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Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative

Wed, 2023-03-29 13:37 — FNUOvviyaa

Yale University and WHO launch innovative partnership to scale up Behavioural Sciences for Better Health initiative The Yale Research Initiative on Innovation and Scale (Y-RISE) and the World Health Organization’s Behavioural Insights Unit have signed a Memorandum of Understanding agreeing to work together over the next two years to contribute to the shared goals of promoting and enabling systematic use of the behavioural and social sciences in public health, designing, and

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California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing

Tue, 2023-03-28 15:43 — FNUOvviyaa

California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries. He had an open wound on his left leg that refused to heal — made worse by living in a dirty, moldy house with five other people, two ball pythons, four Chihuahuas and a cage full of rats. AP NEWS

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Mobile Clinics Really Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net.

Tue, 2023-03-21 01:07 — FNUOvviyaa

Mobile Clinics Really Got Rolling in the Pandemic. A New Law Will Help Them Cast a Wider Safety Net. Mobile clinics that provided covid-19 testing and vaccines at the peak of the pandemic are now being used to provide a range of health services in hard-to-reach communities. A law passed late last … khnkytjaw Kaiser Health News

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FDA advisers vote in support of Paxlovid approval for Covid-19 treatment in high-risk adults

Sun, 2023-03-19 02:34 — FNUOvviyaa

FDA advisers vote in support of Paxlovid approval for Covid-19 treatment in high-risk adults | CNN FDA advisers voted 16-1 on Thursday in support of approval of Paxlovid, stating that the benefits outweigh the risks of the drug for treatment of mild-to-moderate Covid-19 in adult high risk for progression to severe disease, including hospitalization and death. Janelle Chavez CNN

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Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit

Sun, 2023-03-19 01:48 — FNUOvviyaa

Five cities recognized for public health achievements at Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit Partnership for Healthy Cities award recipients include Montevideo, Uruguay for food policy; Mexico City, Mexico for road safety; Vancouver, Canada for surveillance; Athens, Greece for overdose prevention, and Bengaluru, India for tobacco control.The first-of-its-kind Summit was convened in London by Bloomberg Philanthropies, World Health Organization, Vital Strategies, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London.Today, during the inaugural Partnership for Healthy Cities Summit in London, five global cities were recognized for their achievements in preventing noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries.

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The CDC Wants To Modernize Its Healthcare Data Infrastructure

Sun, 2023-03-19 01:42 — FNUOvviyaa

The CDC Wants To Modernize Its Healthcare Data Infrastructure The organization hopes to be at the forefront of data modernization and infrastructure. Sai Balasubramanian, M.D., J.D. Forbes

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Suggested ways to help people suffering from long Covid

Thu, 2023-03-09 10:13 — mike kraft

How to help friends and employees living with long Covid | CNN Three years after the World Health Organization declared the Covid-19 pandemic, life has not returned to normal for millions still struggling after their initial infection. For those with long Covid, health challenges are only part of the battle as they endure social stigma and endless bureaucracy in their quest to get better. Julia Chan CNN

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Patients, survivors, and advocates say there are ways you can support the long Covid community, whether you choose to lend your time, voice, or wallet.

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There are at least 500 coronaviruses. Researchers unveil roadmap to develop a new broad vaccine

Tue, 2023-02-21 10:32 — mike kraft

There are at least 500 coronaviruses. We must develop next-gen vaccines now, experts say. Is the world ready to combat future coronaviruses? Researchers with the Gates and Rockefeller foundations lay out a roadmap for new vaccines. YahooNews

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Two new studies indicate Paxlovid's usefulness in helping prevent hospitalization, death in COVID outpatients

Tue, 2023-02-14 10:56 — mike kraft

Paxlovid may help prevent hospitalization, death in COVID outpatients CIDRAP

Two new studies, one from the United States and one from Canada, suggest that the oral antiviral drug Paxlovid (nirmatrelvir-ritonavir) is effective in lowering the odds of hospitalization or death from the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariant.

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Analysis: U.S. CDC needs a reset requiring more federal support -- think tank report

Thu, 2023-01-19 11:14 — mike kraft

CDC needs a reset requiring support from the federal level, new think tank report finds | CNN The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is in "a moment of peril" and a "strong, effective, and more accountable" agency is an urgent matter of national security, according to a new report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies' (CSIS) Commission on Strengthening America's Health Security. Carma Hassan CNN

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