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volunteers on behalf of Blessing Health System helped remove dead overgrowth and weeds from three dozen produce-growing boxes at the Quincy Community Garden. Tending to the garden helps prepare the soil for planting new produce in mid-May, when soil temperatures increase to a level that will support fruits and vegetables including peppers, tomatoes, onions, melons and radishes. This spring marks the seventh full year that the Community Garden has run. When the produce is harvested later this autumn, they’ll donate all of
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2 years ago Read more at WGEM

U.S. tuberculosis rates were found to be at a decade-high level in 2023, and mpox cases are rising again. CIDRAP: Asking Patients About Flu Shots In The Emergency Room May Boost Uptake Simply asking patients to get the flu vaccine during emergency department visits may double vaccination rates—or raise them even higher if the request is combined with helpful video and print messages. More than 9,600 cases were reported, a 16% increase from 2022 and the highest
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2 years ago Read more at Kaiser Health News

There are almost 400,000 babies born prematurely each year in the United States. It is the second leading cause of death in preemie babies. Up to 40 percent of babies who get it will die from it. There is no test to detect it, that is, until now.
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2 years ago Read more at WAFB

Dr. Joanne Gold, a pharmacist and neuroscience clinician with TBICoE, and experts from the National Museum of Health and Medicine discuss the treatment of headaches, past and present. Their conversation explores the museum's collections related to TBI and headache treatment.
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2 years ago Read more at Health.mil

Encompass Health was the big winner, rising 6.5%, or $5.02, to close at a 52-week high of $82.58. It has seven hospitals across Alabama: Huntsville, Gadsden, Birmingham, Pelham, Montgomery, Phenix City and Dothan.
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2 years ago Read more at AL.com

This talk by Wendy E. Parmet will review the shift from deference to indifference during the pandemic and discuss its post-pandemic spillover. The talk will also examine the connections between the decline of deference and threats to democracy and consider what this new judicial era may augur for public health. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend in person in Room A59 of the School of Law.
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2 years ago Read more at The Daily | Case Western Reserve University

Biden and his campaign team, by contrast, see health care as one of his best opportunities to take the offensive against Donald Trump and the GOP. But politically, it proved more burden than boon for each man. The cumulative impact of the GOP plan is breathtaking: It calls for cutting federal spending on health care by $4.5 trillion.
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2 years ago Read more at The Atlantic

In this real-world study using EHR data from over 310,000 treatment-eligible patients with SARS-CoV-2 receiving care from an integrated healthcare system, several important patterns in nirmatrelvir–ritonavir were identified. In general, treatment allocation aligned with NIH tiered guidelines, with the majority of dispenses concentrated among older adults and those with other clinical conditions that increase the risk for severe COVID-19. This demonstrates a need to enhance patient and
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

In the week since a line of Japanese health supplements began being recalled, several people have died and more than 100 people were hospitalized as of Friday. The Osaka-based pharmaceutical company came under fire for not going public quickly with problems known internally as early as January. Earlier in the week, the number of deaths stood at two people.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Synthetic turf, praised for its low maintenance and year-round green appeal, often contains ‘forever chemicals’, used to enhance the durability of the artificial grass blades and to weatherproof the material. The concern is that as these fields wear down or are disposed of, PFAS can leach into the environment.
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2 years ago Read more at Environmental Health News