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Health officer: Measles case response cost more than $15K
West Virginia Watch via Yahoo News· 4 days agoThe local health department that responded to a single measles case in April spent more than $15,000...
Adult, child in Clackamas County have measles but there could be other cases
Oregon Capital Chronicle via Yahoo News· 6 days agoAmid an ongoing whooping cough outbreak, Oregon now has at least two cases of measles, another...
Letter to the editor: Affordable health care in Wisconsin
Kenosha News· 1 day agoHealth care for all is very important for many reasons. Individuals will be able to see a doctor and get medical treatment. Affordable health care gives many people their ...
Baldwin midwife's anti-vax effort was a danger to public health
Newsday· 6 days agoAbout 1,500 students statewide — including hundreds on Long Island — were barred from attending...
Why Is My Skin So Itchy?
Verywell Health via Yahoo News· 5 days agoPruritus, or itchy skin, is a characteristic feature of many skin diseases and an unusual sign of some systemic diseases. It can be painful or...
Ottawa Public Health seeking ways to continue wastewater testing
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 days agoOttawa Public Health wants to collaborate with local partners to look for ways to continue...
Vancouver Fire gives Narcan to overdose survivors to battle deepening opioid crisis
KOIN News 6 Portland· 5 days agoVancouver firefighters administered Narcan 583 times in 2023.
Mark W. Schwiebert: Facts and history do matter
Quad-City Times· 14 hours agoIt has become acceptable and even popular in some political circles to assume facts don’t matter. This same individual – in broad daylight and in front...
Resurrecting an Old Therapy Against a Growing Antibiotic Crisis
WebMD· 3 days agoThomas Patterson was on vacation in Egypt with his wife when he first became sick. Patterson was infected with Acinetobacter baumannii, which the World Health Organization would later name the ...
Social media needs a warning label | Letters
Tampa Bay Times· 3 days agoIn May 2023, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy outlined recommendations to make social media safer for kids. A year later, parents and children are still...