Tag Archives: Public Health

PBS Frontline: Hunting the Nightmare Bacteria

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http://www.pbs.org/video/2365104403/

Antibiotic Resistance

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365089175/

http://www.pbs.org/video/2365540415/

Zika’s coming and we aren’t ready

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Zika’s coming and we aren’t ready.

Springtime in D.C. Means Mosquitoes — and Zika

A look at resources dedicated to mosquito control shows that major U.S. cities are vastly unprepared to prevent a Zika outbreak. And Congress just made it worse.

Springtime in D.C. Means Mosquitoes — and Zika

HOW HEALTHY IS YOUR COMMUNITY?

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http://www.countyhealthrankings.org/

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http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/community-rural/rankings-illustrate-health-challenges-rural-america

Lead taints drinking water in hundreds of schools, day cares across USA

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2016/03/17/drinking-water-lead-schools-day-cares/81220916/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A+First+Edition&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=27439261&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_RIExts9B36Dz-HZoj6Mjmbs6M83-gYaXwpamVmjUtN48t8pQgf2OSUAu-6N3kUdg6e8qvUU3MxiVs5TNz31FQO_kW4g&_hsmi=27439261

SOME 350 WATER SYSTEMS THAT FAILED LEAD TESTS IN RECENT YEARS PROVIDE DRINKING WATER TO SCHOOLS AND CHILD-CARE CENTERS.

How Specialization Is Making Quality Care More Affordable Across The Globe

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http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/02/25/how-specialization-is-making-quality-care-more-affordable-across-the-globe/

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Urging Openness About Superbug Infections, Doctor Omits Cases In Own Hospital

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http://khn.org/news/urging-openness-about-superbug-infections-doctor-omits-cases-in-own-hospital/

FILE - This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration shows the tip of a duodenoscope. U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015 laid out extra safety measures that hospitals can take to clean the specialized medical scopes that have been linked to sometimes deadly bacterial outbreaks across the U.S., but acknowledged that not all hospitals have the staff, expertise and resources to take the steps, including sterilizing scopes with toxic gas to kill bacteria. (U.S. Food and Drug Administration via AP)

Hospitals don’t realize the more transparent they are, the more infection risks would decrease.

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CDC to women: No birth control? No drinking

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Amid camping debate, Sacramento’s backpack doctors tackle homeless health care

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http://www.sacbee.com/news/local/health-and-medicine/healthy-choices/article58557048.html

Abram Nunn with Elica Health checks the blood pressure of a homeless patient along the Sacramento River on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Sacramento, Calif. Elica Health's street medicine teams visit homeless encampments on the Sacramento River and provide much-needed help and supplies to camp residents.

‘Street Medicine Team’ Of Doctors Work To Improve Homeless Health Care