Houston Methodist is reporting an early increase in flu cases, with numbers hitting levels not usually seen until the end of the year.
Category: Public Health
‘American Diagnosis’: When Indigenous People Move to Cities, Health Care Funding Doesn’t Follow
When Indigenous people started moving to cities in large numbers after World War II, many found hardship and discrimination there … but not the health care they were entitled to. Episode 12, the season finale, explores the efforts of urban Indian health providers to close those gaps by providing affordable, culturally competent care.
5 unanswered questions about COVID-19
Researchers have published more than 200,000 studies about COVID-19 in the nearly three years since the virus has emerged — four times the number of studies done on flu in the last century. However, many mysteries still linger about the virus’s or…
Physicians urge more research into STI tied to infertility
Physicians are calling for more research into mycoplasma genitalium or M. gen, — a sexually transmitted bacterium that has been linked to infertility and miscarriage. Experts worry many cases of the infection may be undiagnosed, NBC News reported Sept….
US health departments elevate polio detection efforts
Health departments across the nation are ramping up their polio detection efforts as New York reports a lag in vaccinations, CBS News reported Sept. 27.
‘My kid could identify the flaws with this’: Physicians concerned over CDC’s new healthcare masking guidance
Some physicians are concerned the CDC’s newly eased masking guidelines for healthcare facilities could lead to increased transmission in hospitals and nursing homes.
Britain’s Hard Lessons From Handing Elder Care Over to Private Equity
Four Seasons Health Care collapsed after years of private equity investors rolling in one after another to buy its business, sell its real estate, and at times wrest multimillion-dollar profits from it through complex debt schemes. The deal-making failed to account for the true cost of senior care.
Past omicron infection outperforms 3 vaccine shots in study
Testing positive for omicron BA.1 plus two to three mRNA vaccines is the strongest protection against omicron BA.2 compared to being vaccinated with no past COVID-19 infections, a study published Sept. 21 in The Lancet Infectious Diseases found.
CDC starts tracking BF.7: 5 notes on the subvariant
The CDC recently started tracking a new omicron subvariant, BF.7, which is now the third most-prevalent strain in the U.S.
US anticipates monkeypox will be eradicated: 6 updates
Federal health officials are optimistic that the U.S. will be able to eliminate monkeypox as cases decline nationwide, The New York Times reported Sept. 22.
