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Improving health in rural areas needs local leadership --study

Fri, 2024-12-13 16:18 — mike kraft

Improving health in rural areas takes community, say researchers With type 2 diabetes on the rise, prevention measures are critical. But it's often hard for people living in rural areas to access health care and lifestyle resources that can improve their health. Sydney Barrilleaux Medical Xpress

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Involving local leaders and churches could make all the difference in these communities, according to a study from the University of Georgia. The research is published in The Journal of Rural Health.

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Americans' split views on climate change policies outlined in new poll.

Mon, 2024-12-09 23:54 — mike kraft

How Americans View Climate Change and Policies to Address the Issue Among Republicans, 56% think climate policies usually hurt the U.S. economy. By contrast, 52% of Democrats say they usually help. Brian Kennedy Pew Research Center

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Overall, 69% of Americans say large business and corporations are doing too little to help reduce the effects of global climate change. Six-in-ten also say state elected officials are doing too little on climate.

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Opinion: Public health experts concerned that measles and other diseases could increase in the U.S. if RFK Jr is confirmed

Mon, 2024-12-09 18:01 — mike kraft

How measles, whooping cough, and worse could roar back on RFK Jr.’s watch | CNN The availability of safe, effective covid vaccines less than a year into the pandemic marked a high point in the 300-year history of vaccination, seemingly heralding an age of protection against infectious diseases. CNN

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Climate Change Is Making Disasters Deadlier; more than half a million people killed.

Fri, 2024-11-01 16:25 — mike kraft

Two weeks before world leaders meet to debate the climate crisis, a report released on Thursday shows the 10 deadliest extreme weather events in the past two decades were made worse by burning fossil fuels.

More than half a million people around the world were killed in those disasters since 2004.

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Famine is Growing in Africa’s Prolonged Conflict Zones; Is the world prepared for future pandemics?

Thu, 2024-10-31 15:52 — mike kraft

Famine Takes Grip in Africa’s Prolonged Conflict Zones Eighty percent of Africans facing acute food insecurity are in conflict-affected countries, including 900,000 people experiencing famine. the Africa Center for Strategic Studies Africa Center

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Australia’s pandemic plans called ‘grossly inadequate’, pointing to lessons learned--government inquiry

Tue, 2024-10-29 15:57 — mike kraft

Australia’s pandemic plans were ‘grossly inadequate’, an inquiry has found. What lessons can be learned? Initiated by the Albanese government in 2023, the 866-page report finds people still feel ‘resentment about what they lost’ during pandemic lockdowns The Guardian

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Jewish officials involved in hurricane rescue efforts subjected to barrage of antisemetic attacks

Wed, 2024-10-09 14:55 — mike kraft

Officials face antisemitic attacks over Hurricane Helene response Report finds Elon Musk’s platform is fueling falsehoods and conspiracy theories that risk undermining rescue efforts — and preparations for Hurricane Milton. The Washington Post

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The field of street medicine to help the homeless is evolving

Fri, 2024-08-23 16:14 — mike kraft

The Rapidly Evolving Field of Street Medicine - KFF Health News The rapidly evolving field of street medicine — the practice of providing health care to homeless people living outside — is getting a jolt in California with a new player: a medical group devoted exclusively to homeless people. And it’s actually making money. Sachin Jain, who worked on federal Medicaid policy during his tenure in […] khnerich KFF Health News

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US surgeon general declares US gun violence an urgent public health crisis

Tue, 2024-06-25 15:33 — mike kraft

US surgeon general declares US gun violence an urgent public health crisis | CNN Gun violence in the United States is an urgent public health crisis that demands the “collective commitment of the nation” to stop it, Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says in a new advisory released Tuesday. Jen Christensen CNN

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Deadly heat waves fueled by climate change hit four continents

Thu, 2024-06-20 15:51 — mike kraft

Millions sweltering under extreme heat worldwide as summer arrives Deadly heatwaves are scorching cities on four continents as the Northern Hemisphere marks the first day of summer, a sign that climate change may again help to fuel record-breaking heat that could surpass last summer as the warmest in 2,000 years. Gloria Dickie Reuters

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