An infant has died and 10 adults have been sickened amid a four-state listeria outbreak connected to ready-to-eat meat products, officials said. The outbreak has been tied to ready-to-eat meat produced by Yu Shang Food, Inc. of Spartanburg, South Carolina, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update Friday. Among those sickened, there […]
How many of us have wanted a reliable, evidence-based guide to aging that explains how our bodies and minds change as we grow older and how to adapt to those differences? Creating a work of this kind is challenging. For one thing, aging gradually alters people over decades, a long period shaped by individuals’ economic […]
Participants learn about religious diversity and end-of-life practices at the St. Joseph Medical Center Diversity Grand Rounds. Penn State Health Diversity Council representatives are taking action to advance diversity, equity and inclusion by hosting Diversity Grand Rounds for the workforce. Here are some highlights from sessions held in the fall of 2023: Disability inclusion Holy […]
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More than a year into a five-year plan that identifies diabetes as one of Sarasota County’s top medical concerns, local health authorities have laid the foundations for improvements in education, prevention and treatment in key county hotspots. Among the components of the Sarasota County Department of Health’s Health Equity Plan are descriptions on the seriousness […]
This 2-part series was co-produced by Environmental Health News and the journalism non-profit Economic Hardship Reporting Project. See part 2 here.Este ensayo también está disponible en español. CAMERON PARISH, La.—In southwest Louisiana, amidst natural disasters and industrial expansion, everyone’s lost something — boats, income, family, homes — Leo Dyson admits. “The house is nothing,” Dyson, […]
Montana lawmakers are in a standoff with the state’s health department over a package of sweeping changes to child care licensing rules that includes a disputed provision to allow religious exemptions to routine vaccinations for children and workers. Both Republican and Democratic legislators on the Children, Families, Health, and Human Services Interim Committee voted on […]
By Rachel Crumpler Ten days after Jonisha Brown gave birth to her second son, she was sitting at home talking with a “well-wisher” who came to see her and the new baby. All of a sudden, she said, she felt a strange pressure in her chest. It was a feeling Brown, a family medicine physician […]
Episode Transcript Alan Helgeson: “Reimagining Rural Health,” a podcast series brought to you by Sanford Health. In this series, we explore the challenges facing health care systems across the country from improving access to equitable care, building a sustainable workforce, and discovering innovative ways to deliver high-quality, low-cost services in rural and underserved populations. Each […]
For years, Colorado has fallen behind when it comes to providing mental health care for its residents. After hearing public testimony from hundreds of people across the state about the number of barriers to accessing care, the state formed the Behavioral Health Administration. It was tasked with improving the system as a whole but identified […]