WHO ‘Very Concerned’ About Reports Of Severe COVID In China
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said the agency is “very concerned” about rising reports of severe coronavirus disease across China after the country largely abandoned its “zero COVID” policy, warning that its lagging vaccination rate could result in large numbers of vulnerable people getting infected. At a press briefing on […]
Jake Tapper Says His Daughter ‘Almost Died’ From Appendicitis After Misdiagnosis
Jake Tapper said Thursday that his 15-year-old daughter, Alice, “almost died” last year from appendicitis after she was misdiagnosed at the hospital. The CNN anchor shared his family’s terrifying experience in a segment, noting that 7.4 million patients are misdiagnosed each year out of about 130 million annual emergency department visits, according to a report […]
Britney Spears Describes Painful Nerve Damage She Sustained During Conservatorship
Spears, who has said she was held at a mental health facility against her will in 2019, blamed “that place” for her nerve damage on Instagram. Nov 7, 2022, 02:45 PM EST|Updated 7 hours ago
WHO Director-General Says COVID Remains Emergency, Could Still Surprise Us
The director-general of the World Health Organization on Wednesday said the coronavirus pandemic “remains a public health emergency of international concern.” Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the WHO’s Emergency Committee on COVID-19 came to that conclusion during a meeting last week, and he shares that view. The committee also called on countries to make testing, […]
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training
A Texas nurse said she was fired for refusing to take implicit bias training, claiming that states across the U.S. are forcing healthcare professionals to “make false confessions of racism,” and that she “refused to go along.” Laura Morgan, RN, said that she was let go from Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White Health in February, […]
WHO Chief Strikes Optimistic Tone On COVID: ‘The End Is In Sight’
The World Health Organization head said the end of the COVID-19 pandemic “is in sight,” saying reported global deaths last week reached their lowest point since March 2020. Speaking at the U.N. agency’s COVID briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “we have never been in a better position to end the […]
People With HIV More Likely to Be Hospitalized With Monkeypox?
Co-infection with HIV may increase the risk of hospitalization in patients with monkeypox, CDC researchers said, though other research did not confirm this. Among over 1,300 patients with monkeypox in eight U.S. jurisdictions, hospitalization was more common among those with HIV (8%) than those without the virus (3%), reported Kathryn G. Curran, PhD, of the […]
Dr. Oz Said Uninsured Americans Have No ‘Right To Health’ In Resurfaced Clip
TV doctor-turned-Senate candidate Mehmet Oz once said uninsured Americans don’t have a “right to health,” according to a recently resurfaced video from 2013. Oz, now the Republican nominee for Senate in Pennsylvania, was speaking at the National Governors Association on the topic of “personal and governmental responsibility” when he explained his apparent belief that “health” […]
Nearly Half of MSM Are Changing Sex Behaviors to Reduce Monkeypox Risk
Roughly half of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) said they have cut down on their sexual activities due to the monkeypox outbreak, according to a CDC report. Among 824 men who participated in the American Men’s Internet Survey (AMIS) monkeypox-specific follow-up survey, 47.8% said they reduced their number of […]
CDC Investigating E. coli Outbreak in Ohio, Michigan – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Infectious Disease News FRIDAY, Aug. 19, 2022 U.S. health officials said Wednesday that they are investigating an outbreak of E. coli that has infected 29 people in Michigan and Ohio. The outbreak has led to nine hospitalizations but no deaths, and investigators have not yet found a food source responsible for sickening people. They […]