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World-leading scientist explains alarming reason you should 'never, ever' eat food that's been microwaved in plastic containers
17 hours, 26 minutes ago

World-leading scientist explains alarming reason you should 'never, ever' eat food that's been microwaved in plastic containers

Daily Mail  

A world-leading fertility scientist has advised people 'never' to microwave food in plastic containers due to its potential impact on fertility. Speaking on a popular health podcast, the epidemiologist recently urged people against microwaving food in plastic containers due to the risk of these chemicals leaching into food. A world-leading scientist studying the impact of environmental toxins on human reproduction …

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I visited an anti-abortion pregnancy center. Here’s why experts call for more regulations.
1 day, 20 hours ago

I visited an anti-abortion pregnancy center. Here’s why experts call for more regulations.

Raw Story  

CHICAGO — The Aid for Women pregnancy clinic in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood might be one of the nicest offices I’ve visited for medical advice. “Our study is independent of your position on abortion, and so, we just want to give data and solve this problem of there being no data.” Doctors like Kristyn Brandi, an OB-GYN in New Jersey, often …

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Terrifying quad-demic could ruin your Christmas gatherings, warn health chiefs - as spiralling cases of potentially deadly vomiting bug hit 10-year high
5 days, 15 hours ago

Terrifying quad-demic could ruin your Christmas gatherings, warn health chiefs - as spiralling cases of potentially deadly vomiting bug hit 10-year high

Daily Mail  

Brits were today warned of an alarming upsurge in contagious norovirus as cases hit a decade-high. Rates of the vomiting bug, which can also cause diarrhoea, are also more than double the levels seen pre-Covid for this time of year, fresh figures show. Separate flu figures also released today by the UK Health Security Agency show cases and hospitalisations have …

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"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong
4 weeks ago

"Bad news for public health": Jay Bhattacharaya, Trump's pick to lead NIH, got COVID-19 all wrong

Salon  

By most accounts, President-elect Donald Trump bungled the federal response to COVID-19, publicly downplaying concern about a virus that he privately admitted was “deadly stuff.” “It’s going to disappear. One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear,” Trump said in Feb. 2020, at the same time he was admitting to journalist Bob Woodward that the virus was …

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Ludhiana health department teams identify dengue breeding ground at residential society
1 month ago

Ludhiana health department teams identify dengue breeding ground at residential society

Hindustan Times  

The local health officials found three breeding grounds for dengue-causing mosquitoes at Omaxe apartments, Pakhowal road, during an inspection on Thursday. Health department officials found three breeding grounds for mosquitoes at Omaxe apartments, Pakhowal road. “We found larvae samples in the swimming pool, which had around half feet deep standing water, in the air cooler of the security guard’s room, …

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Column: Trump’s appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health
1 month ago

Column: Trump’s appointment of anti-vaxxer RFK Jr. to his Cabinet has scientists fearing a catastrophe for public health

LA Times  

In a tweet he posted shortly before the election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took arms against the Food and Drug Administration and its scientists. — Epidemiologist Robert Morris Donald Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as his secretary of Health and Human Services, which oversees key public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the …

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Ludhiana reports 44 dengue cases in just 6 days
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana reports 44 dengue cases in just 6 days

Hindustan Times  

Dengue cases in Ludhiana have surpassed 300 this year, with 44 cases surfacing in the first six days of November. Earlier, Aedes aegypti, the species of mosquitoes, which causes dengue infection couldn’t serve in temperatures below 20 degree Celsius. District epidemiologist Dr Sheetal Narang said, “Last year, the cases started to rise in August itself but this time, the spike …

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Now flood-ravaged Valencia braces for disease explosion: Fears of Hep A and Tetanus outbreaks with stagnant water and mud a 'perfect habitat' for rats, cockroaches and mosquitoes
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Now flood-ravaged Valencia braces for disease explosion: Fears of Hep A and Tetanus outbreaks with stagnant water and mud a 'perfect habitat' for rats, cockroaches and mosquitoes

Daily Mail  

Hospitals in Valencia are preparing for a wave of infections and illnesses linked to the stagnant flood water and stinking mud thousands of volunteer workers are trying to clear away. The stagnant water still posing a massive problem in many parts of Valencia province where more than 200 people are known to have lost their lives in last Tuesday's horror …

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Black plastic spatulas: What the problem is—and why you don’t have to toss yours.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Black plastic spatulas: What the problem is—and why you don’t have to toss yours.

Slate  

People are regularly worried about whether their generic kitchen goods are poisoning them. The newest example in this genre: Concerning compounds in black plastic spatulas are migrating into our cooking oil, according to an article Atlantic titled in no uncertain terms: “Throw Out Your Black Plastic Spatula.” The idea has found legs on social media, with wellness influencers the world …

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As California bird flu outbreak worsens, a Missouri patient who caught it is alarming experts
2 months, 2 weeks ago

As California bird flu outbreak worsens, a Missouri patient who caught it is alarming experts

Salon  

The H5N1 virus, also known as bird flu, has created an enduring crisis this year, massacring millions of birds and other wild animals, while stirring outbreaks in dairy farms across the U.S. As the number of confirmed bird flu cases continues to climb in various states across the country, many public health experts are anxiously awaiting results from testing performed …

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New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus
3 months, 3 weeks ago

New Hampshire resident dies after testing positive for mosquito-borne encephalitis virus

Associated Press  

A New Hampshire resident infected with the mosquito-borne eastern equine encephalitis virus has died, state health authorities said. The Hampstead resident’s infection was the first in the state in a decade, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said Tuesday. The New Hampshire health department said the virus has also been detected in one horse and several mosquito …

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Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Health experts raise alarm over US response to bird flu

China Daily  

Three months after the first detection of bird flu in US dairy cows, experts are expressing growing concern about the government's response and the potential for a deadly pandemic. Since avian influenza A, also known as "bird flu", was for the first time detected in dairy cows on March 25, the number of infected herds continues to rise. "In the …

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Minnesota governor nails Trump for giving his state nothing but 'bills for his security'
6 months ago

Minnesota governor nails Trump for giving his state nothing but 'bills for his security'

Raw Story  

Brought on to discuss Donald Trump's desperate need to win over voters in key midwestern states if he has any hope of victory in November, the governor of Minnesota called out the former president as a deadbeat on MSNBC Thursday morning. "Well, he said he won it before so that's what Donald Trump says," Walz began. "I remind folks that …

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AI tools to find key factors impacting car accidents: Experts
6 months, 2 weeks ago

AI tools to find key factors impacting car accidents: Experts

India TV News  

Experts have used artificial intelligence tools like Google Street View which will offer 360-degree views of streets, to determine key environmental elements which have been impacting car-related collisions, as well as cyclist & pedestrian-related accidents as well. In a recent study, which was published in the British Medical Journal of Injury Prevention, the experts used GSV to find the link …

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The 'crushing' effect of the rental crisis on our mental health and sense of self
6 months, 3 weeks ago

The 'crushing' effect of the rental crisis on our mental health and sense of self

ABC  

It's a brisk Perth autumn morning and 26-year-old Madi is sitting in a courtyard in her pyjamas cradling a warm cup of coffee. "We actually saw, at the population level, a negative impact on their mental health," Professor Bentley says. And more recently she's found "double precarity" — a combination of insecure housing and insecure employment — is linked to …

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U.N. official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate
6 months, 3 weeks ago

U.N. official highlights how better preparation has shrunk disaster deaths despite worsening climate

LA Times  

A polling official enjoys a cooling spray of water under intense heat at a distribution venue for election material in Lucknow, India. “Fewer people are dying of disasters and if you look at that as a proportion of total population, it’s even fewer,” Kishore said in his first interview since taking office in mid-May. Now the whole world is covered …

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Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd US case tied to dairy cows
7 months ago

Michigan farmworker diagnosed with bird flu, becoming 2nd US case tied to dairy cows

Associated Press  

A Michigan dairy worker has been diagnosed with bird flu — the second human case associated with an outbreak in U.S. dairy cows. A nasal swab from the person tested negative for the virus, but an eye swab tested Tuesday was positive for bird flu, “indicating an eye infection,” U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said. The worker …

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Pregnant? Researchers want you to know something about fluoride
7 months ago

Pregnant? Researchers want you to know something about fluoride

LA Times  

Elevated prenatal exposure to fluoride was associated with increased risk of neurobehavioral problems in 3-year-olds, according to a study of children in Los Angeles. They found that compared to women whose fluoride levels placed them at the 25th percentile — meaning 24% of women in the study had levels lower than theirs — women at the 75th percentile were 83% …

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Only 7 Out 10 Lakh May Face Clotting Risk Due to Covishield: Former ICMR Scientist
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Only 7 Out 10 Lakh May Face Clotting Risk Due to Covishield: Former ICMR Scientist

News 18  

Only seven to eight individuals out of 10 lakh, who receive the coronavirus vaccine Covishield, face the risk of experiencing a rare side effect known as thrombosis thrombocytopenia syndrome. India’s top epidemiologist, former ICMR scientist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar, said those who got this vaccine have “no risk at all”. Gangakhedkar, who is known for his simplistic approach to clearing complicated …

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Doctors concerned about noise pollution caused by wind turbines
9 months, 1 week ago

Doctors concerned about noise pollution caused by wind turbines

NL Times  

General practitioners are concerned about the health effects the constant noise from land-bound wind turbines has on the people who live near them. It is known that constant noise increases the risk of cardiovascular disease, and yet the government seems to only look at positive studies about wind turbines and health, doctors told AD. “Since the arrival of the wind …

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Revealed: The 'major flaw' of doomsday Covid modelling which spooked ministers into lockdowns
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Revealed: The 'major flaw' of doomsday Covid modelling which spooked ministers into lockdowns

Daily Mail  

Doomsday Covid modelling which spooked ministers into lockdown had a 'major flaw', analysis suggests. Professor Neil Ferguson's modelling in March 2020 for then Prime Minister Boris Johnson suggested 510,000 people in the UK would die due to Covid without drastic action The epidemiologist drew heavy flak for his team's modelling on the Covid pandemic. Their work suggested 500,000 Brits would …

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'Accept Covid-19 as Part of Lifestyle': Don't Panic, Says Top Epidemiologist But Advises Caution
1 year ago

'Accept Covid-19 as Part of Lifestyle': Don't Panic, Says Top Epidemiologist But Advises Caution

News 18  

It’s time for the public to stop being surprised by the rise in Covid-19 cases and recognise coronavirus as a permanent part of their lifestyle, former Indian Council of Medical Research scientist Dr Raman Gangakhedkar has told News18.com. The country’s top epidemiologist, who was the face of India’s apex medical research agency during government briefings on Covid-19 last year, said …

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Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China
1 year ago

Scientists see risk of lost opportunity for long COVID research in China

The Hindu  

With more than a full year past since China eased restrictions and let COVID-19 sweep its households, scientists are worried a unique opportunity may be slipping away to study long COVID from possibly hundreds of millions of infections in that country. China's rare circumstances - relying on home-grown vaccines and mostly avoiding COVID until late in the pandemic - could, …

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Rishi Sunak faces grilling at Covid inquiry next week
1 year ago

Rishi Sunak faces grilling at Covid inquiry next week

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Sunak will be under scrutiny over ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ Prof Edmunds told the …

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