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Dairy workers in Texas show signs of prior, uncounted bird flu infections in a new study. Without labor protection and better health care, cases are bound to quietly rise as the outbreak among livestock blazes in the United States.
Florida鈥檚 RSV season begins earlier and runs longer than anywhere else in the U.S., according to the University of Florida鈥檚 Emerging Pathogens Institute. New vaccines can help, but most older adults, who are vulnerable to RSV, haven鈥檛 gotten them yet.
吃瓜不打烊 gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promises better tests are being developed, but the episode points to vulnerabilities in the country鈥檚 defense against emerging outbreaks.
Indoor workers who toil in hot jobsites in California gain immediate protection from this summer鈥檚 extreme heat. The state鈥檚 worker safety chief announced finalized rules Wednesday, capping a years-long push by workers.
President Joe Biden tested positive for covid-19 last week, but his symptoms were reportedly mild. With covid still circulating and putting Americans at risk, 吃瓜不打烊 reviews the latest safety guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Public safety and health care organizations are using drones to speed up lifesaving treatment during medical emergencies in which every second counts.
Republicans were once the party of Obamacare repeal and abortion opposition. They鈥檝e said little about either issue in Milwaukee.
After an assassination attempt last weekend sent former President Donald Trump to the hospital with minor injuries, the Republican National Convention went off with little mention of health care issues. And Trump鈥檚 newly nominated vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio, has barely staked out a record on health during his 18 months in office 鈥 aside from being strongly opposed to abortion. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Joanne Kenen of Johns Hopkins University and Politico Magazine join 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews 吃瓜不打烊鈥 Renuka Rayasam, who wrote June鈥檚 installment of 吃瓜不打烊-NPR 鈥淏ill of the Month,鈥 about a patient who walked into what he thought was an urgent care center and walked out with an emergency room bill.鈥
Details about where the machines would go 鈥 and how they would help those most at risk 鈥 are sparse. The state has proposed using them to distribute naloxone and fentanyl testing strips.
Even after multiple massive power outages 鈥 including one from a 2021 winter storm in Texas that prompted a U.S. Senate investigation 鈥 little has changed for older Americans in senior living facilities when natural disasters strike.
So far, all 10 cases reported nationally this year at dairy and poultry farms have been mild, consisting of respiratory symptoms and eye irritation. Scientists have warned that the virus could mutate to spread from person to person, like the seasonal flu, and spark a pandemic.
吃瓜不打烊 and California Healthline staff made the rounds on national and local media in recent weeks to discuss topical stories. Here鈥檚 a collection of their appearances.
Even with a stockpile of bird flu vaccinations, the federal government is not offering them to those at high risk. Along with testing and measures to prevent spread, vaccinations may protect people and stop the outbreak from becoming a pandemic.
With pop-up art shows in Philadelphia and beyond, Zarinah Lomax鈥檚 mission is to show what is routinely lost to gun violence in America: 鈥淭his is somebody鈥檚 child. Somebody鈥檚 son, somebody鈥檚 daughter who was working toward something.鈥
Lead in drinking water is a known danger. But how many of the country鈥檚 estimated 9 million lead service lines need to be replaced 鈥 and how quickly 鈥 is subject to debate. The clock is ticking on two competing plans as the election looms.
In a momentous 6-3 decision that could affect communities across the nation, the U.S. Supreme Court gave local officials and law enforcement more authority to fine and penalize homeless people living outside. Advocates for homeless people predict the ruling will lead to more sickness and death.
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