Amid Rise of RFK Jr., Officials Waver on Drinking Water Fluoridation — Even in the State Where It Started
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As federal agencies review their guidance on fluoridation and the nation’s top health official calls fluoride “industrial waste,” state and local governments are pulling back on the practice, upending a decadeslong public health success story.
propublica.org/article/fluorid…
#News #Health #RFKJr #PublicHealth #Michigan #Water #Government
Wow!
‘The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global’
newatlas.com/infectious-diseas…
An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark achievement set to save millions of lives.Bronwyn Thompson (New Atlas)
When a firefighter dies, a small team of federal health workers helps pinpoint what went wrong and identify how to avoid similar accidents in the future.
Trump laid off nearly all of them.
propublica.org/article/trump-c…
#News #Fire #Trump #DOGE #Musk #Deaths #Health #HHS
The cuts, which are part of Trump’s slashing of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, will also halt a first-of-its-kind study of the causes of thousands of firefighters’ cancer cases.ProPublica
360 On Aged Care, By Vision Australia Radio
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: greataustralianpods.com/360-on…
#GreatAusPods #AusPods #Podcast #Podcasts #Podcasting #Podcasters #Australia #Health #Fitness #Wellness
Podcast: 360 On Aged Care, By Vision Australia Radio By: Vision Australia Radio Category: Health & Fitness Sub-Category: Health & Wellness First Episode: 2025…Admin (Great Australian Pods)
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…
Dysentery rates have been rising among the Portland population since 2023, and is attributed largely to a lack of public restroom facilities.Sophie Clark (Newsweek)
Okay, now #trump is claiming to be tackling #toxic #chemical exposure & heralding #RFKJr as the #health secy. This will be very difficult for me to watch. #Liar.
Holy shit, he’s claiming a kid received #transition #medical procedures at school during the school day. Literally impossible.
He says #transgender care is mutilation.
#POS
#PublicHealth #science #medicine #ConspiracyTheories #hate #bigotry #heterosexism #LGBTQIA #HumanRights #CivilRights #FactCheck #TrumpLies
"At least 146 measles cases have been ID'ed in W TX, incl. 20 hospitalizations & 1 death.
"MX has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to TX & 7 states due to a measles outbreak."
"Thanks to vaccines, #Measles was declared eliminated from the US in 2000. Anti-vaxers hosting measles parties are sending their own kids to the hospital."
-J Cabellero
The US has a #PublicHealth crisis.
arstechnica.com/health/2025/02…
borderreport.com/news/health/m…
Mexico has issued a warning to its citizens asking them not to travel to Texas and seven other states in the U.S. due to a measles outbreak.Salvador Rivera (BorderReport)
Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. That’s Why #Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage.
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Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.
If You’re #Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
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#Women experiencing #pregnancy loss in states with #abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.
#News #Health #Healthcare #Doctors #Miscarriage
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position.ProPublica
Exciting news for #KMP devs! JetBrains has officially launched this new site named "Klibs.io" for finding KMP libraries. It has 1400+ libs already, including our own "KHealth" too 😉
Check it out: klibs.io/?query=khealth
#Kotlin #Multiplatform #JetBrains #KHealth #Technology #Software #Health
AI-powered search engine for Kotlin Multiplatform libraries. Explore the best KMP packages, access metadata, and learn about the authors.klibs.io
A Coast Guard Commander Miscarried. She Nearly Died After Being Denied Care.
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U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal #law, the #military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.
#News #Abortion #Health #Government #Healthcare #Insurance
U.S. service members have long faced strict limits on abortions, even when used to resolve miscarriages. Under federal law, the military will only pay for abortions in cases of rape, incest or to save the mother’s life.ProPublica
TIL Pro Publica has an online thing that will format a letter to your US health insurance company to demand the records behind a claim denial. (which the insurance is then legally required to provide in most cases)
projects.propublica.org/claimf…
#Health #Insurance #Claim #Denied #Appeal
You likely have the right to access records that explain why your insurer denied your claim or prior authorization request. Use ProPublica’s free tool to generate a letter requesting your claim file from your health insurance company.ProPublica
A Third Woman Died Under Texas’ Abortion Ban. #Doctors Are Avoiding D&Cs and Reaching for Riskier Miscarriage Treatments.
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Thirty-five-year-old Porsha Ngumezi’s case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.
#News #Health #Abortion #Miscarriage #Pregnancy #Healthcare #ReproductiveRights
propublica.org/article/porsha-…
Porsha Ngumezi died after not receiving a standard D&C procedure following complications from a miscarriage. More than a dozen doctors said the 35-year-old’s death was preventable.ProPublica
If you live in the United States, you can now order 4 free COVID-19 tests.
Visit covidtests.gov or special.usps.com/testkits for more details.
#covid #covid19 #CovidTests #FreeCovidTests #health #PublicHealth
#Alzheimers Disease: the 10 Warning Signs
#dementia #health #wellness #WorldAlzMonth #WAM2024 #TimeToActOnAlzheimers #TimeToActOnDementia
New #Biden Administration Rules Aim to Hold Insurers Accountable for #MentalHealth Care Coverage
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The regulations will force health insurance plans to collect and report more data on how they limit and deny mental health claims. ProPublica’s reporting has found that insurers regularly shortchange patients seeking treatment.
This #Mississippi Hospital Transfers Some Patients to Jail to Await #MentalHealth Treatment
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Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto doesn’t have a psychiatric unit, so it sends patients elsewhere for mental health treatment.
When publicly funded facilities are full, some patients go to jail to wait for help.
One doctor said that’s “unthinkable.”
#News #Health #Healthcare #Hospital #CriminalJustice #Law
propublica.org/article/baptist…
Baptist Memorial Hospital-DeSoto has no psychiatric unit, so some patients go to jail to await publicly funded mental health treatment.ProPublica
Hard water has health benefits, like extra magnesium and calcium (even if it’s bad for your pipes)
theconversation.com/is-hard-wa…
#health #water
Hard water might dry out your hair and skin − but having hard water isn’t necessarily a bad thing.The Conversation
Philips Agrees to Pay $1 Billion to #Patients Who Say They Were Injured by Breathing Machines
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The proposed settlement will effectively end more than 700 #lawsuits filed after the 2021 recall of millions of the company’s widely used sleep apnea devices and ventilators.
propublica.org/article/philips…
The proposed settlement will effectively end more than 700 lawsuits filed after the 2021 recall of millions of the company’s widely used sleep apnea devices and ventilators.ProPublica
Latest comic: What did we learn from Covid?
#covid #COVID19 #coronavirus #cartoon #health #healthcare #pandemic #comic
It's Monday, and if you're like us, being online for work and fun can be a literal pain in the neck. @pocket_recommends has a great collection of stretches for the very online, and this week we're giving seated neck stretches a try: prevention.com/fitness/g204300… 🪑
How do you all remember to stay limber in front of your keyboard, whether it's at your desk or on your keyboard? 📱 ⌨️
#Productivity #Thunderbird #Health
If you experience neck pain, release tension with this seated sequence that targets both neck and shoulder muscles.Maggie Finn Ryan (Prevention)
Our #health #software team at #Apple is #hiring ! We’re looking for an #ios engineer - please consider joining us to work on products that literally save lives.
jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/2…
Apply for a Sr iOS Application Developer - Health Software job at Apple. Read about the role and find out if it’s right for you.Apple Jobs
Wow… this is a mass-scale health data grab (DNA, etc.) by industry if ever there was one.
Just look at how it’s funded and the people running it: ourfuturehealth.org.uk/about-u…
Also looks like the Silicon Valley/Stanford/startup folks have finally well and truly got their nails into the NHS after constant lobbying and facilitated by folks (useful idiots or accomplices?) like NESTA.
CC @glynmoody
#ourFutureHealth #uk #surveillanceCapitalism #health #BigData #peopleFarming
Our Future Health plans to develop new ways to detect illnesses earlier and predict who is at higher risk of…inkl
Members of German Chaos Computer Club (CCC) have demonstratively patched "highly secure" VPN-routers encrypting medical data
in order to enable the use of updated encryption certificates.
Router manufacturers had provided devices without a certificate update option.
The hack could save health insurances & their customers from up to 400 mio €€€ of extra cost for new hardware.
Press release (German)
ccc.de/en/updates/2022/konnekt…
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#medicaldata #encryption #hack #health #vpn
What are you breathing? Get a free Air Quality report for your address. See if it exceeds World Health Organization limits for clean air. #addresspollutionaddresspollution.org
