Category: Public Health

Colorado Clinic’s Prescription for Healthier Patients? Lawyers

The Medicaid-funded program operates on the notion that fixing patients’ legal ills is a vital part of their medical care.

CDC: Child COVID-19 hospitalizations 10X higher for unvaccinated

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At least 141 carbon monoxide cases reported in Louisiana since Hurricane Ida

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LA reports 167 cases of new ‘mu’ variant — 8 updates

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Americans didn’t avoid travel over holiday, despite CDC warning; total US COVID-19 cases hit 40M

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Climate change is world’s top public health threat, 230+ medical journals say

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The Pandemic Almost Killed Allie. Her Community’s Vaccination Rate Is 45%.

As the delta variant overtakes Mississippi and other undervaccinated parts of the country, one 13-year-old girl’s experience with covid and MIS-C shows a community’s reluctance to embrace public health precautions and continued vulnerability to the pandemic.

V-Safe: How Everyday People Help the CDC Track Covid Vaccine Safety With Their Phones

V-safe is a new safety monitoring system that lets anyone who has been vaccinated against covid-19 report possible side effects directly to federal health officials. Experts believe the smartphone tool has so far helped demonstrate the vaccines are safe.

White House unveils $65B plan to combat next pandemic, public health threats

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3-dose COVID-19 vaccine regimen may become norm, Fauci says

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