Notices by Bich Nguyen :verified: (bicmay@med-mastodon.com), page 3

"Amid the largest measles outbreak in the United States in a generation, he’s focused on unproven treatments while downplaying vaccines. He canceled investments in promising medical research that will leave us ill prepared for future health emergencies. He replaced experts on federal health advisory committees with unqualified individuals who share his dangerous and unscientific views."

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/opinion/cdc-leaders-kennedy.html

#PublicHealth #CDC #ChronicDisease #vaccines #ACIP #USPSTF #medicaid #HHS #USpol

"Lin defied stereotypes as the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to make it to the NBA. By the time he graduated from Harvard University in 2010, the Taiwanese American athlete had become the first player in Ivy League history to record at least 1,450 points throughout his college career."

https://www.nbcnews.com/sports/nba/jeremy-lin-retires-basketball-career-rcna228287

#aapi #aanhpi #basketball #sports #athletes #representation #retirement #stereotypes #bias #discrimination #diversity #inclusion

"The gloves are off in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s feud with American doctors.

Hours after the American Academy of Pediatrics, the professional society for doctors who care for children, issued Covid-19 vaccine guidance contradicting that of the health secretary, Kennedy accused the group of engaging in a “pay-to-play scheme to promote commercial ambitions of AAP’s Big Pharma benefactors” in a post on social media platform X."

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/08/19/rfk-jr-attacks-pediatricians-covid-vaccine-recommendations-00515609

#PublicHealth #covid #vaccines #immunizations

"Infants born to people who received $1,000, no-strings-attached, were nearly half as likely to die as infants born to people who got no cash, according to a report published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. Cash cut mortality in children under 5 by about 45%, the study researchers found, on par with interventions like vaccines and anti-malarials."

https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/08/18/g-s1-83197/infants-health-cash-aid-kenya

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #money #finances #income #ChildrensHealth #ChildMortality #research #SDOH

"Now, scientists are working on techniques for systematically detecting whiffy biomarkers that could speed up diagnoses of a dazzling array of conditions ranging from Parkinson's disease and brain injuries to cancer. The key to spotting them may have been hiding right under our noses."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20250815-these-scientists-say-they-can-diagnose-health-problems-by-smelling-your-body

#healthcare #biomedical #science #biochemical #research #cancer #diagnosis #smell #odor #parkinsons #liver #kidney #IDMastodon

"Suspects in several recent high-profile attacks were described as having mental health problems, but experts say that doesn’t mean their mental health issues are to blame for the killings.

No mental health system is built to catch such rare and explosive crimes, experts said. But the potential solution is one that many politicians won’t have the stomach to address: limiting access to guns."

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/13/health/mental-health-shootings

#PublicHealth #MentalHealth #GunViolence #GunSafety #guns #firearms

"The stores are designed to offer a warm, cafe-like atmosphere. In one corner, an older woman closed her eyes as she sank into the automatic massage chair that hummed. In another, there are stacks of noodles....While waiting for the noodles to cook, visitors are asked to fill out a brief survey on their mood and living conditions.

These are just a handful of the growing number of socially isolated people that the city is trying to reach."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgkrge6e0z4o

#PublicHealth #MentalHealth

"More than half of American adults — 59 percent — say they do not expect to get the COVID-19 booster shot this autumn, according to new poll findings from health care policy group KFF.

Poll results show 23 percent of U.S. adult respondents said they will 'probably not' get the vaccine, while 37 percent said they will 'definitely not' get the shot."

https://thehill.com/homenews/5432652-most-adults-do-not-plan-on-getting-covid-19-shot-amid-vaccine-policy-changes/

#PublicHeath #covid #vaccines #immunizations #HHS #CDC #ACIP

"Now, a new ProPublica data analysis adds empirical weight to the mounting evidence that abortion bans have made the common experience of miscarriage — which occurs in up to 30% of pregnancies — far more dangerous. It is based on hospital discharge data from Texas, the largest state to ban abortion, and captures emergency department visits from 2017 to 2023, the most recent year available."

https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-abortion-ban-miscarriage-blood-transfusions via @ProPublica

#healthcare #ReproductiveHealth #ReproductiveJustice #pregnancy

"The 'hot girl hamster wheel' is the collection of recurring expenses that are necessary to maintain what I like to call the 'acceptable feminine appearance.' Every single dollar that you spend will function like a commitment to keep spending more money in the future because of the nature of aesthetic enhancement: Your body is eventually going to reject all of these interventions that you’re making."

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/12/money-with-katie-founder-how-beauty-expenses-affect-your-finances.html

#beauty #skincare #cosmetics #hair #nails #PersonalFinance

"A Food and Drug Administration panel discussing the use of antidepressants during pregnancy Monday largely amounted to misinformation or facts taken out of context, according to several psychiatrists who tuned in to the meeting."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/mental-health/fda-panel-promotes-misinformation-antidepressants-pregnancy-psychiatri-rcna220047

#healthcare #FDA #MentalHealth #antidepressants #depression #pregnancy #ReproductiveHealth #misinformation #science #research

"It's the idea of health professionals 'literally prescribing you a community activity or resource the same way they'd prescribe you pills or therapies,' she [Julia Hotz] explains. The prescriptions include exercise, art, music, exposure to nature and volunteering, which are known to have enormous benefits to physical and mental health."

https://www.npr.org/2025/07/14/nx-s1-5434386/social-prescription-arts-exercise-loneliness

#healthcare #prescriptions #exercise #PhysicalActivity #art #music #nature #outdoors #volunteer #connection #community #PrimaryCare

"More than 75,000 adults and children are now estimated to have died because of the effective shutdown of PEPFAR that began less than six months ago. Another adult life is being lost every three minutes; a child dies every 31 minutes. Ending PEPFAR could result in as many as 11 million additional new HIV infections and nearly 3 million additional AIDS-related deaths by the end of the decade."

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/07/pepfar-evangelical/683418/

#PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #PEPFAR #HIV #USAID #evangelicals #ForeignAid

"Japan is the only country in the world that legally requires married couples to share the same family name — and that creates considerable problems for scientists, according to a survey of more than 7,500 researchers in the country.

The survey found that the naming law created confusion for researchers when obtaining patents, academic qualifications and applying for research grants..."

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02081-0

#science #research #academia #grants #funding #travel #families #names

“Employer-sponsored coverage remains the bedrock of how people get health insurance in the United States,” Rae said. “I would say that getting a job is not a guarantee you’re going to have health insurance. It just increases your chances of getting it.”

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/fact-check-thune-health-insurance-workplace-job-employers/

#healthcare #insurance #ACA #HealthPolicy #medicaid #work #labor #benefits

"A leading contender is a new group led by Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert and the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (CIDRAP) at the University of Minnesota.

Osterholm is launching the Vaccine Integrity Project at CIDRAP as a potential alternative to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices."

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/groups-organize-form-unbiased-independent-vaccine-panel-rcna212468

#PublicHealth #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #ACIP #CDC #HHS

"'A supercharged HIV vaccine could offer strong protection with just one injection, a study in mice has indicated...And, the researchers said, the same approach could be used to create one-shot-only vaccines against other diseases, including COVID-19 and influenza."

https://www.newsweek.com/hiv-vaccine-supercharged-dual-adjuvant-immune-2088030

Journal article cited, behind paywall: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adw7499

#PublicHealth #vaccines #vaccinations #immunizations #HIV #biomedical #research #immunology

"The purpose of Juneteenth was always a celebration of emancipation, of the Black community’s emergence out of our gloomy past. But it was also an implicit warning that what had been done could be done again. Now millions of schoolchildren will enjoy a holiday commemorating parts of our history that the federal government believes might be illegal to teach them about."

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/06/the-hollowness-of-this-juneteenth/683232/

#juneteenth #BlackMastodon #UShistory #diversity #equity #inclusion #DEI #CivilRights #PublicHealth

"President Donald Trump’s administration this week provided deportation officials with personal data -- including the immigration status -- on millions of Medicaid enrollees, a move that could make it easier to locate people as part of his sweeping immigration crackdown."

https://apnews.com/article/medicaid-deportation-immigrants-trump-4e0f979e4290a4d10a067da0acca8e22

#healthcare #medicaid #DataPrivacy #HHS #CMS #DHS #immigrant #immigration #deportation #ICE #california #illinois #washington #washingtonDC

"But this ecological controversy is an example of how the demand for the metals needed to power battery technology - for electric cars and other low carbon energy sources - can damage the environment.

Indonesia now accounts for more than half of the world's nickel mine production...And while the beauty and biodiversity of the Raja Ampat has drawn attention to mining activity there, mining has been linked to ecological damage elsewhere too."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0k36v50zvro

#PublicHealth #environment