Clinicians should not rule out monkeypox in patients with rashes considered characteristic of more common infections, such as syphilis, the CDC said in a June 14 health alert update.
Category: Public Health
It’s Hot Outside — And That’s Bad News for Children’s Health
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine takes a sweeping look at how heat — which can be a byproduct of air pollution and climate change — adversely affects people’s health, especially that of kids.
US abortion rates rise as nation awaits fate of Roe v. Wade
After more than 30 years of decline, abortions rose 8 percent in the U.S. from 2017-2020, according to a June 15 report from the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health policy and and research organization.
Buy and Bust: When Private Equity Comes for Rural Hospitals
Noble Health swept into two small Missouri towns promising to save their hospitals. Instead, workers and vendors say it stopped paying bills and government inspectors found it put patients at risk. Within two years — after taking millions in federal covid relief and big administrative fees — it locked the doors.
Will the US Overcome Its Covid Complacency Even as the Threat Returns?
One million Americans have died from covid-19 — far more per capita than in any other developed country. A new variant is doubling case rates in some states, and more than 300 people are dying a day. But our nation’s pandemic response has become mild-mannered and performative, backed by neither money, urgency, nor enforcement.
Omicron ‘sister variants’ gain traction in US
BA.4 and BA.5 — “sister variants” of the original omicron strain — are gaining prevalence in the U.S. and now account for about 1 in 5 confirmed COVID-19 cases nationwide, CDC data shows.
WHO weighs name change for monkeypox
The World Health Organization is considering renaming monkeypox to reduce stigma and racism surrounding the virus, Bloomberg reported June 13.
AMA declares climate change public health crisis
The American Medical Association adopted a policy June 13 declaring climate change a public health crisis threatening the well-being of all people.
As Biden Fights Overdoses, Harm Reduction Groups Face Local Opposition
The Biden administration’s latest plan to address opioid overdose deaths includes $30 million for harm reduction measures, but many conservative states don’t allow them.
How omicron changed the reinfection landscape
COVID-19 reinfections have seemingly become common since omicron and its sublineages took hold, The New York Times reported June 11.
