A majority of public health occupations in health departments around the country pay workers substantially less compared to pay for workers in the same occupations in the private sector, according to new research at Columbia ...
Feb 12, 2024
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Cancer is one of the leading causes of death in the United States, and for Black and African Americans, the numbers are even worse. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health found Black/African ...
Feb 1, 2024
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Minnesotans in mental health crises are stuck in hospital emergency rooms with nowhere else to turn. Treatment centers are bleeding staff who complain of being underpaid and burnt out. Children linger on months-long waitlists ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Knowing a patient's weight is necessary for many weight-based medications such as thrombolytics, anticoagulants and numerous cardiovascular medications. Scaling drugs to a patient's weight prevents adverse events from overtreatment ...
Jan 16, 2024
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Amid an ongoing shortage of the first-line treatment for syphilis in the United States, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will allow the importation of a different syphilis drug from a French drugmaker.
Jan 11, 2024
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Policymakers worldwide wrestle with whether to prohibit products that can harm consumers. Prohibitions can reduce consumption and consumption-related harms, but also create other problems, including illegal markets. In a ...
Jan 10, 2024
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Cigarette smoking remains the leading avoidable cause of premature death in the United States, accounting for approximately 500,000 deaths or 1 in 5 deaths annually. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ...
Jan 10, 2024
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With COVID-19 and flu both surging across the country, chances are you or someone close to you is sick or getting over a virus.
Jan 10, 2024
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When hospitals support trauma survivors' mental health during and after treatment, patients are less likely to return in crisis, researchers report.
Dec 31, 2023
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If hospitals consistently and comprehensively support trauma survivors with mental health needs, including after they're discharged, the survivors are less likely to find themselves back in the hospital in crisis, a new study ...
Dec 21, 2023
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