HEALTH

A little under 3.6 million babies were born in 2023, according to provisional statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s 76,000 fewer than the year before and the lowest one-year tally since 1979. U.S. births were slipping for more than a decade before COVID-19 hit, then dropped 4% from 2019 to 2020. Rates fell across almost all racial and ethnic groups.
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1 year ago Read more at The Washington Post

Global health leaders must recognize that equal access to achieving better health outcomes is key. In this program, two recognized global health leaders from Africa will discuss how to address the challenges of providing equitable health for women on the continent. Register for free to submit your questions. An on-demand video will be posted after the event.
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1 year ago Read more at HSPH News

Kenya participated in an important pilot of the world’s first malaria vaccine. It was the latest of five deaths in this family attributed to malaria. Kenya has an estimated 5 million malaria cases and over 12,000 deaths reported in 2022, according to the World Health Organization.
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1 year ago Read more at ABC News

a street vendor must get a business license and operate in unincorporated Clark County. Each permit has different requirements, and it all depends on what the vendor sells. The hand-washing station is mandatory for all health permits where food is handled.
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1 year ago Read more at News3LV

College of Education and Health Professions Adult and Lifelong Learning student Jessica Culver has been selected as a member of the 2024 Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. The program is a product of a collaboration between National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions, with the cohort consisting of 35 members. This year marks the 16th group of fellows.
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1 year ago Read more at University of Arkansas Newswire

Today on Denim Day, Naval Health Clinic Lemoore, Hornet Health, Branch Health Clinic Fallon, and Naval Medical Administrative Unit Monterey joined forces to spread the word about the misconceptions that surround sexual assault. The month of April is Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) month, and teal is the color for sexual assault awareness. It is also to show support for survivors of sexual assault and to educate people about how to prevent sexual violence.
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1 year ago Read more at DVIDS

The month of April is Sexual Assault Prevention and Response (SAPR) month, and teal is the color for sexual assault awareness. It is also to show support for survivors of sexual violence and to bring awareness about sexual assault. April’s events included educational displays, a teal tie dye T-shirt day, workshops and trainings.
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1 year ago Read more at DVIDS

Dr. Marcela Uhart, who directs the Latin American wildlife health program at the University of California, Davis, had never seen anything like the scene on the beaches of Argentina’s Valdés Peninsula. H5N1, one of the many viruses that cause bird flu, had already killed at least 24,000 South American sea lions along the continent’s coasts in less than a year.
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1 year ago Read more at The New York Times

The Periodic Table of Food Initiative is a pioneering collaboration led by the American Heart Association, the Alliance of Bioversity and CIAT. The Initiative is the first scientific endeavor of its kind to provide global access to standardized multi-omics tools. This dataset represents the first and most comprehensive food composition data ever created based on standardized food biomolecular analysis, which can reveal more than 20,000 components found in food.
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1 year ago Read more at American Heart Association

The money Californians spent on health care went up 5.4% each year for the past two decades. The 3% cap, approved Wednesday by the Health Care Affordability Board, would be phased in over five years, starting with 3.5% in 2025. Regulators will later decide how the cost target will be applied across the state's various health care sectors. In December, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services said the cost to practice medicine in the United States would increase 4.6% this year alone
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1 year ago Read more at CBS News