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New York Ends Upper East Side Legionnaires Response After Seven Deaths with No Source Tower Confirmed

New York declared the Upper East Side Legionnaires exposure over after 92 cases and seven deaths, but no source cooling tower has been confirmed.

Medical Daily

Sixth Death Reported in Upper East Side Legionnaires Outbreak Even as New Cases Stop Appearing

A sixth person has died in the Upper East Side Legionnaires outbreak. Officials report no new cases since July 17 among 90 people sickened.

Medical Daily

A Second Deadly Legionnaires' Summer Puts New York's Cooling Tower Law to the Test

NYC tripled cooling tower testing in May, yet the Upper East Side Legionnaires' cluster reached 89 cases and five deaths. What enforcement data show.

Medical Daily

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New York Adds More Cooling Towers to Legionella Watch List After 84 Upper East Side Cases

New York Keeps Adding Cooling Towers To Its Legionella Culture List As Upper East Side Case Count Reaches 84

Medical Daily

NDIS cuts could restrict some people from work access

The health department has not explained how budgets for travelling to work or medical appointments would be preserved under sweeping changes to the NDIS.

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Florida will work to eliminate all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, officials say

Florida will work to phase out all childhood vaccine mandates in the state, building on the effort by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis to curb vaccine requirements during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Independent UK

Health department layoffs mean that data on drug use and mental health could sit unused

A 50-year-old government survey on drug use may be in jeopardy

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Leaders in Health Department Ordered to Rank Employees as Federal Government Prepares for Widespread Layoffs

Leaders in Health Department were asked to rank their employees in probationary periods, as federal government agencies brace for layoffs.

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Vaccine Maker Stocks Fall After RFK Jr. Nominated To Lead Health Agency

Kennedy is a longtime vaccine skeptic and has falsely claimed they cause autism.

International Business Times

Dire hospital staffing 'putting mothers at risk'

Tasmania's health department is investigating claims low staffing at the state's biggest hospital is resulting in poor care for mothers and their newborns.

AAP

Swine flu in India: Key symptoms to take note of and tips to stay safe

A total of 11 cases of swine flu has triggered concern in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur district. In order to stop the spread of the infection and to contain it, health department teams are conducting tests in various areas.

The Times of India

HIV positive prostitute had sex with 211 men after learning she’d been infected, cops say

Linda Inez Leccese has been charged with soliciting after she tested positive for HIV

The Independent UK

98% of children in need of oral polio immunisation covered

57,84,443 children in Tamil Nadu targeted for oral polio immunisation, with involvement from UNICEF, WHO, and NGOs.

The Hindu

Fresh investigation under way into irregularities in harvesting organs from brain-dead patient

Fresh probe into alleged irregularities in organ harvesting and transplant on foreign nationals in Chennai hospitals.

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District administration, Health Department ready to tackle COVID-19 variant JN.1

The district administration and Health Department are ready to tackle the COVID-19 variant JN.1 in Yadgir district. The district had faced oxygen shortage during the second wave last year. Therefore, the administration has asked the department to ensure oxygen, beds and other necessary arrangements after reports of the virus spreading came…

The Hindu

‘Misconceptions about HIV, AIDS cleared owing to awareness campaigns’

The misconceptions about HIV and AIDS, anxiety, fear of exclusion and social taboo that were rampant during the 1980s had slowly been erased from society following extensive awareness programmes conducted by Health Department and various organisations, Senior Civil Judge and Member Secretary of District Legal Services Authority Parashuram Doddamani has…

The Hindu

Digital transformation award for Kerala health department’s scheme

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Food Safety dept. conducts Statewide checks on shawarma outlets

The Food Safety wing conducted widespread checks across the State, focussing on food outlets selling shawarma, to check if the norms issued by the department regarding the safe preparation of shawarma were being followed.

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Alappuzha doctor honoured with IMA honorary professorship

Dr. K. Venugopal, chief consultant in respiratory medicine at General Hospital, Alappuzha and Health department chief consultant (Additional Director), has been conferred with the Honorary Professor of IMA-Academy of Medical Specialities Award instituted by the Indian Medical Association.

The Hindu

Tripura Health department says it will pay stipends to intern doctors on time

Tripura Health Dept. promises to pay regular stipends to protesting interns at IGM Hospital. Protest by 20+ doctors embarrassed BJP-led State govt. Officials met with interns to resolve issues. Dept. to recruit 226 doctors, 100 nursing & medical staff to ease staff crisis in rural health care.

The Hindu

Chennai Corporation proposes to increase fine on owners of cattle

The Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) will place a proposal to revise the fines levied upon owners who let their cattle loose on the roads posing a threat to road safety before the next Council meeting, said Commissioner J. Radhakrishnan

The Hindu

Karnataka Health Department launches doorstep eye care programme in Chickballapur district

The State Health Department, in collaboration with the National Program for Control of Blindness, on Friday launched a transformative initiative - Asha Kirana - Eye Care at Your Doorstep — in Chickballapur district. This programme will be extended to cover Kalaburagi, Haveri, and Chamarajanagar districts from September 4.

The Hindu

Karnataka sets up enquiry commission to probe alleged COVID-19 irregularities during BJP regime

The commission will investigate purchase and procurement of medicines, COVID-19 management equipment, Rapid Antigen Test kits, besides purchase and distribution of ventilators and oxygen maintenance by the Health and Medical Education departments. It will also enquire into the deaths due to oxygen crisis and other issues that had made national…

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Woodstock Festival: 50 mind-blowing facts about the original celebration of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll

The Woodstock Festival became part of rock'n'roll folklore as half a million hippies descended on a farm in upstate New York in 1969

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Health Department intensifies control measures in border areas as rat fever, dengue cases rise in Kerala

The spike in the number of dengue and leptospirosis or rat fever cases in Kerala following the onset of the southwest monsoon has prompted the Health Department to take control measures in Coimbatore district.

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