Public Health & Policy

1+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1369+ words) In Minnesota, an elementary school child has gone without surgery to treat a rare, life-threatening neck infection that isn't responding to antibiotics. Another young child can't use their hearing aids because the family ran out of batteries and hasn't come…...

2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (240+ words) Derry City and Strabane District Council Mayor Grace Uí Niallais is joined by the Hive Choir. FR: Neil, Pearl, Margaret, Clare, Beverly, and Siobhan. BR: Ian, John, Frank, Alan, Paddy, Alan and Michael. The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane…...

4+ hour, 18+ min ago   (22+ words) Dosing Up Success: Cymbiotika's Health Empire Built on Pure Persistence Fox Nation Dosing Up Success: Cymbiotika's Health Empire Built on Pure Persistence...

10+ min ago   (551+ words) State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam has said dengue must be prevented at any cost. "Dengue must be prevented at any cost. It is not enough to conduct campaigns only at specific times; potential…...

11+ hour, 51+ min ago   (410+ words) With students back in school and flu season approaching, the Putnam County Department of Health has scheduled three public flu vaccination clinics this fall while reminding parents to make sure children are up to date on required immunizations. The public…...

21+ min ago   (415+ words) For 2024, life expectancy at birth in the U.S. was 79 years, an increase from 78.4 in 2023, according to data released in August from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The difference in life expectancy between the sexes was 4.9 years in 2024, decreasing 0.4 year…...

53+ min ago   (331+ words) New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) Pakistan continues to face a major challenge in its efforts to eradicate polio, remaining one of only two countries in the world, alongside Afghanistan, where wild poliovirus transmission remains endemic, as gaps in vaccination coverage and…...

21+ min ago   (722+ words) When Mary Pyche's partner was hospitalized for two weeks earlier this year with a severe respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection — suffering high fever, delirium and breathing trouble — his doctor recommended an RSV vaccination. However, Nova Scotia's publicly funded RSV vaccination…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1754+ words) The new 2026-2027 COVID-19 vaccines will fight the newest COVID-19 variants. And there’s a new type of flu shot that could be even more effective than traditional vaccines in fighting the flu. Medical experts strongly recommend COVID-19 and flu shots for…...

8+ hour, 14+ min ago   (847+ words) Bangladesh's medicine policy has once again reached a crossroads, but the debate risks focusing on the wrong problem. The legal objection was reasonable. A policy of this magnitude should not bypass the statutory body created to vet it. But there…...