The Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic
The spread of an avian flu virus in cattle has again brought public health attention to the potential for a global pandemic. Fighting it would depend, for now, on 1940s technology that makes vaccines from hens鈥 eggs.
El problema del huevo y la gallina en la lucha contra otra pandemia de gripe
La propagaci贸n de un nuevo virus entre m煤ltiples especies en un 谩rea geogr谩fica amplia eleva la amenaza de que m谩s mutaciones puedan producir un virus que se propague de humano a humano a trav茅s de la transmisi贸n a茅rea.
La vacuna contra el sarampi贸n es segura y eficaz. No te dejes enga帽ar por los esc茅pticos
Este a帽o, el 80% de los casos ha sido en personas no vacunadas o con un estatus de vacunaci贸n desconocido. Muchos padres han sido influenciados por una avalancha de desinformaci贸n difundida por pol铆ticos y personalidades en redes sociales, podcasts, y en la TV.
4 Ways Vaccine Skeptics Mislead You on Measles and More
Vaccine scare tactics haven鈥檛 shifted, but more parents are falling for them. Here鈥檚 what the rhetoric gets wrong and how it endangers children.
蘑菇影院 Health News' 'What the Health?': Too Big To Fail? Now It鈥檚 ‘Too Big To Hack’
Congress this week had the chance to formally air grievances over the cascading consequences of the Change Healthcare cyberattack, and lawmakers from both major parties agreed on one culprit: consolidation in health care. Plus, about a year after states began stripping people from their Medicaid rolls, a new survey shows nearly a quarter of adults who were disenrolled are now uninsured. Jessie Hellmann of CQ Roll Call, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Lauren Weber of The Washington Post join 蘑菇影院 Health News鈥 Mary Agnes Carey to discuss these stories and more. Also this week, 蘑菇影院 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner interviews Caroline Pearson of the Peterson Health Technology Institute.
The Path to a Better Tuberculosis Vaccine Runs Through Montana
Researchers at the University of Montana have pitched in to develop a more effective vaccine in the fight against an ancient disease that still kills an estimated 1.6 million people a year worldwide.
En Montana, investigan una nueva y poderosa vacuna contra la tuberculosis
La tuberculosis mata a 1.6 millones de personas anualmente, en especial en zonas pobres del planeta.
Readers Speak Up About Women’s Health Issues, From Reproductive Care to Drinking
蘑菇影院 Health News gives readers a chance to comment on a recent batch of stories.
Four Years After Shelter-in-Place, Covid-19 Misinformation Persists
False claims that covid vaccines cause deaths and other diseases are still prevalent despite multiple studies showing the vaccines are safe and saved lives.
A Physician Travels to South Asia Seeking Enduring Lessons From the Eradication of Smallpox
Physician and podcast host C茅line Gounder traveled to India and Bangladesh and brought back never-before-heard stories, many from public health workers whose voices have been missing from the record documenting the eradication of smallpox.
Needle Pain Is a Big Problem for Kids. One California Doctor Has a Plan.
The pain and trauma from repeated needle sticks leads some kids to hold on to needle phobia into adulthood. Research shows the biggest source of pain for children in the health care system is needles. But one doctor thinks he has a solution and is putting it into practice at two children鈥檚 hospitals in Northern California.
Movimientos en contra de las vacunas perjudican a los ni帽os m谩s vulnerables
La desinformaci贸n, junto con un movimiento por el derecho de los padres que aleja la toma de decisiones de la salud p煤blica, ha contribuido a las tasas de vacunaci贸n infantil m谩s bajas en una d茅cada.
How the Anti-Vaccine Movement Pits Parental Rights Against Public Health
Framed in the rhetoric of choice, Tennessee鈥檚 new law governing childhood vaccinations is among more than a dozen recently passed or pending nationwide that set parental freedom against community and children鈥檚 health.
蘑菇影院 Health News' 'What the Health?': The State of the Union Is … Busy
At last, Congress is getting half of its annual spending bills across the finish line, albeit five months after the start of the fiscal year. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden delivers his annual State of the Union address, an over-the-counter birth control pill is (finally) available, and controversy erupts over new public health guidelines for covid-19 isolation. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Sarah Karlin-Smith of the Pink Sheet, and Sandhya Raman of CQ Roll Call join 蘑菇影院 Health News鈥 Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Neera Tanden, the White House domestic policy adviser, about Biden鈥檚 health agenda. Plus, for 鈥渆xtra credit,鈥 the panelists suggest health policy stories they read this week that they think you should read, too.
Brote de sarampi贸n: Florida dice que ni帽os no vacunados pueden ir a la escuela, desafiando a los CDC
La mayor铆a de las personas que no est谩n protegidas por una vacuna contraer谩n sarampi贸n si se exponen al virus. Existe riesgo de muerte.
The state鈥檚 surgeon general grants parents permission to send unvaccinated children to school during a measles outbreak, risking their health and that of others.
How Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics 鈥 And What It Means in 2024
Opposition to vaccines and other public health measures backed by science has become politically charged. That makes dangerous misinformation much harder to fight.
Covid sigue matando gente. Esto recomiendan los m茅dicos para protegerse
Las pandemias no se definen por el tiempo ni por la gravedad, sino por grandes cantidades de infecciones en curso en todo el mundo. Las emergencias son agudas y se declaran para desencadenar una respuesta urgente.
Montana鈥檚 Effort to Expand Religious Exemptions to Vaccines Prompts Political Standoff
The dispute between state lawmakers and health department officials could delay a broader package of child care licensing changes until 2025.
鈥楨mergency鈥 or Not, Covid Is Still Killing People. Here鈥檚 What Doctors Advise to Stay Safe.
Thousands of people are still dying of covid, but government has mostly handed over responsibility to the people to weather the seasonal surges with their own strategies.