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Climate Change Could Return Us to the Pre-Antibiotic Era
By Howard Dean The extreme heat that recently blanketed the United States is a clear sign of climate change. But rising temperatures are fueling more than just hotter summers. Climate change is contributing to the spread of drug-resistant infections. And alarmingly, the medicines we use to fight those pathogens are losing their effectiveness. Antimicrobial resistance, […]
Diabetes And Obesity Can Damage The Liver To The Point Of Failure – But Few People Know Their Risk Of Developing Liver Disease
By Madona Azar | The Conversation Liver disease is frighteningly common worldwide. Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD, is an umbrella term describing conditions related to a buildup of fat in the liver. Formerly known as nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, this condition affects 1 in 4 people worldwide. Among those with type 2 diabetes, insulin […]
“Access To Health Remains Vital As Hurricane Devastated Member States Recover” – CARPHA
Editorial credit: Nelson Antoine / Shutterstock.com Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 17 July 2024. The Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) began its regional response to hurricane-impacted Caribbean Islands on 1 July 2024. Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the Caribbean as a Category 4 Hurricane on 1 July, causing significant destruction and impacting lives and […]
New Paho Report Shows Ncds Continue As Main Cause Of Death And Disability In The Americas, Warns Countries To Prepare Health Systems For Rapidly Aging Population
By PAHO Washington D.C. 28 June 2024 – A new report launched by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) reveals that while overall life expectancy has risen in the Americas, so has the number of people living with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Rapid population aging has led to an increase in ill health and disabilities caused […]
Ministry of Health lauds Reggae Marathon & Running Events for Impact on Jamaica’s Wellness Culture
Photos courtesy: Reggae Marathon With the recent launch of this year’s Reggae Marathon, Half Marathon & 10K, Takese Foga, Director of Health Promotion and Education at the Ministry of Health & Wellness (MOHW), emphasized the influence Running Events Jamaica has had on promoting health and wellness across the island. The Reggae Marathon, now in its […]
Nearly 1.8 Billion Adults At Risk Of Disease From Not Doing Enough Physical Activity
By PAHO Geneva –- New data show that nearly one third (31%) of adults worldwide, approximately 1.8 billion people, did not meet the recommended levels of physical activity in 2022. The findings point to a worrying trend of physical inactivity among adults, which has increased by about 5 percentage points between 2010 and 2022. If the […]
Climate Change is the Greatest Public Health Challenge of Our Time
By Sunita Sohrabi | Ethnic Media Services NEW YORK — Climate change is a key social determinant of health, disproportionately impacting low-income communities and people of color. The numbers of heat-related deaths has been steadily rising, according to data from Health and Human Services. There were an estimated 1,602 heat-related deaths in 2021, 1,722 in 2022, […]
The Health Divide: A Growing Number of Black Seniors are Living Alone, A Hazard for Their Health
By James E. Causey | USC Center for Health Journalism My grandmother, Ruth Anderson, was a single mother raising my dad before she met Orelious Pinkney while shopping downtown in Gloster, Mississippi. Pinkney courted my grandmother for less than a month before he asked for her hand in marriage. He called it love at first […]
City Council Passes Bills to Survey Migrants’ Health Needs and Work Obstacles
Editorial credit: Vic Hinterlang / Shutterstock.com By Danel Parra, City Limits “We must accumulate data to understand how the city has supported work permit applications, entrepreneurship, workforce development initiatives, and access to health care in order to identify the gaps in our efforts,” said the bill’s sponsor, Councilwoman Carlina Rivera. Lea la versión en español […]