HEALTH

The UK Home Office imposed a ban on international health and care workers. This ban prohibits them from bringing dependants into the country on work visas. In December, the UK home office had previously unveiled plans to address what it deemed “unprecedented” and “unsustainable” levels of legal migration to the UK.
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2 years ago Read more at Arise News

a second measles infection was confirmed at a Chicago migrant shelter. The first case at the shelter, which also involved a child, was reported on Friday.
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2 years ago Read more at NBC Chicago

Finance Minister Eric Girard showed off Quebec’s budget for the next year. He announced one of the measures in the 2024-2025 budget was a $34-million investment over five years to fund non-profit organizations providing meals for school children. The move has been celebrated.
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2 years ago Read more at Global News

President Biden visited New Hampshire on Monday to talk up proposals in his newly released budget that he said would reduce health care costs for Americans. The new proposals are expansions of health care policies that Mr. Biden has already enacted, including capping the monthly price of insulin and annual out-of-pocket drug costs for those on Medicare.
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2 years ago Read more at The New York Times

A paper-based sensor based on the operation of the human brain paves the way for standalone AI-based health monitoring devices. From creating images, generating text, and enabling self-driving cars, the potential uses of artificial intelligence (AI) are vast and transformative. For example, training OPEN AI’s popular GPT-3 model consumed over 1,287 MWh, enough to supply an average U.S. household for 120 years. This energy cost poses a substantial roadblock, particularly for
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2 years ago Read more at EMSNow

Methods Data for 533,495 children under 5 years of age (U–5) were analysed in the context of three commonly used indicators of early childhood undernutrition. Results Over the three-decade interval, stunting was reduced by 22.1% in boys and 20.9% in girls, followed by underweight, 19.3% in boys, 17.4% in girls; wasting, in contrast, was reduced to a considerably lesser extent. Demographic, maternal and socioeconomic factors were associated with the incidence.
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2 years ago Read more at Nature.com

Foundation Health announced the closure of a $6 million seed funding round. Foundation Health is a pioneering healthcare technology company on a mission to power the next generation of consumer healthcare experiences. Featuring easy-to-integrate APIs and white-label products, Foundation Health empowers clients to quickly develop and launch modern, digital-first pharmacy and telehealth solutions at scale.
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2 years ago Read more at Yahoo Finance

Spirit of Children achieves $1M milestone in supporting Penn State Health Children’s Hospital Donations fund programs that make hospital stays easier for patients and families Spirit Halloween has presented children’s Miracle Network. The funds come from donations collected at Spirit Halloween stores, with 100% of local donations staying in central Pennsylvania. Spirit of children contributions support Child Life in various ways, including age-appropriate programming, staff hiring and education.
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2 years ago Read more at Penn State Health News

Stéphane Verguet is associate professor of global health at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He recently co-authored a study that looked at whether equalizing hypertension diagnosis and treatment in low- and middle-income countries could reduce socioeconomic-based cardiovascular disease disparities. We didn’t know whether disparities in CVD risk across socioeconomic groups were primarily driven by access to hypertension management or by other factors.
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2 years ago Read more at HSPH News

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved the first treatment for alkaptonuria, a drug called nitisinone. The drug was not new; it had been used for many years to treat another condition (hereditary tyrosinemia type I) The repurposing of drugs is the use of therapies already approved for other diseases to treat new ailments, something the European Union plans to promote with the legislative reform it is carrying out.
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2 years ago Read more at EL PAÍS USA