterm — and while preterm birth rates are not changing, death rates from preterm birth complications are on the rise, according to a May 9 report from the World Health Organization.
Experts want bacteria linked to infant formula shortage added to reportable disease list
The bacteria that caused a massive infant formula shortage in 2022 may soon be added to a federal watch list of diseases, according to a May 9 report from NBC News affiliate WSMV.
