Virginia doctor Joel Smithers was convicted in May of more than 800 counts of illegally distributing opioids
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/oct/03/doctor-joel-smithers-gets-40-years-in-prison-for-prescribing-over-500000-opioid-doses
Category Archives: healthcare
Agriculture Department Flooded With Appeals to Stop Food Stamp Purge – The New York Times
Efforts by the Agriculture Department to tighten eligibility for food stamps were greeted with a deluge of protests. The comment period ended Monday.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/us/politics/agriculture-department-food-stamp-purge.html
Trump repeated a right-wing media abortion talking point at the UN General Assembly | Media Matters for America – Liar in Chief!
many times right-wing media and Trump attempt to claim otherwise. In reality, later abortions are those that happen after 20 weeks, and they are performed for many reasons including medical necessity or barriers to abortion access. As Dr. Kristyn Brandi explained to Vox, “Patients do not request abortion when they are in labor and doctors do not provide it.” She also noted that abortions that take place later in pregnancy make up “about 1 percent of all abortion care,” and that patients seek this care due to “some type of medical complication or their fetus was diagnosed with some type of genetic abnormality that makes their quality of life after they deliver really poor.” This isn’t the first time Trump has sourced his anti-abortion talking points from right-wing media. During his 2019 State of the Union Address, Trump repeated sensationalized misinformation about abortion measures in New York and Virginia, alleging that Democrats, “would allow a baby to be ripped from the mother’s womb moments before birth.” Trump reiterated this talking point at the 2019 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), declaring doctors “will execute the baby after birth.” Trump’s use of right-
US military suicides surge to record high among active duty troops | US news | The Guardian
The army, navy and marines all saw the rate of suicides go up this year, with only the air force showing a decrease
— Read on www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/27/us-military-suicides-surge-to-record-high-among-active-duty-troops
Germany looks to Mexico to help tackle nursing-care crisis | News | DW | 21.09.2019 Irony of ironies – Right wing spreads fear of immigrants but Germany has to look to immigrants to take low paying jobs…
A shortage of qualified staff to work in German care homes has prompted a visit to Mexico by Health Minister Jens Spahn. A speedy visa process is one of the perks being offered to lure skilled workers.
Source: Germany looks to Mexico to help tackle nursing-care crisis | News | DW | 21.09.2019
Brazil’s fight against dengue: A race against time | Americas| North and South American news impacting on Europe | DW | 21.09.2019
The number of dengue virus infections in Brazil has gone up 600% in 2019. Our report from the state of Sergipe looks at why the fight against the illness and its carrier, the tiger mosquito, is so difficult.
Avian Flu Diary: 2019 ESC Congress: Flu Vaccination Linked To Lower Mortality For Patients With High BP
From NFID Report #14,281 Two decades ago, a study looked at the rate of heart attacks in the United States, and fo…
New York Parents Are Taking Their Kids Out of School to Avoid New Vaccination Requirements
As school starts around the country, some New York parents are choosing to pull their kids out rather than vaccinate them following the state’s decision to repeal religious exemptions.
Source: New York Parents Are Taking Their Kids Out of School to Avoid New Vaccination Requirements
A Mexican-American Pediatrician Describes Treating El Paso’s Shooting Victims | The New Yorker
Charles Bethea speaks with Jorge Sainz about Sainz’s experience offering emergency-care help at an El Paso, Texas, hospital that took in victims from a mass shooting there on Saturday.
Source: A Mexican-American Pediatrician Describes Treating El Paso’s Shooting Victims | The New Yorker
Avian Flu Diary: Florida & Philadelphia Declare Hepatitis A Public Health Emergencies
#14,225 For the better part of two years we’ve been following the rapidly growing number of Hepatitis A infections across…
Source: Avian Flu Diary: Florida & Philadelphia Declare Hepatitis A Public Health Emergencies
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