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Health By Emily Baumgaertner from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EAPU4Dg via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Vaccination and Immunization, Developing Countries, Poliomyelitis The international vaccine aid group agreed to provide developing countries with a new shot to prevent a global resurgence of the paralyzing virus.

Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5rzPAOw via IFTTT your-feed-science, Sensors, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Air Pollution, Wildfires, Workplace Environment, Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC), Carbon Dioxide, Architecture, Hazardous and Toxic Substances Some companies are turning to technology to illuminate potential hazards in indoor air.

Health By Alix Strauss from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zMphv3o via IFTTT Nursing and Nurses, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hospice Care, Hospitals, Content Type: Personal Profile During the pandemic, Joanna Patchett spent 18 harrowing months in the intensive care unit. She discovered that medicine isn’t just about science — it’s also about heart.

Health By Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/j3Ewie6 via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Malaria, Global Warming, your-feed-science, Mosquitoes Five people, four in Florida and one in Texas, have acquired malaria in the United States in recent months.

Health By Azeen Ghorayshi from NYT Health https://ift.tt/b2Jaj9I via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Research, Transgender, Medicine and Health, Gender, Deaths (Fatalities) Using four decades of health data from Denmark, the study offers the clearest picture yet of the suicide risk among transgender people.

Health By Mike Ives from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PiEACu3 via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Colleges and Universities, United States Politics and Government Dr. Fauci was the federal government’s top infectious disease expert for decades, and helped steer the U.S. response to Covid-19.

Health By Benjamin Mueller, Noah Weiland and Carl Zimmer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1sX39NM via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Clinical Trials, your-feed-healthcare A $5 billion federal program aims to make better Covid vaccines. But vaccine makers are confused by murky regulatory guidance.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/EfAyoQb via IFTTT Shortages, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Cancer, Chemotherapy, Deaths (Fatalities), Doctors, Head and Neck Cancer, Supply Chain, Breast Cancer, Rationing and Allocation of Resources Older generic chemotherapy drugs remain scarce, forcing doctors to put a priority on the patients who have the best chance of survival.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cxhORvg via IFTTT your-feed-science, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Gun Control, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Psychology and Psychologists, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Accidents and Safety, audio-neutral-informative Social scientists are just beginning to understand who is purchasing firearms and how gun ownership may alter behavior.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Sfi2Z5M via IFTTT your-feed-science, Decisions and Verdicts, Abortion, Law and Legislation, State Legislatures, Abortion Drugs, Pregnancy and Childbirth The law was to take effect on July 1. It is the only state law that specifically outlaws the most common abortion method in the country.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nFNbqo1 via IFTTT E-Cigarettes, Smoking and Tobacco, Teenagers and Adolescence, Youth, Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare Flavors proliferated and disposable vapes took hold as purchases of vaping devices increased steadily from January 2020 to mid-2022.

Health By BY JAN HOFFMAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/9S3LO8T via IFTTT your-feed-science, Law and Legislation, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Fentanyl, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, Mandatory Sentencing, States (US), State Legislatures, Medicine and Health, Politics and Government, Addiction (Psychology), your-feed-healthcare Critics say a fierce law-and-order approach could undermine public health goals and advances in addiction treatment.

Health By BY PAM BELLUCK AND EMILY BAZELON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Ayvi7Yx via IFTTT Law and Legislation, Abortion, State Legislatures, States (US), Mifeprex (RU-486), Abortion Drugs, Doctors, Telemedicine, Politics and Government, your-feed-healthcare The measure is one of several recently enacted by states aiming to expand access to medication abortion for patients who live where it is outlawed.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8MAEoIU via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Heating, Ventilation and Cooling (HVAC), Workplace Environment, Epidemics, Wildfires, Coronavirus Risks and Safety Concerns A century ago, a well-ventilated building was considered good medicine. But by the time Covid-19 arrived, our buildings could barely breathe. How did that happen? And how do we let the fresh air back in?

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/cIqgGfL via IFTTT Testosterone, Heart, Men and Boys, Hormones, Clinical Trials, Research, your-feed-science New results from a large study are reassuring, but questions remain about long-term safety, and about use by men without medical conditions.

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/8J0xeol via IFTTT Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Vaccination and Immunization, Coronavirus Omicron Variant, Deaths (Fatalities), your-feed-healthcare An F.D.A. advisory panel told manufacturers to aim the latest coronavirus vaccine for the fall at the dominant SARS-CoV-2 variant.

Health By BY JOANNE SILBERNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/v4V9rW5 via IFTTT your-feed-science, First Aid, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Emergency Medical Treatment, Heart, Research, your-feed-healthcare The conventional method for chest compressions doesn’t have a great success rate. Doctors are pumping it up with a high-tech plunger.

Health By BY REED ABELSON from NYT Health https://ift.tt/v8GEaeS via IFTTT Health Insurance and Managed Care, Polls and Public Opinion, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, your-feed-healthcare A new survey indicates that a majority of U.S. adults who are insured have experienced a raft of problems including troubles with access to medical care and unexpected, higher bills.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3TpJylH via IFTTT Obesity, Weight, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Psychology and Psychologists Wegovy and other drugs expose a social tension between a quest to medicate illness and a stigmatizing belief that obese people lack sufficient willpower to lose weight.

Health By BY SARAH KLIFF from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gOGzAxm via IFTTT your-feed-science, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (2010), Preventive Medicine, your-feed-healthcare, Law and Legislation Health plans must pay for all types of preventive care, including a pill to prevent H.I.V., while an appeals court deliberates whether to strike down part of the Affordable Care Act.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zrONHGq via IFTTT Artificial Intelligence, ChatGPT, Doctors, Empathy Despite the drawbacks of turning to artificial intelligence in medicine, some physicians find that ChatGPT improves their ability to communicate with patients.

Health By BY PAULA SPAN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/gWeHOq6 via IFTTT Elder Care, Elderly, Nonprofit Organizations, Medicare, Research, Families and Family Life, Hospice Care, Frauds and Swindling, Death and Dying Nearly three-quarters of hospice organizations are now for-profit. Complaints of fraud and profiteering are growing.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/IdmgbnZ via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Cervical Cancer, Cancer, Human Papillomavirus (HPV), Vaccination and Immunization, Nobel Prizes, Research When he proposed that the human papillomavirus caused cervical cancer, he was ridiculed. He persevered, and today a vaccine exists.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/uS6VGBN via IFTTT your-feed-health, your-feed-healthcare, Teenagers and Adolescence, Research, Children and Childhood, Gender, Hormones The change is part of a broader push in several countries to limit gender-related medical treatments for young people.

Health By BY EMILY BAUMGAERTNER from NYT Health https://ift.tt/N3ibftu via IFTTT Noise, Heart, Mobile Applications, Ears and Hearing, Research, your-feed-science Noise can damage your heart as well as your hearing, but there are ways to measure your exposure and reduce your risk.

Health By BY EMILY BAUMGAERTNER, JASON KAO, ELEANOR LUTZ, RUMSEY TAYLOR, NOAH THROOP AND JOSH WILLIAMS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iJf95DR via IFTTT Noise, Pollution, Stroke, Transportation We used a professional sound meter to measure the din of daily life and talked to scientists about the health risks it can pose.

Health By BY RONI CARYN RABIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/M567I4k via IFTTT

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL from NYT Health https://ift.tt/i9E0DvC via IFTTT Children and Childhood, Asthma, Babies and Infants, Air Pollution, Lungs, Wildfires, Respiratory Diseases, Pollution, your-feed-health, your-feed-science

Health By BY CHRISTINA JEWETT from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KwkXgi6 via IFTTT your-feed-healthcare, Babies and Infants, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Advisers to the agency overwhelmingly agreed that a new treatment would help to prevent a potentially lethal respiratory illness in very young children.

Health By BY ELIE DOLGIN from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DSpL0hc via IFTTT Research, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies, Diet and Nutrition, Energy and Sports Drinks, Monkeys and Apes, Clinical Trials, your-feed-healthcare Taurine helped stave off death in laboratory animals, but researchers cautioned that the supplement is not a magic elixir.

Health By BY APOORVA MANDAVILLI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/LfDIpXA via IFTTT

Health By BY RICHARD SANDOMIR from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PQp2Eb6 via IFTTT Genetic Engineering, Food, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Deaths (Obituaries), Genetically Modified Food (GMOs), Organic Foods and Products A lifelong protester, he became a leading promoter of organic food and a forceful critic of a food industry that genetically engineers what it produces and sells.

Health By BY MATT RICHTEL AND DAVID WILLIAMS from NYT Health https://ift.tt/smZTCcK via IFTTT internal-sub-only, Restaurants, Food, Coronavirus Reopenings, Historic Buildings and Sites With “infinity dollars” poured in by the creators of “South Park,” a fabled Colorado restaurant reopens with the same 1970s vibe and drastically improved food.

Health By BY GINA KOLATA from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SekbyWI via IFTTT Cancer, Colon and Colorectal Cancer, Radiation, Clinical Trials, Research A large “de-escalation” trial suggests that tens of thousands of people annually may be able to rely on only chemotherapy and surgery to treat their illness.

Health By BY EMILY ANTHES from NYT Health https://ift.tt/x8UIQyr via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Research, Birds, Viruses, Influenza, your-feed-animals The H5N1 virus poses “a great unknown threat” to birds and humans alike. Understanding and thwarting it begins with excrement collection.

Health By BY AZEEN GHORAYSHI from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WxatA3j via IFTTT Homosexuality and Bisexuality, Suicides and Suicide Attempts, Gender, Transgender, Murders, Attempted Murders and Homicides, your-feed-healthcare Death investigators in Utah are among a handful of groups trying to learn how many gay and transgender people die by suicide in the United States.