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Health By Teddy Rosenbluth and Desiree Rios from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Vv7n4Pr via IFTTT your-feed-science, Vaccination and Immunization, Disease Rates, Children and Childhood, Rural Areas, Federal-State Relations (US), Parenting, Mennonite Churches, Rumors and Misinformation, Measles Vaccine hesitancy has been rising for years in the United States. Doctors and parents in one rural county are confronting the consequences.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/iacThum via IFTTT Foreign Aid, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Ebola Virus, United States International Relations The Trump administration has canceled at least four of the five contracts with organizations that helped manage the outbreak in Uganda.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Mrv2nWj via IFTTT Medicine and Health, United States Politics and Government, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Government Contracts and Procurement, Malaria, Malnutrition, Tuberculosis, Politics and Government, Vaccination and Immunization Here are some of the 5,800 contracts the Trump administration formally canceled this week in a wave of terse emails.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/JSyli9h via IFTTT Ebola Virus, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Government Contracts and Procurement, Federal Aid (US) The contracts financed Ebola screening at airports and protective equipment for health workers, and helped prevent transmission by survivors of the disease, according to a former U.S.A.I.D. official.

Health By Brian Rosenthal, Christina Shaman, Christina Thornell, Laura Salaberry, James Surdam and Jeremy White from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZGA5DcP via IFTTT Transplants Organ transplant waiting lists are designed to fairly distribute organs to the sickest patients in order of priority. Or so we thought. A New York Times investigation shows that the list leaves many patients waiting for organs despite being next in line. Brian Rosenthal, a New York Times reporter, explains how this list became so unreliable.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ljRFbMr via IFTTT your-feed-science, Foreign Aid, Medicine and Health, Diet and Nutrition The Demographic and Health Surveys were the only sources of reliable information in many countries on metrics such as mortality, nutrition and education.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/DsExhWI via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Tests (Medical), Schizophrenia, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Mental Health and Disorders, your-feed-science, your-feed-healthcare Federal regulators will no longer require patients to provide blood tests before receiving the drug from pharmacies.

Health By Ellen Barry from NYT Health https://ift.tt/VfgJYvA via IFTTT Artificial Intelligence, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Mental Health and Disorders, Psychology and Psychologists, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Mobile Applications, your-feed-healthcare Chatbots posing as therapists may encourage users to commit harmful acts, the nation’s largest psychological organization warned federal regulators.

Health By Emily Baumgaertner Nunn from NYT Health https://ift.tt/5m9OEyi via IFTTT your-feed-science, Education (K-12), Mass Shootings, Teachers and School Employees, School Shootings and Armed Attacks, Text Messaging, Parkland, Fla, Shooting (2018), your-feed-healthcare When a gunman killed two of her students, Ivy Schamis was the only adult in the room. Her journey through guilt and healing sheds light on the impossible role of American teachers.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/2SGDlZK via IFTTT Foreign Aid, Medicine and Health, International Relations, Politics and Government, Philanthropy, United States Politics and Government, Humanitarian Aid, Developing Countries, United States International Relations, Federal Aid (US), Federal Budget (US) China could reap the soft-power advantage, but like Western governments, the country is cutting back on aid. Philanthropies say they cannot replace the United States.

Health By Christina Jewett from NYT Health https://ift.tt/AO4L9Et via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, United States Politics and Government, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Medical Devices, Diabetes, Robots and Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Tests (Medical), Food, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Wages and Salaries, Hiring and Promotion, Innovation, Government Employees, Presidential Transition (US) Staff units evaluating high-tech surgical robots and insulin-delivery systems were gutted by Trump layoffs even though industry fees, not taxpayers, financed the employee salaries.

Health By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Xkt2ofy via IFTTT your-feed-science, Tests (Medical), Avian Influenza, Cats, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Agriculture and Farming, Pets, Dairy Products, Animals, Epidemics, Viruses, Livestock But the study, whose publication was delayed by a pause in public communications by the agency, leaves key questions unanswered.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/XZ2pLiO via IFTTT Foreign Aid, United States Politics and Government, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Assets, Frozen, Government Contracts and Procurement, Tests (Medical) The Trump administration appears to be flouting a judge’s order pausing the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D.

Health By Susanne Craig and Reed Abelson from NYT Health https://ift.tt/y1CRQlz via IFTTT Ethics and Official Misconduct, United States Politics and Government, Health Insurance and Managed Care, Appointments and Executive Changes, Medicare, Medicaid, Dietary Supplements and Herbal Remedies, Presidential Transition (US) The celebrity doctor said he would divest from his interests in many drug, medical and insurance companies, worth millions of dollars.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/bAJwCOr via IFTTT your-feed-science, United States Politics and Government, Quarantines, Agriculture and Farming, Animals, Ports, Tuberculosis Scientists worry that the losses may open the door to human, plant and animal diseases that would otherwise have been caught.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/eTvasU0 via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Vaccination and Immunization, Proteins, Disease Rates, Long Covid, Immune System, Blood, Tinnitus In a small study, patients with the syndrome were more likely to experience reactivation of Epstein-Barr virus and high levels of a coronavirus protein.

Health By Carl Zimmer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zF7nmLt via IFTTT your-feed-science, Artificial Intelligence, Microbiology, Research, Bacteria, Viruses, Science and Technology The Human Virome Program will analyze samples from thousands of volunteers in an effort to understand how viruses affect health.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/I3y6Ezp via IFTTT Pneumonia, Medicine and Health, Bacteria, Lungs, Popes, Antibiotics, Sepsis, Infections, your-feed-health, your-feed-science The condition, which entails pneumonia in both lungs, is potentially grave, according to health experts.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Kg21WoA via IFTTT your-feed-science, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Oxygen, Deaths (Fatalities), Hospitals, Pulse Oximetry, Foreign Aid, Lungs, your-feed-health Oxygen is vital to many medical procedures. But a safe, affordable supply is severely lacking around the world, according to a new report.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/SPRZQJB via IFTTT Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide, Dementia, Doctors, Law and Legislation, Living Wills and Health Care Proxies, Elder Care, Alzheimer's Disease, Nursing Homes, audio-neutral-informative, audio-negative-sad In the Netherlands, doctors and dementia patients must negotiate a fine line: Assisted death for those without capacity is legal, but doctors won’t do it.

Health By Paula Span from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3HdaS4s via IFTTT Heart, Elderly, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Medical Devices, Age, Chronological, Exercise, Stents (Medical Devices), Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Defibrillators, your-feed-health, your-feed-science Heart disease is more common in people over 65, but treatments are better than ever. That can complicate decision-making for older heart patients.

Health By Benjamin Mueller from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tQMdfZS via IFTTT Vaccination and Immunization, United States Politics and Government, Education (K-12), Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Government Contracts and Procurement An estimated 15 colleges still required Covid vaccines for students as of late last year. No states require K-12 students to get the shots.

Health By Christina Jewett and Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4mOjd1x via IFTTT United States Politics and Government, Federal Aid (US), Research, Cancer, Politics and Government After weeks of disruption to scientific federal grants, the National Institutes of Health has fallen behind in funding research into treatments for deadly diseases.

Health By Pam Belluck and Mary Beth Gahan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dxr9hLK via IFTTT Abortion, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Law and Legislation, Abortion Drugs, States (US), Telemedicine, Doctors, your-feed-healthcare It is the first ruling in a case challenging “shield laws” intended to protect doctors in states that support abortion rights who send abortion pills to states with bans.

Health By Pam Belluck from NYT Health https://ift.tt/PR6vfTV via IFTTT Infant Mortality, States (US), Abortion, Research, Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization (Supreme Court Decision), Babies and Infants, Minorities, Medicine and Health, your-feed-healthcare The findings showed the highest mortality occurred among infants who were Black, lived in Southern states or had fetal birth defects.

Health By William J. Broad from NYT Health https://ift.tt/tfTZemQ via IFTTT Smallpox, United States Politics and Government, United States International Relations, your-feed-science Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest pathogens.

Health By Christina Jewett and Teddy Rosenbluth from NYT Health https://ift.tt/dHuSRjx via IFTTT Research, Colleges and Universities, United States Politics and Government, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Federal Budget (US) The federal order temporarily halts the Trump administration’s plans to slash $4 billion in overhead costs for research at universities and medical centers into diseases like cancer.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/WE9wQUh via IFTTT Doctors, GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Ozempic (Drug), Weight, Obesity, Heart, Diabetes At cardiology conferences and diabetes meetings, doctors can’t help noticing that thin seems to be very in.

Health By Johnny Diaz from NYT Health https://ift.tt/zhGjRJn via IFTTT Recalls and Bans of Products, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Doughnuts, Listeria Monocytogenes, Bakeries and Baked Products The recall, which was initiated on Jan. 7 and upgraded on Wednesday, includes several Dunkin’ products, federal safety officials said.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/1pmHLPd via IFTTT your-feed-science, Foreign Aid, Humanitarian Aid, United States Politics and Government, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Foreign Investments, Nonprofit Organizations, Refugees and Displaced Persons, Food Aid Grief and “dizzying chaos” struck communities around the globe as networks for delivering medicine, nutrition and maternal care were abruptly shut down.

Health By Sarah Kliff from NYT Health https://ift.tt/KY8tNyw via IFTTT Probation and Parole, Prisons and Prisoners, Elder Care, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Nursing Homes Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/lBFjoOc via IFTTT your-feed-science, Kidneys, Transplants, Pigs, Genetic Engineering, Clinical Trials A 66-year-old man from New Hampshire became the fourth person to receive a pig’s kidney.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Emily Anthes from NYT Health https://ift.tt/4iOmPWK via IFTTT your-feed-science, Avian Influenza, Cats, Pets, Mammals The data, which appeared fleetingly online on Wednesday, confirmed transmission in two households. Scientists called on the agency to release the full report.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/NHnKdkj via IFTTT Research, Medicine and Health, Clinical Trials, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals), Ethics and Official Misconduct, Foreign Aid, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Preventive Medicine, Drug Resistance (Microbial), Birth Control and Family Planning, Shutdowns (Institutional) The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/hBWRyum via IFTTT Marijuana, Deaths (Fatalities), Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Mental Health and Disorders, Research, Drug Abuse and Traffic, Schizophrenia, Addiction (Psychology), Youth Two new Canadian studies are the largest to date looking at death rates and psychosis associated with cannabis use disorder.

Health By Emily Anthes and Apoorva Mandavilli from NYT Health https://ift.tt/bg4TUk7 via IFTTT your-feed-science, your-feed-health, your-feed-animals, Avian Influenza, Agriculture and Farming, Dairy Products, Workplace Hazards and Violations, Animals, Cattle, Birds, Viruses, Food Contamination and Poisoning A new version of the virus is widespread in wild birds but had not previously been detected in cows.

Health By Sam Roberts from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Fq3LXym via IFTTT Deaths (Obituaries), Drug Abuse and Traffic, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Hypodermic Needles and Syringes, Medicine and Health, Prisons and Prisoners He marshaled epidemiological research to press for changes in drug policy, alternatives to prison and needle-exchange programs to slow the spread of AIDS.

Health By Gina Kolata from NYT Health https://ift.tt/fzOk52E via IFTTT Parkinson's Disease, GLP-1 RAs (Drug), Byetta (Drug), Ozempic (Drug), Clinical Trials, Research, your-feed-science The study may suggest that other researchers should be less optimistic about the prospects for treating a range of other conditions with newer weight-loss drugs.

Health By Andrew Jacobs and Rachel Nuwer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/Rz9ZHik via IFTTT Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Psychedelic and Hallucinogenic Drugs, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Therapy and Rehabilitation, Veterans, Clinical Trials, Mental Health and Disorders, Psychiatry and Psychiatrists, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Research, Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) The fallout from the F.D.A.’s rejection of a new treatment for PTSD worries researchers and experts who fear other psychedelic drugs in the pipeline could be jeopardized.

Health By Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/nVR0gm6 via IFTTT Kidneys, Transplants, Pigs, your-feed-science, Genetic Engineering The research offers hope to tens of thousands of patients with kidney failure who are on a long waiting list for an organ transplant.

Health By Apoorva Mandavilli and Roni Caryn Rabin from NYT Health https://ift.tt/pGisteS via IFTTT your-feed-science, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Race and Ethnicity, Syphilis, Vaccination and Immunization, Censorship, Gender, Birth Control and Family Planning, Freedom of Speech and Expression, Executive Orders and Memorandums, your-feed-health, Minorities Documents purged from government websites include guidelines for safe contraception and information on racial inequities in health care.

Health By Carl Zimmer from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3aEZHlf via IFTTT your-feed-science, Disease Rates, Medicine and Health, Avian Influenza, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Research, Influenza Epidemic (1918-19), your-feed-healthcare Scientists were slow to recognize that Covid spreads through the air. Some are now trying to get ahead of the bird flu.

Health By Adeel Hassan from NYT Health https://ift.tt/G57T8v0 via IFTTT Recalls and Bans of Products, Food Contamination and Poisoning, Food, Chocolate, Nuts, Allergies The agency warned that the products, made by Cal Yee Farm, could have potentially serious or even deadly consequences because the packages were mislabeled. No illnesses have been reported.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/ZEDpVMv via IFTTT Medicine and Health, Malaria, Foreign Aid, Federal Aid (US), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Developing Countries, Research, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Clinical Trials, Politics and Government, Shutdowns (Institutional), Government Contracts and Procurement Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.

Health By Stephanie Nolen from NYT Health https://ift.tt/vixIdKC via IFTTT Medicine and Health, Malaria, Foreign Aid, Federal Aid (US), Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Developing Countries, Research, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Clinical Trials, Politics and Government, Shutdowns (Institutional), Government Contracts and Procurement Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.