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White House Declares Monkeypox a Public Health Emergency

Aug. 4, 2022 – The White House declared monkeypox a public well being emergency on Thursday. There have been over 6,600 reported circumstances of the illness within the United States, up from lower than 5,000 circumstances reported final week. “This public health emergency will allow us to explore additional strategies to get vaccines and treatments […]

COVID Public Health Emergency Extended Another 3 Months

By Cara Murez and Robin Foster HealthDay Reporters HealthDay Reporter MONDAY, July 18, 2022 (HealthDay News) – As the newest Omicron subvariant fuels climbing case counts within the United States, the Biden administration has prolonged the nation’s public well being emergency standing via mid-October. Known as BA.5, the subvariant is taken into account probably the […]

How Much Health Insurers Pay for Almost Everything Is About to Go Public

By Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News Friday, July 01, 2022 (Kaiser News) — Consumers, employers, and nearly everybody else focused on well being care costs will quickly get an unprecedented have a look at what insurers pay for care, maybe serving to reply a query that has lengthy dogged those that purchase insurance coverage: Are […]

Philadelphia to Require Masks Again in Public Indoor Spaces

April 12, 2022 Citing a rise in COVID-19 instances due to the Omicron subvariant, town of Philadelphia reinstated its indoor face masks mandate on Monday. The metropolis was averaging 142 new COVID instances per day on Monday, in comparison with 84 new instances on April 1, town authorities stated in a information launch. Hospitalizations have […]

Mask Mandate for Planes, Public Transit Extended to April 18

March 10, 2022 Passengers on airliners and public transportation will likely be required to put on face masks not less than till April 18, the Transportation Security Administration introduced Thursday. TSA’s masks mandate, imposed to assist cease the unfold of COVID-19, had been scheduled to run out March 18. The rule went into impact in […]

New HIV and AIDS Strategy Calls Racism a Public Health Crisis

YouTube: “President Biden Delivers Remarks on World AIDS Day,” The White House. HIV.gov: “National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States 2022-2025,” “What Is Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States?” Gregorio Millett, vp, American Foundation for AIDS Research. amfAR: “Ending the HIV Epidemic Database.” The Lancet, Public Health: “Homelessness, unstable housing, and risk of […]

Leaked Documents Show Facebook Put Profit Before Public Good

Nov. 8, 2021 — A leaked trove of papers from inside Facebook reveals that the social media large’s inner analysis uncovered a bunch of issues on the platform associated to public well being and different points, however did just about nothing about it. The information had been leaked by a whistleblower, former Facebook worker Frances […]