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☆ Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

In recent months the highly pathogenic H5N1 virus has been spreading through US cattle herds for the first time ever. The cow-to-cow transmission is the latest escalation in a global outbreak that began when the virus reemerged in Europe in 2020. Bill Powers with his flock of white turkeys, kept under shelter to prevent exposure to bird flu, in Townsend, Delaware. Nathan Howard/Getty ImagesDr. Jerome Adams, a former surgeon general and the director of health equity at Purdue University, is getting deja vu. AdvertisementOnly testing the sickSo far, the USDA has only been testing cattle herds when an animal appears sick.

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☆ Bird flu particles were found in pasteurized milk. A former surgeon general says he isn't changing what he eats.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

So far, though, many public health experts don't think this rings alarm bells about the safety of the food supply. Nathan Frandino/ReutersThe FDA oversees the nation's milk supply, and the US Department of Agriculture oversees dairy cows. Both say they believe the commercial milk supply is safe, due to the pasteurization process and the practice of disposing of milk from sick cows. Some states allow the sale of unpasteurized, aka "raw," milk or cheese, which the CDC recommends avoiding. "To date, we have seen nothing that would change our assessment that the commercial milk supply is safe.

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☆ There is no loneliness epidemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-07 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +17 min

With the report, a steady trickle of headlines about the epidemic turned into a firehose: "Loneliness is at epidemic levels and it's killing Americans" (USA Today); "This Epidemic of Isolation Is as Harmful as Smoking" (Bloomberg); "America's Loneliness Epidemic Comes for the Restaurant" (The Atlantic). There's one problem: The loneliness epidemic doesn't exist. Even the authors caution in their meta-analysis that "the frequently used term 'loneliness epidemic' seems exaggerated." Calling it a "loneliness epidemic," then, may be a bit like calling COVID a "sneezing pandemic." "There are many, many surveys that are just making up questions about loneliness and are not using the UCLA Loneliness Scale or some other validated loneliness scale," she says.

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☆ 5 things you can do to lower your ER bill — or avoid one in the first place
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Business Insider spoke with three experts who shared tips on how you can lower your bill or avoid one. Nonprofit health policy organization KFF estimated that people in the US owed at least $220 billion in medical debt in 2021. Business Insider spoke with Gordon and two additional experts who shared tips for how patients can lower a big medical bill — or avoid one altogether. Review your bill for possible errorsIt sounds obvious, but searching your bill for inaccuracies can lead to big savings. AdvertisementBe smart about where and when to get careThere are a few other things you can do to avoid a big medical bill.

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☆ A former US surgeon general says he went to the ER for dehydration and ended up with a $5,000 bill. He called the healthcare system 'broken.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A former US surgeon general just got a taste of what frustrates countless Americans: a massive medical bill. AdvertisementAdams said his experience highlighted the exorbitant cost of medical care in the US and the lack of price transparency. AdvertisementIt's unclear why Adams' bill was so high since he said he hadn't received a breakdown of the charges. High-deductible plans have become more common as employers have shifted the cost of medical care to their workers. AdvertisementThe ER visit isn't Adams' first brush with an unexpected bill, and he fears it won't be the last.

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☆ Former Surgeon General Jerome Adams says the 'Trump hangover' still impacts him and his family 'in significant ways'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-27 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Lacey Adams this past summer was diagnosed with melanoma, marking her third time battling skin cancer. Dr. Adams told The Post that the former president is "a force that really does take the air out of the room." "It was a lot harder than he thought to find a landing spot because of the Trump Effect," Lacey Adams told the newspaper. However, the former surgeon general affirmed that he was "not complaining," but wanted to provide "context" to the situation, according to the newspaper. They saw 'Trump's Surgeon General' and that caused people to discount, dismiss, or just distrust anything that I said in that space," he added.

La rândul său, şeful serviciilor publice de sănătate din SUA, Jerome Adams, a spus la CNN că nu are 'niciun motiv să se îndoiască' de numărul victimelor Covid-19. Potrivit Universităţii Johns Hopkins, bilanţul deceselor a depăşit 350.000 de la debutul pandemiei din 20,4 milioane de infectări, mult peste orice altă ţară. Conform aceleiaşi surse, numărul de cazuri noi de infectare a ajuns sâmbătă la un nou record, 299.087, chiar dacă datele au fost perturbate de perioada sărbătorilor. Guvernul federal se află mult sub ţinta stabilită de vaccinare a 20 milioane de oameni până la finalul lui 2020. Potrivit lui Fauci, ritmul de vaccinare va fi intensificat şi va ajunge în curând la 1 milioane de doze pe zi.

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