U.S. orders cow testing for bird flu after grocery milk tests positive

Federal officials say they're double checking whether pasteurization has eradicated the danger from possible bird virus particles in milk. Read More

It won't be easy: Doctor wants to open long COVID clinic in Worcester

There are many questions and not enough answers, including how to diagnose long COVID, who is most at risk and what can be done to treat it. Read More

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22, 2024 — Primary health care, conditional cash transfers ... in rates of prescription-opioid overdose related emergency department (ED) visits in children 17 and younger between 2008 and ... Read More

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Stigma and Mental Health in HIV: Cross-Sectional Study

The following is a summary of the “Stigma and mental health among people living with HIV across the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study,” published in the April 2024 issue of Infectious Disease ... Read More

Severe COVID-19 leaves two-thirds of survivors with health issues months later

People who survive a long and harrowing bout of COVID-19 do not emerge ... help them survive their health crisis, a new trial finds. Health News // 23 hours ago Urine test may determine prostate ... Read More

Health department streamlines medical records system

The St. Joseph Health Department clinic’s transition to electronic medical records began this week. Typically, each visitor received a new paper chart when they came to the clinic, which ... Read More

Health Department says visitor to Cincinnati tested positive for measles

The Cincinnati Health Department has been notified that an out-of-town visitor to Cincinnati has tested positive for ... CHD also reported that COVID-19 infections in the city continue to decrease ... Read More

Global COVID-19 Memorial Will Honor Pandemic Frontline & Essential Workers

Sally Metzler, Ph.D., the Chair of the Commission, emphasized the epic nature of the impact of the pandemic, “No other event in recent history has touched every place, citizen, & nation on Earth as ... Read More

Attorneys argue legal basis for health department's COVID-19 restrictions

GAYLORD — Did the public health orders used by the Health Department of Northwest Michigan to contain the spread of COVID-19 several years ... a constitutional test. "The legislature writes ... Read More

Centering Law In Public Health Education

The COVID-19 ... public health departments could often rely on the political savvy of long-tenured leaders to protect their legal authority and advance their policy priorities. But a mass exodus ... Read More

End of an era: Austin Public Health changes COVID-19 reporting policy

Austin Public ... COVID-19, the dashboard recorded more than 22,000 cases in just one week in January 2022, during the omicron variant surge. The change comes as the Texas Department of State ... Read More