The New York State Department of Health issued an advisory Aug. 14 asking providers to discontinue use of ciprofloxacin as a post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of patients with meningococcal disease.
Category: Public Health
WHO declares mpox outbreak a global health emergency
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, has declared the mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and other African countries a public health emergency of international concern.
CDC: Human parvovirus on the rise
Human parvovirus B19 activity is on the rise in the U.S., particularly among children, the CDC said in an Aug. 13 health alert.
Kids Who Survived Super Bowl Shooting Are Scared, Suffering Panic Attacks and Sleep Problems
Six months after the Feb. 14 parade, parents of survivors under 18 years old say their children are deeply changed. In this installment of “The Injured,” we meet kids who survived the mass shooting only to live with long-term emotional scars.
CDC raises bird flu risk assessment: 4 notes
The CDC slightly raised its risk assessment of the H5N1 bird flu virus in an Aug. 9 update, noting it poses a future “potential public health risk.”
Is COVID-19 endemic? Experts are split
The CDC now considers COVID-19 to be endemic, though not all health experts agree with this classification, NPR reported Aug. 9.
Watch: Where the Presidential and VP Candidates Stand on Health Policy
How do the top-of-the-ticket candidates compare on abortion, medical debt, and more? Here’s what you need to know.
Are rapid weight loss drugs hiding the real obesity problem?
According to some academics, in 2019, a ban on junk food advertising across London’s entire public transport network—foods and drinks high in fat and salt and ads for foods–resulted in the prevention of 100,000 obesity cases. Yet the U.S. love af…
Violent Dementia Patients Leave Nursing Home Staffers and Residents ‘Scared to Death’
Clashes between residents — verbal, physical, and sexual — can be spontaneous and too unpredictable to prevent. But the chance of an altercation increases when memory care homes admit and retain residents they can’t manage, according to a KFF Health News examination of inspection and court records and interviews with researchers.
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: The Walz Record
Vice President Kamala Harris this week officially became the Democratic nominee for president and named Minnesota governor and former U.S. congressman Tim Walz as her running mate. Meanwhile, a new study finds the number of abortions taking place since the overturn of “Roe v. Wade” continued to rise into early this year, despite the imposition of abortion bans around the country. Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KFF Health News chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more.
