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US officials say 2 more places will test sewage for polio

Philadelphia and Oakland County, Michigan, are joining the small list of U.S. localities that are looking for signs of polio infections in sewage

The Independent UK

It's official: This year's bird flu outbreak is now the worst in U.S. history

Prior to this year, the largest bird flu outbreak in U.S. history occurred in 2015, in what the USDA called “arguably the most significant animal health event in U.S. history.”

Fortune

More than 4 in 5 pregnancy-related deaths are preventable in the US, and mental health is the leading cause

Preventable failures in U.S. maternal health care result in far too many pregnancy-related deaths. Each year, approximately 700 parents die from pregnancy and childbirth complications. As such, the U.S. maternal mortality rate is more than double that of most other developed countries.

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A spike in infant COVID hospitalizations

A new study from the CDC reveals something ominous about COVID-19 infections among children

Salon

Fauci says the U.S. is ‘certainly’ still facing a COVID pandemic

“The idea that forget it, this is over—it isn’t,” the White House’s chief medical adviser said.

Fortune

Covid boosters provide only limited protection against illness, new study finds

The CDC analysed more than 360,000 health records of not immunocompromised people 18 years old and older

The Independent UK

Some of Nevada’s ‘superbug’ cases found at 2 Las Vegas hospitals

Cases of once-rare “superbug” Candida auris have climbed to 600 in Southern Nevada, with more than one-third identified at just two hospitals.

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With flu season here, health officials urge communities of color to get vaccinated

LOS ANGELES — When Sandy Sandoval tries to encourage her family members to get the flu vaccine, they usually tell her that the shot does not work and the vitamins they're taking are enough to protect them through the season.

Los Angeles Times

What to know: COVID-19, RSV and the flu in children

Symptoms of the flu typically come on suddenly, which is perhaps its biggest distinction from RSV.

Axios

Alzheimer’s has a disparate impact on women, so let’s empower them to be involved in the fight against the disease

Women are more likely to develop Alzheimer’s and to be caregivers for those living with the disease.

Chicago Sun-Times

Abortion continued its decline during pandemic driven by drop in teen rates

The number of abortions reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control fell once again in 2020, extending a decade-long downward trend, largely driven by a decrease in rates among teens.

Tribune News Service

How to kill common turkey pathogens

Besides normal stuffing, your turkey is stuffed with salmonella, campylobacter and E. coli, too

Salon

Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC

There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. public health agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

WHO, CDC: A record 40 million kids miss measles vaccine dose

The World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say measles immunization has dropped significantly since the coronavirus pandemic began, resulting in a record high of nearly 40 million children missing a vaccine dose last year

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Mistrust and polarization steer rural governments to reject federal public health funding

ELKO, Nev. — When Elko County commissioners rejected a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that could have helped the county create a health department or health district, Kayla Hopkins pleaded with them to reconsider.

Daily Mirror

Monkeypox 'to be given new name by WHO to destigmatise the virus'

A new name has reportedly been decided by the World Health Organisation for monkeypox which is set to be unveiled today in a bid to destigmatise the virus which has had a global outbreak this year

The Independent UK

US renews push for COVID boosters as data show they protect

Americans who have gotten the updated COVID-19 boosters appear better protected against symptomatic infection than those who haven't — at least for now

The Independent UK

'Viral jambalaya': Early flu adding to woes for US hospitals

A rapidly intensifying flu season is straining U.S. hospitals already overburdened with patients sick from other respiratory infections

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The COVID variants dominating this fall mean ‘we’re still in the Omicron era’

It's relatively good news for everyone except the immunocompromised.

The Independent UK

Nine children have been hospitalised in an Ohio measles outbreak that’s infected more than a dozen

Almost all of the cases reported have been in children under the age of 5, local health officials said

Chicago Sun-Times

1 billion young people may be at risk for hearing loss due to ‘unsafe’ listening habits, study shows

An international team of researchers determined there is an “urgent need” for governments to implement safe listening policies.

Fortune

The business of renting wombs is thriving–and surrogates don’t always understand the risks. Here’s the reproductive ethics debate America should be having

The surrogacy industry is worth $14 billion globally–and it's booming. But no one seems to keep track of what happens to surrogates, writes Carolyn Barber.

The Independent UK

Yorkshire racism hearing delayed due to appeals against public sessions

The Cricket Discipline Commission proceedings are now not expected to take place until next year.

Salon

Policy backs 'fourth trimester' care

Mounting pressure to expand long forgotten postpartum mental care is creating new policy

The Texas Tribune

U.S. can’t quickly expel migrants under pandemic-era health rule, federal judge says

Title 42 was invoked early in the pandemic by the Trump administration and continued under President Joe Biden. Since then, immigration officials have used it more than 2 million times to turn away asylum-seekers at the border.

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