HEALTH

Dr. Diana Purushotam has been the health officer here in St. Joseph County since July of last year. The board announced that a personnel committee will be made to help search for a new health officer. There is no timeline for the next hire, but the board is asking for the public’s input and referrals for the new officer.
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2 years ago Read more at WNDU

World Health Organization called for immediate action to stem an unprecedented multiyear upsurge in cholera cases worldwide. The group manages the global cholera vaccine stockpile. It predicts vaccine shortages to continue for at least two years.
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2 years ago Read more at Voice of America - VOA News

South Korea's government will start suspending licenses of striking junior doctors next week. More than 90% of the country's 13,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for about a month to protest the government's plan to sharply increase medical school admissions. They have caused hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments at hospitals.
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2 years ago Read more at ABC News

Health & safety emerges as the top risk for directors and officers according to the 2024 Global Directors’ and Officers’ Survey Report. Globally, data loss has dropped in rank at 3rd place, having ranked 2nd in the previous year. For the first time since 2019, the threat of an organisation being a victim of crime has dropped out of the top seven risks by global directors.
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2 years ago Read more at WTW

This report presents final 2022 U.S. mortality data on deaths and death rates by demographic and medical characteristics. These data provide information on mortality patterns among U. S. residents by variables such as sex, age, race and Hispanic origin, and cause of death. In 2022, life expectancy increased 1.3 years from 73.5 in 2021 to 74.8 in 2022. The 10 leading causes of infant death accounted for 65.2% of all U.s. infant deaths in 2121.
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2 years ago Read more at CDC

Professor Alex Haslam from UQ's School of Psychology is part of a research team that modeled the effect of social and psychological factors. We found people who live in disadvantaged or resource scarce postcodes have worse mental health than those in advantaged or resource abundant neighborhoods. The research found people tend to have greater resilience when they feel part of the community, which can prevent symptoms of depression.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Going Online for Sexual and Reproductive Health research report listened to adolescent girls’ and young women’s lived experiences to start unpacking these complexities. The study utilized tactics such as peer interviewing and youth-led validation workshops to ensure that the interviewees felt comfortable talking about sensitive SRHR topics. However, they reported that they do not act on the digital information they find, partly because of a lack of trust in its credibility.
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2 years ago Read more at ICTworks

Californians, by a slim majority, have voted to throw their support behind Gov. Gavin Newsom’s latest effort to overhaul how the state cares for people with serious mental illness. The passage of the two-pronged ballot measure will give Newsom funds to fulfill promises he has made while rolling out a series of other mental health policies in recent years. It also requires that counties spend more of the mental health funds they receive from a special tax on income over $1 million on services for people who are chronic
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2 years ago Read more at CalMatters

Several thousand deaths may have been prevented every year thanks to better air quality. However, many people are still exposed to air pollution that exceeds the World Health Organization's recommendations. The results of the study are now published in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.
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2 years ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

The American Psychiatric Association (APA) says loneliness might be just as bad for you as being obese or smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and is significantly worse for your mental health. It conducted a survey at the end of 2023 and found that 30 percent of adults reported feeling lonely at least once a week.
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2 years ago Read more at KFYR