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Mashup Score: 0Proposed bill would fight crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections - 1 month(s) ago
According to experts in the field, the system of developing new antibiotics is broken and doctors are running out of ways to treat deadly infections. Lawmakers have proposed the PASTEUR Act to fix the pipeline. New antibiotics are critical but they must be used sparingly, which means private drug companies cannot recoup their investment. …
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Mashup Score: 0Proposed bill would fight crisis of antibiotic-resistant infections - 1 month(s) ago
According to experts in the field, the system of developing new antibiotics is broken and doctors are running out of ways to treat deadly infections. Lawmakers have proposed the PASTEUR Act to fix the pipeline. New antibiotics are critical but they must be used sparingly, which means private drug companies cannot recoup their investment. …
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Mashup Score: 4988 mental health crisis line celebrates 2nd anniversary - 6 month(s) ago
The country’s new 988 mental health response system turns two years old this month and a new report praised California’s implementation while calling for more investment. The report from the nonprofit mental health advocacy organization Inseparable showed California needs a total of about 400 mobile response teams, which dispatch a mental health professional and often a peer counselor, instead of police. Keris Myrick, vice president of partnerships and innovation at Inseparable, said people can call 988 instead of 911 for anything affecting their mental health. …
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Mashup Score: 0
Across the U.S, there’s been intense monitoring of avian flu jumping from birds to dairy cattle. So far, no cases have surfaced in Wisconsin’s milk production, but experts say more testing is needed to prevent the spread. Technically known as H5N1, what’s called bird flu has been detected in dairy cows in several other states. …
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Mashup Score: 0
The number of avian flu cases in dairy cows is holding steady in New Mexico but experts say more testing is needed to prevent its spread and protect humans. Technically known as H5N1, “bird flu” has been detected in eight Curry County herds, although no deaths were reported. In Texas, a man is known to have become ill with bird flu last month after contact with infected dairy cattle. …
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Mashup Score: 3
On National Rural Health Day, the American Heart Association in Missouri spotlights efforts for healthier rural living. According to a Pew Research report, rural demographics vary – but rural areas are 80% white overall. Specific regions see more non-Hispanic Black individuals in the rural South, Hispanics in the Southwest and Indigenous individuals in places such as rural Oklahoma, Alaska, the Great Plains and Southwest. …
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Mashup Score: 1California Takes Big Step Toward Universal Health Care - 3 year(s) ago
California is poised to become the first state in the nation to give health care to all income-eligible residents, regardless of their immigration status. The Legislature is set to pass the final budget bills this week, which will be signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom shortly thereafter. …
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Mashup Score: 1Poll: Texans' Support for Medicaid Reaches All-Time High - 3 year(s) ago
Despite opposition from the GOP-led state government, Texans continue to support expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, according to a statewide poll by the Episcopal Health Foundation. Brian Sasser, chief communications officer for the Foundation, said more Texans are uninsured than any other state, and the majority of those polled said they support Medicaid expansion. In addition…
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Mashup Score: 0CA Provider Expands Telehealth Abortions Into Primary Care - 3 year(s) ago
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Lily Böhlke for California News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Michele Gomez is a family medicine doctor working for Family Care Associates in Burlingame, Calif., just south of San Francisco. …
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Mashup Score: 1CA Provider Expands Telehealth Abortions Into Primary Care - 3 year(s) ago
By Carrie Baker for Ms. Magazine.Broadcast version by Lily Böhlke for California News Service reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Michele Gomez is a family medicine doctor working for Family Care Associates in Burlingame, Calif., just south of San Francisco. …
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The #PASTEUR Act would spur urgently needed #antibiotic development, Pew's David Hyun, MD, says. https://t.co/VZrLx1tODk