Unsanitary Practices Persist at Baby Formula Factory Whose Shutdown Led to Mass Shortages, Workers Say
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“Persistent leaks” and “unaddressed contamination issues” are among the problems workers say they witnessed at one of the nation’s largest baby formula plants. “I can’t have this on my conscience,” one told ProPublica.
propublica.org/article/baby-fo…

#News #Baby #Parenting #Parents #Health #Safety #FDA

Abbott Baby Formula Factory Is Using Unsanitary Practices, Workers Say

^ProPublica

#Cancer, #Covid, & #Alzheimers #Research Could Be Lost Forever

Days before #RFKJr announced that 10,000 #HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on #NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."

#Trump #health #science #medicine #AntiIntellectualism #idiocracy #USpol
404media.co/nih-archives-repos…

Massive, Unarchivable Datasets of Cancer, Covid, and Alzheimer's Research Could Be Lost Forever

Days before Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that 10,000 HHS staffers would lose their jobs, a message appeared on NIH research repository sites saying they were "under review."

^{Samantha Cole (404 Media)}

‼️The CDC lost 850 essential staff members—nearly 10% of its workforce—right as measles outbreaks spread across multiple U.S. states and flu season intensifies.

Public health experts warn these cuts severely limit our ability to detect and respond to disease threats.

“Disease detectives” who track outbreaks before they become epidemics are among those affected.

#health #news

Intense layoffs have begun at HHS.

The agency “as we’ve known it is finished, with most of the leaders with institutional knowledge and a deep understanding of product development and safety no longer employed.” — former FDA commissioner Rob Califf

statnews.com/2025/04/01/hhs-la… via @STAT

#hhs #fda #cdc #health #publichealth #healthcare #medicine #doge #layoffs

RFK Jr.'s HHS layoffs begin; thousands of FDA, CDC workers axed

As many as 10,000 employees — one-quarter of the department's workforce — are expected to be let go as part of the process.

^{Sarah Owermohle (STAT)}

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations
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The move — along with the CDC’s explanation — is a sign that the nation’s top public health agency may be falling in line under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime critic of vaccines.

propublica.org/article/measles…

#News #CDC #RFKJr #Health #Measles #Medicine #PublicHealth #Vaccines #Science

The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations

^ProPublica

Daylight savings time and myocardial infarction

source: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/…

There was no difference in the total weekly number of PCIs performed for AMI for either the fall or spring time changes in the time period analysed. After adjustment for trend and seasonal effects, the Monday following spring time changes was associated with a 24% increase in daily AMI counts (p=0.011), and the Tuesday following fall changes was conversely associated with a 21% reduction (p=0.044). No other weekdays in the weeks following DST changes demonstrated significant associations.

#science #health #time #news #problem

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban Linked to Deaths and a Rise in Sepsis Cases
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The bill comes after ProPublica’s reporting on the deaths of three Texas women. It specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.
propublica.org/article/texas-g…

#News #Abortion #Texas #GOP #Law #Women #Health #Pregnancy

Texas GOP Lawmakers Propose Amending Abortion Ban

The bill specifies that doctors don’t need to wait until an emergency is “imminent” to terminate pregnancies but leaves in steep penalties for those who violate the law.

^ProPublica

#GiftArticle

A tiny French village became an #ALS hot spot. Neurologists found that the patients consistently ate three foods: game, dandelion greens, and, notably, wild mushrooms. @shayla__love traveled there to investigate:

An ‘Impossible’ #Disease Outbreak in the #Alps

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS.

By Shayla Love
Photographs by Elliott Verdier
#Health
theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Was a Mushroom Behind an ALS Outbreak in the Alps?

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

^{Shayla Love (The Atlantic)}

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#Protest #Resist #Medical #Medicaid #Health #USA

Please boost

"Mike Aylward, MD
‪@primarydoc.bsky.social‬
If you are going to #ACP2025 in New Orleans, let’s hit the streets to stand up for Medicaid, research funding, reproductive rights and academic freedom. "

📍 Where: Lafayette Square 📅 When: 2-5pm April 5, 2025

mobilize.us/handsoff/event/764…

Hands Off! New Orleans Fights Back

**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** New Orleans is fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and daring the world to stop them.

^Mobilize

Maria Margarita Rojas, 48, a certified nurse midwife, and Jose Ley, 29 and her employee, were charged with the illegal performance of an #abortion, as well as practicing medicine without a license. The abortion charge is a second-degree felony, which comes with up to 20 years in prison. texasobserver.org/texas-first-…

#Texas #health #healthcare #politics #USpol #news #HumanRights

Texas’ First Abortion Arrests Stem from Monthlong Attorney General Investigation

These represent the first criminal charges under Texas’ near-total abortion ban.

^{Eleanor Klibanoff (The Texas Observer)}

#Ontario is seeing a big surge in measles mostly among unvaccinated people. 372 total cases (including 7 pregnant people) and 31 hospitalizations.
The #measles #vaccine has a long track record of being safe, and of preventing disease (breakthrough infections are rare). It's a great way to avoid getting sick in the first place. I mean, who wants to get even a little bit sick?

#health #medical #medmastodon @medmastodon
toronto.citynews.ca/2025/03/13…

Ontario measles cases more than double over past two weeks; hospitalizations up 31

Ontario is seeing a massive surge in measles cases as an ongoing outbreak spreads across the province among unvaccinated people.

^{Patricia D'Cunha (CityNews Toronto)}

Chewing gum is plastic.

"chemical analysis shows that gum contains styrene-butadiene (the durable synthetic chemical used to make car tyres), polyethylene (the plastic used to make carrier bags and bottles) and polyvinyl acetate (woodglue) as well as some sweetener and flavouring."

theconversation.com/chewing-gu… #health #microplastic

Chewing gum is plastic pollution, not a litter problem

The reality is that chewing gum is just another form of plastic pollution, but it is not treated as such.

^{The Conversation}

A Health System Is Fighting Idaho’s Abortion Ban. It’s Not Its First Controversial Stance.
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St. Luke’s, Idaho’s largest health system, was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines. It also sued right-wing figure Ammon Bundy — and won. Now it’s backing its doctors on the abortion front.
propublica.org/article/st-luke…

#News #Idaho #Abortion #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #Medicine #Law

Idaho’s Largest Health System Is Taking on the State’s Abortion Ban

It’s not the first controversial stance for St. Luke’s, which was outspoken in defending its staff during a backlash against masks and vaccines during the pandemic.

^ProPublica

Pretty fascinating look at how "Covid changed everything", in 30 charts.

"Decades from now, the pandemic will be visible in the historical data of nearly anything measurable today: an unmistakable spike, dip or jolt that officially began for Americans five years ago this week."

nytimes.com/interactive/2025/0…

#news #covid #health #PublicHealth #data #dataviz #charts

30 Charts That Show How Covid Changed Everything in March 2020

It can be easy to forget, or look away from, the pain and disruption of the pandemic. The numbers will be there to remind us.

^{Aatish Bhatia (The New York Times)}

Psilocybin Put Rat Brains 'Back Together' After Mild Head Trauma

sciencealert.com/psilocybin-pu…

#health #healthcare #medicine #mentalhealth #psilocybin #headtrauma #brain #braininnjury

Psilocybin Put Rat Brains 'Back Together' After Mild Head Trauma : ScienceAlert

Scientists are investigating whether the psychedelic ingredient in magic mushrooms can put a brain 'back together' after head injuries.

^{Carly Cassella (ScienceAlert)}

With #MAGA #antivax morons like #RFKJr in power in the #USA we have people dying of measles, soon polio, then what?

Consumption? Dropsy? Goiter?

What long defeated #health scourges in the #US will make comeback?

Is it going to be like that old game "#Oregon Trail"?:

"You have died of #dysentery"?

wait... what the fuck?:

"Dysentery outbreak hits Oregon

Published Mar 06, 2025 at 2:14 PM EST"

newsweek.com/dysentery-outbrea…

It's not news as such, but pollution generated by cooking on gas hobs is becoming clearer; Which are the latest to show research on levels of pollution inside houses caused by cooking on gas.

A key problem is spending time in the room when you have cooked as the pollution generated lingers for some hours.

So, studio flats & families whose lives revolve round the kitchen/diner would seem to be the most at risk?

No wonder the Europeans prefer electric hobs!

#health
theguardian.com/environment/20…

Gas hob can raise indoor air pollution higher than busy UK road, study finds

Research by Which? compared levels nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter in homes and street in London

^{David Batty (The Guardian)}