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About 152 people across 30 counties in West Virginia have been exposed to measles, state health officials said. The patient was someone who was undervaccinated and had a history of recent international travel. Of the exposed individuals, 62% don't have documentation proving they are protected against the virus. As of Friday, 128 cases have been reported in 19 states.
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1 year ago Read more at ABC News

The 377 MDG is part of a growing list of healthcare facilities starting their own branch of the PFPC or a similar program. The program gives patients and their families the opportunity to collaborate with healthcare personnel to consolidate patient feedback.
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1 year ago Read more at kirtland.af.mil

Senator Sherrod Brown's staff hosted a roundtable at the VFW Post 9630 in Batavia. Veterans are now eligible for expanded care due to Brown’s Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022. Brown and his staff have held 39 roundtables and events around Ohio to raise awareness and help veterans access this care.
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1 year ago Read more at Senator Sherrod Brown

The Sheriff’s Office operates and manages the jails, but works closely with the Health Department's Corrections Health Division to provide medical care to the adults in custody. Beginning in May 2023, seven people died in custody, said Sheriff Nicole Morrisey O’Donnell as she read the names of those who died and their causes of death. Three people died by suicide; one from natural causes; and two by fentanyl toxicity; One death remains under investigation.
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1 year ago Read more at Multnomah County

Nevada Health Link says it will extend its special enrollment period through the end of November. The extension was made in response to the ongoing Medicaid eligibility redetermination process that resumed in April 2023. Eligible Nevadans can enroll if they lost their Medicaid benefits more than 60 days prior.
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1 year ago Read more at KOLO

Spain's focus is on universal health coverage and health systems strengthening; pandemic response and emergency medical teams; organ and tissue transplantation; malaria and other tropical diseases; and polio. Participants focused on plans and on-going work across a number of areas.
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1 year ago Read more at News-Medical.Net

Zyn is an oral pouch that contains nicotine powder and flavorings like mint, coffee and citrus. The pouches are the fastest-growing segment of the tobacco industry. Cigarettes are widely understood as the most harmful, increasing the likelihood of cancer, heart disease and lung problems.
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1 year ago Read more at ABC News

Texas Rep. Greg Casar holds a thirst strike last year to fight a Texas statute striking down locally mandated water breaks for construction workers. More than half a century ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) went into effect. The law was instrumental in reducing fatalities, setting legal requirements for employers to prevent workplace injuries and deaths.
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1 year ago Read more at afscme

Sanmit Jindal ’24 MPH and Krupa Ann Mathew ’25 MPH collaborated with each other and with their faculty mentors as they gathered data at one academic conference and presented their findings at another. It was their first time presenting at a conference on the West Coast this semester, and they shared the data they had collected and analyzed.
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1 year ago Read more at University of New Haven News

Black/AA and Hispanic patients with SCZ are more likely to be prescribed certain antipsychotics, most notably haloperidol and risperidone. There were no differences in the prescribed doses of medications by patient race/ethnicity. These findings are consistent with previous studies21,22,23,24, and add new insights regarding the patterns of specific medications.
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1 year ago Read more at Nature.com