PublicHealth
The US Surgeon General declared that gun violence in the country constitutes a "public health crisis" and issued an advisory calling attention to the "urgent" issue. Firearms have been the leading cause of death for children and adolescents in the US, according to the advisory, over motor vehicles, poisoning and cancer. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has called on the US to ban automatic rifles and regulate the industry, but the US Congress typically recoils at gun control measures. Some US state legislatures, however, have enacted or may consider some of the surgeon general's proposals. Murthy ...
Euronews (English)
Últimamente, Abraar Karan, médico especialista en enfermedades infecciosas en la Universidad de Stanford, ha atendido a muchos pacientes con goteo nasal, fiebre e irritación en los ojos. Estos síntomas podrían ser señales de alergias, covid o un resfriado. Y este año, existe una posibilidad más, la gripe aviar, pero la mayoría de los médicos no tienen forma de detectarla. Médicos como Karan advierten que, si el gobierno no se prepara para que las pruebas para la gripe aviar H5N1 estén más disponibles, otra pandemia podría tomar al país por sorpresa de nuevo. “Estamos cometiendo los mismos erro...
Kaiser Health News (Espanol)
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. On nearly every day of 2024 so far, a burst of gunfire has hit at least four people somewhere in the country. Some days, communities have endured four or five such shootings. The nation’s top doctor called on policymakers to consider gun safety measures such as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and universal background checks for all firearm purchases. His advisory also urges a “significant increase” in funding for research...
Kaiser Health News
U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy declared firearm violence a public health crisis, as gun deaths and injuries punctuate daily life in America. On nearly every day of 2024 so far, a burst of gunfire has hit at least four people somewhere in the country. Some days, communities have endured four or five such shootings. The nation’s top doctor called on policymakers to consider gun safety measures such as bans on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and universal background checks for all firearm purchases. His advisory also urges a “significant increase” in funding for research...
California Healthline
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which until Friday had approved only tobacco-flavored nicotine vaping products, has now officially allowed the sale of menthol-flavored NJOY Daily disposable e-cigarettes and menthol-flavored pods for the previously authorized NJOY Ace device "after extensive scientific review." The decision reflects the FDA's preference for closed, nonrefillable "electronic nicotine delivery systems" (ENDS) and its aversion to letting former smokers buy the flavors they prefer, both of which sacrifice the interests of adult consumers in the name of preventing underage u...
Reason
Charlotte, Carolina del Norte. — Cuatro meses después de buscar asilo en Estados Unidos, Fernando Hermida comenzó a toser y a sentirse cansado. Primero pensó que estaba resfriado. Luego aparecieron llagas en su ingle y empezó a empapar su cama de sudor. Se hizo una prueba. El día de Año Nuevo de 2022, a los 31 años, supo que tenía VIH. “Pensé que me iba a morir”, dijo, recordando el escalofrío que le recorrió el cuerpo cuando revisaba sus resultados. Luchó por navegar un nuevo y complicado sistema de atención médica. A través de una organización de VIH que encontró en internet, recibió una lis...
Kaiser Health News (Espanol)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test. On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida learned he had HIV. “I thought I was going to die,” he said, recalling how a chill washed over him as he reviewed his results. He struggled to navigate a new, convoluted health care system. Through an HIV organization he found online, he received a list of medical providers to call in Washington, D.C., where he was at the time,...
Kaiser Health News
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four months after seeking asylum in the U.S., Fernando Hermida began coughing and feeling tired. He thought it was a cold. Then sores appeared in his groin and he would soak his bed with sweat. He took a test. On New Year’s Day 2022, at age 31, Hermida learned he had HIV. “I thought I was going to die,” he said, recalling how a chill washed over him as he reviewed his results. He struggled to navigate a new, convoluted health care system. Through an HIV organization he found online, he received a list of medical providers to call in Washington, D.C., where he was at the time,...
California Healthline
Die Touristen, die in Griechenland nach einer frühen Hitzewelle gestorben oder verschwunden sind, sind der dramatischste Beweis dafür, wie der Klimawandel und die steigenden Temperaturen das menschliche Leben bedrohen. Nach der ersten Überraschung machen die griechischen Behörden mobil und warnen Einwohner und Besucher, die Gefahren des Klimawandels nicht zu unterschätzen. Die Menschen müssen verstehen, dass sich die Dinge ändern und dass sie sehr vorsichtig sein müssen. (...) Hohe Temperaturen werden immer häufiger auftreten, die Menschen sollten dies als selbstverständlich ansehen und keine ...
Euronews (German)
Abigail Arellano tiene todas las facturas médicas de su hijo Samuel en una carpeta azul en un armario arriba del microondas. Incluso ahora, cuatro meses después que el niño de 11 años fuera herido de bala en el desfile del Super Bowl de los Kansas City Chiefs, las facturas siguen llegando. Hay una de $1,040 por el traslado en ambulancia al hospital aquella tarde de febrero. Otra de $2,841,17 por una visita a la sala de emergencias tres días después del tiroteo porque la herida de bala parecía infectada. En marzo, más seguimientos y consejería agregaron otros $1,500. “Creo que me faltan algunas...
Kaiser Health News (Espanol)
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