In the dozen years she's worked with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users, executive director Brittany Graham has lost count of the people she's seen succumb to British Columbia's toxic drug crisis. Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, and Graham said it's a sombre anniversary as she and others in public health reflect on the thousands of deaths. "Last time I did a count it was somewhere in...
On the week of February 5, several stalls in the bathrooms at public high school Luis Felipe Crespo in Camuy, Puerto Rico, had padlocks on them for no apparent reason. Fed up with the many other maintenance issues at their school, three students, including 17-year-old Alaisha Torres Soto, decided to make a video showing the bathrooms’ conditions. The text overlaid on the video, which they posted on their graduating class’ TikTok account, read: “Uniforme completo jóvenes” (Students, wear your...
The ‘Journal’ asked various health bodies for information and comment after numerous reports of people being affected by a persistent coughing condition day and night and lasting for weeks on end, with some needing multiple courses of antibiotics and steroids to help rid them of what appears to be an infection. Latest statistics reveal that there have been over 460 cases of ‘clinically suspected’ whooping cough, which is also called pertussis, notified to the Public Health Agency since January...
In a stark revelation, health authorities in the bustling urban landscape of New York City find themselves grappling with a disturbing surge in cases of leptospirosis, an insidious bacterial infection transmitted through exposure to rat urine. As this concerning trend gains momentum, officials are urgently sounding the alarm, highlighting the imperative need for heightened vigilance and proactive measures to combat the spread of this potentially life-threatening disease. The escalating...
House Public Health Chairman Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, tells Mississippi Today's Geoff Pender and Taylor Vance he's hopeful he and other negotiators can strike a deal on Medicaid expansion to address dire issues in the unhealthiest state.
t the intersection of military global health and veterinary medicine, collaboration and innovation are paramount. This was illustrated at the inaugural Veterinary One Health International Military Symposium, Indo-Pacific (VOHIMS, IP) held recently. This symposium marked a significant milestone for the Indo-Pacific region's approach to collaboration and addressing animal, environmental, and human health connections through a One Health approach.
The stabbing of a bus driver in Willowbrook this month amid a spate of increasingly violent assaults on public transit operators prompted transit officials this week to declare an emergency to speed up the building of enclosed protective barriers for drivers. "These incidents have occurred with no prompting or warning and have created an environment of increased risk and trauma as assailants are resorting to the use of deadly weapon such as guns and knives," Los Angeles County Metropolitan...
Former President Trump secured 23 more delegates for the GOP convention on Sunday with a victory in the Puerto Rico primary, according to Decision Desk HQ. Running unopposed, Trump — already the party’s presumptive nominee — easily won the primary. He will officially be named the nominee at the party’s convention in Milwaukee in July.
The Health Ministry doesn't plan to buy vaccines against the disease.
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The number of young people with a gonorrhea infection continues to soar, with an increase of 31% over the last year, latest figures from public health institute RIVM have shown. Some 13,853 cases of the sexually transmitted disease were registered in 2023 following a 33% rise in 2022. The rise is most dramatic among women, the RIVM said, with a 78% increase. Some 2,598 women were found to have gonorrhea in 2023 compared to 1,468 the year before. Women should