MISSOULA, Mont. — Missoula’s new downtown library was teeming with people who might typically spend a Saturday afternoon hiking, biking or otherwise making the most of Montana’s abundant outdoor recreation. One look at the soupy haze ... [Continue Reading]
Big Leagues Balk at Endorsing Vaccination
Santa Clara County, where the San Francisco 49ers train and play their NFL home games, has one of the highest covid vaccination rates in California. As of July 11, more than 76% of its vaccine-eligible residents were fully vaccinated, partly because ... [Continue Reading]
Analysis: Necessary or Not, Covid Booster Shots Are Probably on the Horizon
The drugmaker Pfizer recently announced that vaccinated people are likely to need a booster shot to be effectively protected against new variants of covid-19 and that the company would apply for Food and Drug Administration emergency use ... [Continue Reading]
Biden’s July Executive Order Includes Drug Pricing Provisions. But Will They Do Enough?
President Joe Biden’s executive order of July 9 included various steps toward making good on campaign promises to take on pharmaceutical companies by allowing the importation of prescription drugs and curbing the high cost of medicines. ... [Continue Reading]
Fútbol, Flags and Fun: Getting Creative to Reach Unvaccinated Latinos in Colorado
Horns blared and drums pounded a constant beat as fans of the Mexican national soccer team gathered recently at Empower Field at Mile High in Denver for a high-profile international tournament. But the sounds were muted inside a ... [Continue Reading]
Can Biden’s Plan to Remove Urban Highways Improve the Health of American Cities?
Mandela Parkway, a four-lane boulevard enhanced by a median with trees and a curving footpath, stretches along a 24-block section of West Oakland. It’s the fruit of a grassroots neighborhood campaign to block reconstruction of an elevated ... [Continue Reading]
I’m Bipolar. Like Britney Spears, I Deserve To Control My Life.
"I know the devastating combination of having a 'major' psychiatric disorder while being young and female." SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
California podría ofrecer cupones de alimentos a inmigrantes indocumentados
SANTA ANA, California. – El banco de alimentos a veces ofrece carne de cangrejo congelada y otras “carne” vegetariana. Antes del 4 de julio tenía pocos productos y se anunciaba que estaría cerrado por dos semanas. ... [Continue Reading]
California Takes a Nibble at Offering Food Stamps to Undocumented Immigrants
SANTA ANA, Calif. — One week the food pantry had frozen crabmeat; other weeks, deli meat or plant-based “meat.” The week before the Fourth of July, there was no meat at all, and a reminder that the pantry would be closed the next two ... [Continue Reading]
Government Oversight of Covid Air Cleaners Leaves Gaping Holes
Stephen Matthew Shumaker counted on in-home, in-person demonstrations to drive his water filtration business, which serves the Atlanta area. So when covid-19 hit and no one was inviting people indoors, he turned to the air-cleaning part of his ... [Continue Reading]
I Was On A Perfect Date Until His Comment About My Face Caused Everything To Unravel
"Jordan was, perhaps, insensitive and careless in his remarks, but he certainly couldn’t have known the weight of his words or the impact they would have on me." SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Federal Speech Rulings May Embolden Health Care Workers to Call Out Safety Issues
Karen Jo Young wrote a letter to her local newspaper criticizing executives at the hospital where she worked as an activities coordinator, arguing that their actions led to staffing shortages and other patient safety problems. ... [Continue Reading]
Naomi Osaka Reflects On Her Mental Health Break: ‘You Can Never Please Everyone’
In a powerful essay for Time, the tennis superstar discussed lessons she learned after being open about exercising self-care. SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Most Inmates Have Had Their Covid Shots — But Their Guards Likely Haven’t
When the number of covid-19 cases among inmates in Pennsylvania state prisons last fall topped 1,000 and staff cases hovered in the hundreds, the union representing 11,000 corrections officers began lobbying to get prison staffers to the front of the ... [Continue Reading]
Mientras baja la vacunación contra covid, partes de EE.UU. están lejos de la meta del 70%
El 4 de julio no fue la celebración que esperaba el presidente Joe Biden. La nación no alcanzó el objetivo de la Casa Blanca de dar al menos una primera dosis de la vacuna contra covid al 70% de los adultos para el Día de la ... [Continue Reading]
Rural Ambulance Services Are in Jeopardy as Volunteers Age and Expenses Mount
DUTTON, Mont. — Vern Greyn was standing in the raised bucket of a tractor, trimming dead branches off a tree, when he lost his balance. He fell 12 feet and struck his head on the concrete patio outside his house in this small farming town on the ... [Continue Reading]
Unprecedented Lobbying Effort Scores Big Win for California Public Health
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After more than a decade of fruitless entreaties from public health advocates, Democratic lawmakers have secured a landmark agreement that promises $300 million a year in new state funding to fortify and reimagine ... [Continue Reading]
The Royal Family Could Use Family Therapy. Here’s What Therapists Would Tell Them.
Will Meghan and Harry and the rest of the British royal family ever put aside their beef? SOURCE: Mental Health - Read entire story here. ... [Continue Reading]
Covid’s Lingering Effects Can Put the Brakes on Elective Surgeries
The week before Brian Colvin was scheduled for shoulder surgery in November, he tested positive for covid-19. What he thought at first was a head cold had morphed into shortness of breath and chest congestion coupled with profound fatigue and loss of ... [Continue Reading]