Tag: Safety & Public Health
Incidence Rates of Appendiceal Adenocarcinoma Increasing
Rate more than tripled in 1980 birth cohort and more than quadrupled in 1985 birth cohort versus 1945 birth cohort
988 Contacted More Than 16 Million Times From Its Launch to December 2024
Past-year contact incidence rate was 23.7 per 1,000 population and past-year 988 use prevalence was 1.6 percent
Health Care Job Growth Dropped During Pandemic, Recovered by 2024
Non-health care employment had recovered more slowly than health care employment in quarter 3 of 2024
Total Number of Excess Deaths >14.7 Million in U.S. in 1980 to 2023
U.S. mortality rose rapidly in 2020 and 2021, then declined in 2022 and 2023, remaining higher than in 2019
White House Report Blames Toxins, Food and Screens for Poor Health
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 May Affect Risk for Alzheimer Disease
Patients with HSV-1 who used antiherpetics were less likely to develop Alzheimer disease than those who did not
Dual-Use of Cigarettes, E-Cigarettes Tied to Same Toxicant Exposure as Cigarettes Alone
Authors say dual use does not protect health
Emergency Care Becoming Increasingly Vulnerable in the United States
Threats include increasing demand, patients with increasingly complex needs, and falling payments for physicians
CDC Denies Milwaukee’s Request for Help on Lead in Schools
All-Cause Mortality Increased From 2020 to 2021 Nationwide
Increase was slower in Medicaid expansion states, resulting in net decrease from 2018-2019 to 2021-2022
