Public Health

“Declines in the global burden of TB, and progress in testing, treatment, social protection and research are all welcome news after years of setbacks, but progress is not victory,” said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Health Canada says more than $20-million worth of pharmaceutical products were lost from the national stockpile this year because of a temperature-control issue, spurring a call from the federal Conservative health critic for a House of Commons investigation.

Led by Dr. Ghyslain Mombo-Ngoma at the Medical Research Centre of Lambaréné, researchers tested a one-time treatment combining four widely available anti-malarial compounds — sulfadoxine, pyrimethamine, artesunate, and pyronaridine. The new drug cleared malaria parasites in 93% of patients, matching the success of the standard three-day regimen.

BBC World News is talking about this today. The linked article covers a finding that links air pollution to accelerated Alzheimer’s disease. This article puts science behind the obvious: cyclists absorb more air pollution than car drivers.

A pioneering treatment expected to be on the market next year could offer a lifeline for people suffering from tooth decay.

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A phase 1 randomized controlled trial of an experimental intranasal vaccine against multiple H5N1 avian flu strains generated a broad immune response in US adults, researchers reported today in Nature Communications.

A new Greenpeace International report, Toxic Skies: How Agribusiness is Choking the Amazon, reveals how fires linked to industrial agriculture are turning the forest’s air toxic during the dry season. The findings are a stark warning that the Amazon’s crisis is not only about trees. It is about the air millions of people breathe, and the health of our shared planet.

During 1–3 July 2024 we assessed the detection of the NSW H7N8 HPAI virus by twelve diagnostic assays used by NSW Health Pathology (NSWHP) laboratories. We subsequently also reviewed the 12–25 November 2024 data from the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs (RCPAQAP) Emerging Biological Threats survey, assessing the detection of five other avian influenza viruses: H5N1, H7N3, H7N9, H9N2, and H10N7. These assessments were needed because knowledge of the ability to detect avian influenza virus on human diagnostic platforms is critical for minimising public anxiety in the event of human infections, and facilitates public health response planning.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration’s drug center abruptly resigned Sunday after federal officials began reviewing “serious concerns about his personal conduct,” according to a government spokesperson.

Pfizer is suing over some unsolicited competition in its nearly $5 billion bid to buy the drugmaker Metsera.

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Asymptomatic human avian influenza A(H5N1) infections occur, and person-to-person transmission is likely in some settings, reveals a scoping review by US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) researchers.

Cidara Therapeutics, Inc announced it has received up to $339 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) to fund work on CD388, a non-vaccine preventive for both pandemic and seasonal flu.

Specific US but expect similar bullshit coming to your local conservative rightwing party.

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I believe ICE enforcement is poised to become a mass disabling event, and I’m concerned that very few people are discussing it.

A decade after a landmark study proved that feeding peanut products to young babies could prevent the development of life-threatening allergies, new research finds the change has made a big difference in the real world.

This is a long and very thorough article. If you’re using any particular brand of protein supplements, it might be worth searching the text for the name to catch all the relevant discussion (the measurements, whether the company is responding, etc.)

Source: American Society of Anesthesiologists

new data show that one in six bacterial infections globally are resistant to standard antibiotics

Facts About the Pregnancy Crisis in Gaza

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Inhalers are the frontline treatment for asthma and COPD, but they come with a steep environmental cost, according to a new UCLA Health study—the largest to date quantifying inhaler-related emissions in the United States.

Local hospitals saved $1.66 million after 48 residents moved into Dunn House, says doctor

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They heard that you like systematic reviews, so they did a systematic review of the systematic reviews

TL;DR: collagen supplements don’t work. If you want tighter skin, eat properly, limit sun exposure and don’t smoke.

I tried to pick out some excerpts from the article, but it’s concise enough that any excerpt was leaving out details that might be helpful. Check out the article :)

At first, state officials, including the governor of Amazonas, Wilson Lima, and the state’s secretary of the environment, were quick to blame the neighbouring state of Pará as the source of fires. However, the study and its data tell a different story.

Mesenteric ischemia occurs when narrowed or blocked arteries restrict blood flow to the small intestine, according to the Mayo Clinic’s website. There are two forms of mesenteric ischemia: Acute and chronic. Acute mesenteric ischemia occurs suddenly and is often caused by a blood clot, according to the Mayo Clinic. Chronic mesenteric ischemia builds up over time and usually occurs when fatty deposits build up in the arteries.

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Remember that the only way to lose weight is a calorie deficit. Not everyone's journey to learning how to live in a calorie deficit looks the same.

Such waits can be deadly and are not unusual in the mega-city, where notorious traffic jams snarl commutes and only about 100 ambulances serve a population of more than 20 million.

Healthy forests are more than climate shields; in the Amazon, they also serve as public-health infrastructure.

West Nile virus infections are intense so far this year, with case counts running 40% higher than normal, health officials say.

The national health agency, Santé Publique France, reported this week that 382 infections had been confirmed across 38 clusters by 8 September, including 81 new cases in the previous seven days.

In the two years following her breast cancer surgery, not a day went by when Mary Munney Griffiths wasn’t in pain. It was different from the burning she felt in her chest during eight weeks of radiation. This was a new sharp, shooting sensation that woke her up at night and stopped her cold in the grocery store.

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