Awash in overdoses, Seattle creates safe sites for addicts to inject illegal drugs
Officials in Seattle on Friday approved the nation’s first “safe-injection” sites for users of heroin and other illegal drugs, calling the move a drastic but necessary response to an epidemic of addiction that is claiming tens of thousands of lives each year. The sites — which offer addicts clean needles, medical supervision and quick access to drugs that reverse the effects of an overdose — have long been popular in Europe. Now, with the U.S. death toll rising, the idea is gaining traction in ..>> view originalWashington state mumps outbreak: 278 cases reported in 5 counties
To stop the spread, officials urge people to get vaccinated and to take precautions. "The best protection against mumps is the MMR vaccine," said Dave Johnson, a spokesman for the Washington State Department of Health. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that children get two doses of the MMR vaccine, which protects against measles, mumps and rubella, though it is not 100% effective. Though not currently on-site in Washington, the CDC is working closely with the state depar..>> view originalTrump administration backtracks part way on ACA enrollment outreach
The Trump administration is now allowing some ads and outreach to continue through the final days of 2017 enrollment for Affordable Care Act health coverage. (Healthcare.gov/Healthcare.gov) The Trump administration on Friday partly retracted a directive it had issued less than 24 hours earlier to halt all advertising and other outreach activities aimed at encouraging consumers to buy health plans for 2017 during the final days of enrollment under the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces. Acc..>> view originalCDC's canceled climate change conference is back on - thanks to Al Gore
It turns out there will be a conference in Atlanta next month about climate change and its effects on public health. It just won't have the federal government behind it. The reason? Former Vice President Al Gore. "He called me and we talked about it and we said, 'There's still a void and still a need.' We said, 'Let's make this thing happen,' " said Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association. "It was a no-brainer." News of a revived conference comes days after..>> view originalIn marijuana competition, a tension between clinical, alternative medicine
Tim Charles describes himself as a serial entrepreneur.The Allentown native has dabbled in energy efficiency, international trade, manufacturing and real estate. Now, Charles, CEO of PA Cannabis LLC, hopes to bring medical marijuana to Main Street via a dispensary that offers patients a holistic approach to health, private off-street parking and a comfortable ski-lodge-like atmosphere, smack in the middle of Emmaus.He's an evangelist for the medical benefits of cannabis, which he says helped h..>> view originalOregon Planned Parenthood CEO: Trump 'has awoken a sleeping giant'
Since President Donald Trump took office, he has threatened to cut or slash funding for several government agencies but no private organization has been threatened as much as Planned Parenthood. For social conservatives, the Trump administration’s call for defunding Planned Parenthood is seen as a victory for the pro-life agenda and a welcome change from previous President Barack Obama’s stance on the organization.In Oregon, 40 percent of Planned Parenthood’s $24 million budget comes from f..>> view originalUK confirms two more cases of bird flu on turkey and pheasant farms
LONDON British authorities say they have confirmed two more bird flu cases on farms in northern and eastern England, meaning there are now four areas where restrictions are in place across the country to reduce the spread of the disease.The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) said it had confirmed a case of H5N8 avian flu in a flock of about 1,000 pheasants at a farm in Wyre, Lancashire, in northern England on Friday.A number of birds had died and the rest were being culle..>> view originalFrance Bans Free Soda Refills in Attack on Obesity
Photo A soft drink bottling operation in Clamart, France, near Paris. Credit Lionel Bonaventure/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In 2004, France banned vending machines from schools. In 2011, it limited servings of french fries to once a week in school cafeterias. A year later, it imposed a “soda tax.” On Friday, the government said no restaurants can offer free refills of sodas and other sugary drinks. The new regulation is the latest attempt to tackle what the gov..>> view originalA medical mystery: Cluster of patients struck with rare amnesia
Dr. Jed Barash, a neurologist in the Boston area, noticed a pattern between 2012 and 2015. Four patients, mysteriously stricken with a sudden amnesia, had the same rare finding on MRI: A pair of tiny structures deep in their brains, called the hippocampus, was completely knocked out on both sides. The hippocampus is a seahorse-shaped structure that plays a role in memory and emotion. The patients could remember earlier things, but they couldn't make new memories, a phenomenon called anterograde ..>> view originalThrow out homeopathic teething tablets with belladonna, FDA says
Standard Homeopathic Co., the Los Angeles-based maker of Hyland's, discontinued its product October 7. "We discontinued it because we are committed to our moms and our dads who choose to trust us to put medicines in their young infants' mouths, and we didn't want to put them in a place between the FDA warning and us saying the product was safe and having to decide who to trust," said Mary C. Borneman, a spokeswoman for Hyland's.Homeopathic teething tablets, which have been around since the early..>> view original
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