Health
Mexican students intoxicated by TikTok challenge
Mexican authorities are warning about the dangers of a viral TikTok challenge that has left school students intoxicated after taking a controlled medication.
Jan 21, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Private hospitals blamed in Mexico for meningitis outbreak
Prosecutors in northern Mexico blamed private hospitals Monday for contaminated anesthetics that caused a meningitis outbreak that has killed 22 people and sickened at least 71.
Dec 5, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
After a year, omicron still driving COVID surges and worries
A year after omicron began its assault on humanity, the ever-morphing coronavirus mutant drove COVID-19 case counts higher in many places just as Americans gathered for Thanksgiving. It was a prelude to a wave that experts ...
Nov 25, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mexico: Deadly meningitis outbreak caused by anesthetics
Mexico's Public Health Department said Thursday that a worrisome outbreak of 61 meningitis cases in the northern state of Durango this month was linked to anesthetic procedures used at local hospitals.
Nov 25, 2022
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Medical economics
In major retreat, Bright Health halts individual health insurance coverage
Bright Health Group will end individual and family health insurance coverage and reduce its Medicare Advantage coverage to just two states, steps that will cut its revenue in half.
Oct 13, 2022
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Health
TikTok trend is sending kids home sick across US: What is the 'One Chip Challenge?'
A single chip is wreaking havoc in school districts across the country, sending children home sick and sometimes even to a hospital. The "One Chip Challenge," which has over 850 million views on TikTok, is making a bold return ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Cortisol concentrations in your hair may reveal how stressed you have been
A team of researchers from the University of Iceland and the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico City, working with a colleague from TU Dresden, has found evidence that suggests doctors may soon be able to measure ...
Psychology & Psychiatry
Doctors urge access to psychedelic therapies in New Mexico
Physicians and researchers are urging New Mexico legislators to allow the use of psychedelic mushrooms in mental health therapy aimed at overcoming depression, anxiety, psychological trauma and alcoholism.
Jul 13, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Lone abortion clinic closes in US state at heart of key court case
The only clinic performing abortions in Mississippi, the state at the heart of the US Supreme Court's historic about-face on women's reproductive rights, closed its doors Wednesday for the final time.
Jul 7, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
American with monkeypox flees Mexican hospital
A US citizen with monkeypox escaped from a hospital in a Mexican resort and fled the country, local health authorities said Wednesday.
Jun 9, 2022
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