Sri Lanka

Resilience System


You are here

Home

Public Health

Climate-warming refrigerant gases are being smuggled into Europe-- investigation

Tue, 2024-04-09 03:23 — mike kraft
Climate-warming gases being smuggled into Europe, investigation says Large amounts of climate-warming refrigerant gases from China and Turkey are being smuggled illegally into Europe, undermining a global pact to phase them out, a report by the London-based Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) said on Monday. David Stanway Reuters

...

Country / Region Tags: 
China
Global
Turkey
United Kingdom
General Topic Tags: 
Public Health
Science
Social behavior
Economics
Ecosystems
Environment
Pollution
Vulnerability
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Problem
Situation Report

Long covid linked to blood issues; signs of ongoing inflammatory responses --preliminary British study

Tue, 2024-04-09 03:10 — mike kraft
Long covid linked to signs of ongoing inflammatory responses in blood People with long covid after a serious covid-19 infection have raised levels of many immune molecules in their blood. Better understanding how these molecules can vary could lead to more targeted treatments #author.fullName} New Scientist
Country / Region Tags: 
Global
UK - London
United Kingdom
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Symptoms
Treatments
Disease
Health
Public Health
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

U.S. COVID-19 patients in rural areas have higher death rates following hospital stays --study

Tue, 2024-04-09 02:57 — mike kraft
Rural COVID-19 patients have higher death rates following hospital stays, data reveal A new analysis of US national data from researchers at the Mayo Clinic shows that patients from rural counties had higher death rates and trended toward higher readmission rates following COVID-19 hospitalization than those from urban counties. The difference persisted after the introduction of COVID-19 vaccines.  CIDRAP

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Symptoms
Treatments
Data
Demographics
Disease
Health
Hospitals
Medical Personnel
Public Health
Science
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis
Situation Report

FDA Authorizes COVID Drug Pemgarda for High-Risk Patients

Mon, 2024-04-08 20:51 — mike kraft
FDA Authorizes COVID Drug Pemgarda for High-Risk Patients A Yale Medicine expert explains the significance of a new preventive medication to protect certain immunocompromised people against COVID-19. Yale Medicine

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization (EUA) to a medicine meant to protect certain immunocompromised people against COVID-19.

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Treatments
Disease
Government
Health
Public Health
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Southern Africa: Tens of millions face hunger and water shortages from drought in the region

Mon, 2024-04-08 20:36 — mike kraft
Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa | CNN More than 24 million people face hunger, malnutrition and water scarcity as experts warn the crisis could become an “unimaginable humanitarian situation” Sarah Dean CNN

...

The warning from Oxfam on Wednesday came as Zimbabwe joined other southern African nations in declaring its drought a national disaster, following earlier declarations by Zambia and Malawi....

Country / Region Tags: 
Africa
South Africa
General Topic Tags: 
Public Health
Scarcity
Agriculture
Climate
Drought
Economics
Ecosystems
Environment
Extreme Weather
Flood
Food
Poverty
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Bird Flu: CDC advises doctors to look out for bird flu infections among dairy farm workers

Mon, 2024-04-08 20:15 — mike kraft

 

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Bird Flu
Disease
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Public Health
Animals
Livestock
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Vigorous exercise may be OK for people with long COVID-new Swedish study

Mon, 2024-04-08 19:41 — mike kraft
No need to avoid exercise with long-COVID diagnosis, researchers say Recommendations that people with long COVID, or post-COVID condition (PCC), should avoid vigorous exercise are probably too strict, according to a new study published in JAMA Network Open from researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. CIDRAP
Country / Region Tags: 
Global
Sweden
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Symptoms
Treatments
Disease
Health
Public Health
Research
Social behavior
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

CDC issues health alert for bird flu infection in US

Sat, 2024-04-06 03:50 — mike kraft
CDC issues health alert for bird flu infection in US The U.S. CDC on Friday issued a health alert to inform clinicians, state health departments and the public of a case of avian influenza in a person who had contact with dairy cows presumed to be infected with the virus. Reuters Reuters

...

Country / Region Tags: 
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Disease
Government
Health
Public Health
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Situation Report

Analysis: How climate change is increasing immune health problems and how to counter it

Fri, 2024-04-05 20:06 — mike kraft
How climate change is driving a global epidemic of immune health problems, and how to stop it Every $1 spent on mitigating climate change would save at least $3 in health care costs, largely through a reduction of diseases such as asthma and allergies. Patrick Skerrett STAT
Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United Nations
United States
General Topic Tags: 
Contagion
Symptoms
Disease Prevention
Government
Health
Public Health
Research
Science
Climate
Economics
Ecosystems
Environment
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Paxlovid does not shorten COVID symptoms among fully vaccinated--study

Fri, 2024-04-05 19:51 — mike kraft
Among fully vaccinated, study shows Paxlovid does not shorten symptoms A new study in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that, for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19 but having at least one risk factor for severe COVID, the antiviral drug Paxlovid did little to reduce symptom duration, but experts caution the findings might not apply to older patients. CIDRAP

...

Country / Region Tags: 
Global
United States
General Topic Tags: 
COVID-19
Symptoms
Treatments
Disease
Health
Public Health
Research
Problem, Solution, SitRep, or ?: 
Analysis

Pages

Subscribe to Public Health
howdy folks