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First Canadian case of more severe mpox strain confirmed in Manitoba

"PAC said..risk to the general population remains low.
The agency says the travel-related case is associated with an ongoing outbreak of what’s known as clade 1 mpox in central and eastern Africa.
"It says the person sought medical care for mpox symptoms in Canada shortly after their return and is isolating, with contact tracing being conducted."

#News #Health #Canada #MAnitoba

https://globalnews.ca/news/10885129/first-canadian-severe-mpox-strain-manitoba/


#Lincare Made Billions While Repeatedly Defrauding #Medicare. Feds Did Little To Rein It In.


Lincare, the nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment, has repeatedly violated Medicare rules and probation agreements, victimizing ailing patients and costing taxpayers huge sums. The federal #government has done little to stop it.

https://propub.li/3UNDUms

#News #Healthcare #Insurance #Fraud #CPAP #Health


A family member was recommended B-complex supplements by a doctor, specifically Nordic Naturals. After a couple of weeks, they felt ill, and their pee started getting a pinkish tint. A web search says that they’re likely getting WAY too much vitamins, so we looked at the box and…

…this supplement contains 10417% RDA of B12. That’s literally ONE HUNDRED TIMES the FDA-recommended amount.

Needless to say we switched to a different product that had a lower amount, and they now feel much better.

Now I don’t know enough about vitamins and supplements to know whether this kind of product should be sold over the counter. But anyway, check the amounts you’re taking!

#health #vitamins #oopsAllVitamins
Nordic Naturals Vitamin B Complex box
Supplement facts on the back of the box.

Thiamin (as Thiamin mononitrate) (Vitamin B1) 3083%
Riboflavin (as Riboflavin 5'-phosphate)
(Vitamin B2) 2046%
Niacin (as Inositol hexanicotinate) (Vitamin B3) 231%
Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxal 5'-phosphate) 2647%
Folate (as L-5 MTHF)
(calcium L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate) 83%
Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin) 10417%
Biotin 1000%
Panthen Sid (calcium D-pantothenate) 1200%


Here is part of a long essay about “The American Dream”…
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The foundation of any successful society is an effective healthcare system based around a simple objective  —  to provide the best service at the *lowest* possible cost and to guarantee access to every member of society. This objective ensures that healthcare provides the greatest good for the greatest number.

The American healthcare system is set up to provide the best healthcare at the *highest* possible cost — because this is what enables individuals to extract the most amount of wealth from the industry. And whether it serves the needs of everyone is irrelevant.

That’s why it’s so inefficient. A large chunk of the $4.2 trillion spent on healthcare in the US isn’t spent on healthcare. It’s spent on an industry that has been created to profit from people’s health.

As the graph shows, among high-income nations, the US is an anomaly in that it has the highest spending and the lowest life expectancy.

Healthcare in America is designed as a mechanism for creating wealth, not for creating a system that provides the best possible healthcare.
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FULL ESSAY -- https://www.transformatise.com/2024/10/is-the-american-dream-built-on-the-exploitation-of-the-nation/

#USA #Health #Politics #History #Economics #Capitalism
Line graph comparing health expenditures versus life expectancy in high-income nations. The USA is an anomaly, with the highest spending by far plus the shortest life expectancy by far.


Is the dispute about Physician Associates over their accuracy of diagnosis, their presentation to patients as 'doctors' or a turf war by the BMA seeing to protect doctors' livelihoods; or of course, all three.

Perhaps the key thing about this 'toxic staffing row' as the BBC has it, is its actually a manifestation of a health service riven by stress & burnout, where trust between managers & clinicians is itself in is crisis....

The Tories shadow is long!

#health #NHS
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2dly5ldrxjo


Enhanced immune #evasion of #SARS-CoV-2 variants #KP311 and #XEC through N-terminal domain #mutations


Source: Lancet Infectious Diseases, Correspondence, https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(24)00738-2/fulltext?rss=yes

{Excerpt}

KP.3, a subvariant of JN.1, has rapidly emerged as the dominant strain of SARS-CoV-2 in several countries, and has been designated as a Variant Under Monitoring. Previous studies indicate that the unique Q493E substitution in KP.3 Spike glycoprotein enhances its receptor ACE2-binding affinity and immune evasion, enabling it to outcompete KP.2.1–6 Notably, KP.3.1.1, which only carries one additional S31 deletion compared to KP.3, has surpassed KP.3 to become the new dominant strain globally (figure A; appendix p 4).7 Meanwhile, XEC, a recombinant variant of KS.1.1 and KP.3.3, shows strong potential to become the next dominant strain, rapidly expanding across Europe and North America. Compared with KP.3, XEC has only two additional spike mutations, F59S and T22N (appendix p 4). Both S31del and T22N introduce potential glycosylation on the N-terminal domain. Consequently, there is an imperative need to characterise the antigenicity and infectivity of KP.3.1.1 and XEC.

(…)

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#abstract #coronavirus #covid #COVID19 #health #pandemic #research #sarsCov2


Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Friday denounced the International Criminal Court’s issuing of an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying he would defy it by inviting him to Hungary. Details by Eliza Herbert.#Europe #EuropeanUnion #USA #Israel #Hamas #war #GazaStrip #food #Health #military #BinyaminNetanyahu #Hungary #ICC #ViktorOrban


More than 50 people in seven U.S. states have had confirmed cases of a human bird flu variant, concerning health experts that another pandemic could be possible. This week, a child in California with no known contact with infected animals came down with the virus. CBSNews@flipboard.com medical contributor Dr. Céline Gounde explains why this is a worrying development and answers other questions about bird flu.

https://flip.it/6gvHiW

#Health #Virus #BirdFlu #Sick #Pandemic #Doctors


'5 years after Covid, what did we learn?' Dr Tim Spector

#Health #Covid #Covid19
#Pandemic #Zoe
https://youtube.com/watch?v=G5OL5UbT3zE


🚀 Dive into the world of administrative data with {healthyR.data}! Discover how this powerful tool can streamline your data exploration and testing processes. Perfect for R programmers and healthcare analysts!

Read more and share your thoughts: https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2024-07-01/index.html

#R #RStats #Programming #Data #Health #Blog #RProgramming


🚀 Dive into the world of administrative data with {healthyR.data}! Discover how this powerful tool can streamline your data exploration and testing processes. Perfect for R programmers and healthcare analysts!

Read more and share your thoughts: https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2024-07-01/index.html

#R #RStats #Programming #Data #Health #Blog #RProgramming


'I'm not inserting catheters for fun, mate': NDIS participant's fight for funding leaves him furious https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-21/ndis-adam-quarrell-furious-over-care-plan-review/104629302 #HealthAdministration #PeopleWithDisability #HealthPolicy #PublicHealth #Health


#UNRWA's work is at risk again - The Lancet

"...Several #UN agencies have been clear that UNRWA is irreplaceable, particularly in #Gaza; without it, many more #Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank will be subjected to #death, disablement, #malnutrition, and the deprivation of access to essential water, food, #health, education, and protection programmes..."

#Palestine #War #Israel #Genocide

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(24)02476-0/fulltext?rss=yes


Responding to concerns (voiced for a while by the BMA) Wes Streeting has announced a review of Physician Associates, who have been deployed quite widely in the NHS to free up doctors time, by taking on roles that did not necessarily require high levels of medical knowledge and/or experience.

For critics the problem has been both how such PAs have been presented to patients, and a stretching of the remit beyond a level that doctors think is medically safe.

#health
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/20/wes-streeting-review-physician-associates-nhs


John Burn-Murdoch (FT) in a podcast on mental health & being out of work makes the this observation:

What's really changed isn''t the proportion of the young who are out of work, which has remained relatively stable, but rather the reason they say they are not in work.

As he puts it, 'people who were already not in work [are] starting to evaluate that or frame that through the lens of their mental health'.

If correct, does that suggest a recognition that it was always this?

#workers #health


For those in my network who work in #health or #environment, the commentary below about the destruction of Gaza is calling for the scientific community to:
✅ Speak out within their respective institutions,
✅ Advocate for divestment from war-fueling industries, and
✅ Protect early-career researchers and students who speak out in support of social and environmental justice and a ceasefire.

http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.5021472.

#Gaza #ArmsEmbargoNow #CeasefireNow #PublicHealth


🏥 Unlock the potential of administrative data using {healthyR.data}. Whether you're testing functions or downloading CMS data, this package has you covered.

Explore the details at https://www.spsanderson.com/steveondata/posts/2024-07-01/ and join the conversation!

#R #RStats #Programming #Data #Healthcare #blog #Health #CMS


Denialism isn't a political stance, it's a philosophical one. That's why both right- and left-wing people indulge in it.

Anybody who can be convinced that something is true against evidence otherwise is wide open to being convinced regarding denialism — of anything. HIV/AIDS, COVID, transgender, sexism, racism, etc.

Which is why political efforts to defeat denialism will never work. The only way to defeat it is through education, from kindergarten up. All age groups, all the time.

#Denialism #Climate #Racism #Bigotry #Sexism #Hate #Health #Religion #Science #Facts #Education


Will this winter bring another NHS crisis?

Doctors in emergency medicine are sure it will, but Labour will argue its not had time to 'fix' the NHS to prevent or reduce the strains on healthcare across the winter.

The difficulty Labor may have, however, is having voted for a party claiming it could rescue the NHS from its ongoing troubles, voters may well expect more immediate results.... and the right wing press will be making a lot of that disconnect!

#health #NHS
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/18/uk-doctors-winter-crisis-accident-and-emergency


If you thought Trump's war on women's reproductive rights (and rights to action contraception) was limited to there USA, think again... as Michael Jennings notes, looking back at Trump's first term, the global negative impact on women's health & healthcare is likely to be relatively immediate.

#women #health

https://theconversation.com/how-a-second-trump-presidency-is-likely-to-threaten-abortion-rights-and-womens-healthcare-globally-243346


Time is of the essence: #effectiveness of dairy #farm #control of #H5N1 is limited by fast spread


Source: BioRxIV, https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.15.623774v1?rss=1

Abstract
The emergence and growth of highly pathogenic avian influenza(HPAI) A(H5N1) in dairy cows poses a growing threat for both the food supply and onward zoonosis to humans. Despite ongoing surveillance and control measures recommended by animal and public health authorities to limit viral spread, new herds continue to report infections. We show here that the continued spread between farms could be explained by the rapid pace of pathogen spread reported within farms, which greatly limits the potential effectiveness of these recommendations. Under reasonable surveillance strategies, we show that the time farms have to mobilize interventions is extremely limited, as few as a couple days and typically less than a week. Our findings suggest that passive surveillance measures, such as detection of H5N1 via weekly bulk milk testing, comes too late such that most infections have already occurred. For current interventions to be valuable, more sensitive and extensive surveillance is needed and an emphasis should be placed on biosecurity practices rather than reactive practices.

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#abstract #avianInfluenza #AVIANINFLUENZA #birdFlu #dairyCows #h5n1 #health #news #research #USA


Food system researchers have argued for decades that the UK's food system is dysfunctional is having a detrimental impact on our health.

New research has now put a figure on that damage: £268bn a year - made up of costs to the NHS, the costs of food-related illness & death and other welfare/benefits related costs.

Previous Govt.s however have been relatively reticent about trying to really constrain Big Food & nothings suggests Labour will be different.

#food #health
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/nov/15/uk-unhealthy-food-costs-268bn-a-year-report-food-farming-countryside-nhs


Doomscrolling dangers

Constantly consuming distressing news can take a toll on our health. Learn how to safeguard your well-being.

Check the meaning of "popcorn brain."

#social #media #doomscrolling #health

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/doomscrolling-dangers


Gini Health Mohali expands to Gini Advanced Care Hospital with new 30-Bed ICU facility.

https://aliyesha.com/sub/articles/news/display/pb_gini_health_expands_gini_care_hospital

#punjab #mohali #india #press #news #health #medical #Diabetes #DiabetesDay #hospital #ICU #HealthCare #NewFacility

Enjoy tracker free reading with us. #privacy #privacymatters


#h5n1 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #pandemie #hpai #press #news #children #teens #health

«Wer tote Wasser-, Raben- oder Greifvögel findet, sollte den Fund der zuständigen Veterinär- und Lebensmittelaufsicht des Bezirks melden, damit eine Untersuchung veranlasst werden kann.» Kranke oder verendete Tiere sollten auf keinen Fall angefasst & Federn nicht gesammelt werden.
Geflügelhalter würden gebeten, ihre Tiere jetzt vor dem Kontakt mit Wildvögeln zu schützen.

https://www.zeit.de/news/2024-11/13/vogelgrippe-bei-graugans-in-berlin-nachgewiesen


#h5n1 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #pandemie #hpai #press #news #canada #children #teens #health

"Die Weltgesundheitsorganisation (WHO) betont die Notwendigkeit internationaler Zusammenarbeit, um das Risiko einer möglichen Pandemie zu minimieren. Durch Impfungen und strikte Überwachungsmaßnahmen kann die Ausbreitung der Vogelgrippe eingedämmt werden."

https://www.sauerlandkurier.de/leben/gesundheit/h5n1-wie-ernst-ist-die-bedrohung-der-vogelgrippe-fuer-den-menschen-zr-93405365.html


#h5n1 #birdflu #avianflu #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #pandemie #hpai #press #news #canada #children #teens #health

"Warum der kanadische Jugendliche so schwer erkrankte, ist offen. Bonnie Henry hält es Medienberichten zufolge für möglich, dass das junge Alter des Patienten eine Rolle spielte. Womöglich hätten Erwachsene, die früheren saisonalen H1N1-Grippeviren ausgesetzt waren, einen teilweisen Schutz gegen den aktuellen H5-Stamm."

https://www.sueddeutsche.de/gesundheit/h5n1-teenager-kanada-li.3147302


La mort est dans le pré.
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[Euronews] - #Pesticides : une menace pour la #santé des européens ?

Les pesticides en #CharenteMaritime, a l'Ouest de la France, sont au cœur d'un vif débat, après une hausse des cas de cancers chez les enfants. Les habitants demandent une action urgente des autorités nationales et de l'#UE.

https://fr.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/13/pesticides-une-menace-pour-la-sante-des-europeens

#PollutionAgricole #AgroIndustrie #AgroChimie #Health
#RevueDePresse #Press


[Sud-Ouest] - #Agriculture : des #pesticides interdits exportés depuis la #France ? Le Conseil d’État saisi.

« La France continue de produire et d’exporter des substances actives dangereuses, interdites d’usage sur son propre territoire en raison de leur toxicité pour la #santé et l’#environnement », soulignent deux organismes.

[Accès libre]

https://www.sudouest.fr/environnement/pesticides/agriculture-des-pesticides-interdits-exportes-depuis-la-france-le-conseil-d-etat-saisi-22133879.php

#Health #environment
#AgroIndustrie #AgroChimie
#RevueDePresse #Press


A heartbreaking story of how the problems in the NHS (caused, lets be clear, by 14 years of Tory defunding & attacks on the health service) have real world effects on those depending on the NHS to save their life (or in this case not).

The patient's partner recognises its not the individual staff to blame for what happened, its the way the NHS has been wilfully damaged....

if Wes Streeting thinks league tables will solve these problems he's very wrong!

#health #NHS
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/nov/13/nine-hours-52-minutes-did-dave-strachan-ambulance-wait-cost-him-his-life


One element of the problems the NHS faces is the experience of its staff; as it sees both Covid period returnees retire, and others leaving after burnout or dissatisfaction with working for the NHS, the health service has an increasing proportion of early career staff (see the example of nurses & midwifes below).

Less experienced staff can be slower to diagnose & may (often rightly) seek further tests. This isn't a problem individually but overall can slow down heath care.

#Health #NHS
h/t FT
Chart: The NHS has employed less experienced staff in recent years. Change in nurses and midwives in the UK and nursing associates in England by time since joined the official register (index, 2019=100)

Shows disporpotionat increase (from 100 to over 160) of staff with less than five years experience; other categories (5-10 years, 10-20 years; and over 20 years experience) have shown slight increases (remaining below 120)


Having learnt little from the problems caused by school league tables, now Wes Streeting looks interested in introducing hospital league table into the NHS.

Its just what a workforce already patterned by overwork, exhaustion & burnout, does not need.

With the NHS already losing staff as fast as it can train & recruit them, this just looks like one more body blow intended to strengthen the appeal of the private sector...

not so much a 'solution' as a further attack.

#NHS #health
h/t FT


Big oil = Big tobacco.... both knew the danger heir products were doing & hid it while arguing the science was mistaken.

If you wanted a reason not to trust the corporate world (many Im sure are already well past this point), this would look like a good one.

#FossilFuels #Tobacco #climate #health

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/big-oil-fossil-fuel-warning