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☆ Los Angeles is using AI in a pilot program to try to predict homelessness and allocate aid
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Kate Rogers | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

In December of last year, single mom Courtney Peterson was laid off from her job working for a now-shuttered inpatient transitional living program. Peterson said she began to research potential avenues for help, immediately concerned about making January's rent. "I started to reach out to local churches or places that said they offered rent assistance," Peterson told CNBC. Instead of an eviction notice, Peterson received a letter from Homelessness Prevention Unit within the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, offering a lifeline. The pilot program uses predictive artificial intelligence to identify individuals and families at risk of becoming homeless, offering aid to help them stabilize and remain housed.

Persons: Courtney Peterson, Peterson, I'd, Dana Vanderford, they've, Vanderford, we've, Amber Lung, Lung Organizations: CNBC, Prevention, Angeles County Department of Health Services, U.S Department of Housing, Urban, county's Department of Health Services, American Locations: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California

☆ Certain work shifts may harm your health later in life, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

More dire long-term consequences may also be at play, according to new research on the associations between work patterns in young adulthood and health outcomes later in life. Multiple studies have shown how irregular work hours can harm overall health and social life, but the new paper views the relationship through a “life-course” approach, observing how work patterns affect health throughout adulthood instead of one point in time. Despite the challenges of today’s work schedules, health experts say there are strategies people can use to mitigate the negative impacts. Additionally, still having some kind of routine or schedule around that shift can make it easier to fit in those health-promoting activities — especially sleep, Yao added. And past research has found that refraining from eating late at night counteracts the negative effects of shift work on health, he added.

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And Rowden penalized prominent Freedom Caucus members by stripping them of their committee chairmanships and prime Capitol parking spots. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesAn outgrowth of the group, the State Freedom Caucus Network, launched in 2021 in Georgia. Like in Missouri, Idaho's top Republican senator removed certain Freedom Caucus members from committee leadership posts last November and denounced their disparaging rhetoric against other senators. For a year now in South Carolina, Freedom Caucus members have been excluded from the House Republican caucus — since they refused to go along with party rules that bar them from campaigning against other Republican members. Meanwhile in Georgia, the Senate Republican caucus booted an outspoken Freedom Caucus member who tried to pressure colleagues into impeaching a Democratic prosecutor for indicting Trump.

Persons: Pro Tem Caleb Rowden, —, Donald Trump, Kevin McCarthy —, it's, “ We’re, ”, Sen, Bill Eigel, Rowden, indicting Trump, Colton Moore, Moore, Fani Willis, Trump, Andrew Roth, they’re, Roth, Katie Hobbs, Adam Morgan, ” Morgan, Micah Caskey, Caskey, ” Caskey, James Pollard, Pollard Organizations: JEFFERSON CITY, Pro, Washington , D.C, Caucus, Republican, U.S, U.S . House, State Freedom Caucus Network, Freedom Caucus, National Guard, GOP, Democratic, The, State Freedom Caucus, Democratic Arizona Gov, Department of Health Services, Republicans, South Carolina Freedom Caucus, Republican governor’s, Associated Press, America Statehouse News Initiative, America Locations: Mo, Washington ,, U.S, Georgia, Missouri, Texas, Mexico, South Carolina, The Georgia, Fulton County, Wyoming, Montana, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Illinois, South Dakota, Republican governor’s State, Columbia , South Carolina

☆ More than 15,900 Palestinians killed in Gaza since Oct. 7 -Palestinian health minister
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Ali Sawafta | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

More than 40,900 people in Gaza have been wounded in by Israeli bombardments, according to her ministry. "If the pace at which the (Israeli) forces are going continues, the health sector may collapse completely," said al-Kaila. She referred to the "disastrous" state of health services in Gaza, remarks similar to those by a World Health Organization official in the besieged enclave earlier in the day. Gaza health officials have recorded as many cases of severe diarrhoea among children as had been recorded among children in the enclave in all of 2020 and 2021 combined, she said. In the Israeli-occupied West Bank, where violence has surged since the Gaza war erupted, 260 Palestinians have been killed and 3,200 injured since Oct. 7, Al-Kaila said.

Persons: Khan Younis, Nasser, Mai al, Kaila, Ali Sawafta, Maggie Fick, Edmund Blair, Andrew Heavens, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hamas, West Bank, Health, Civil Defence, World Health Organization, Thomson Locations: Israel, Palestinian, Gaza, RAMALLAH, West, Ramallah, Al

☆ Israel-Hamas War Israel Releases Video It Says Shows Hamas Tunnel Under Hospital
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Isabel Kershner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

A still image taken from a video released by the Israeli government said to be of a tunnel below Al-Shifa Hospital complex in Gaza. The military released two videos, one of which appeared to have been filmed by a drone and shows parts of a metal spiral staircase. The Israeli military also released videos later Sunday that it said showed two hostages being taken inside the hospital on Oct. 7, when Hamas launched a cross-border attack from Gaza. They provide further evidence, Israeli officials said, that Hamas has used the hospital area for military operations. It was the same shaft that appeared in the videos released on Sunday.

Persons: ”, Israel, “, Aric Toler Organizations: Shifa, Sunday, New York Times, Al, Hamas, Times, Gaza’s Health Ministry, Ministry, Health, The New York Times, Shin, Toyota Locations: Gaza, Gaza City, Israel, Al

One Medical offers 24-hour virtual access to physicians, online appointment booking, medical records release, prescription renewals and specialist referrals. Subscription fees are not mandatory to receive in-person medical services and the fees do not cover medical services. Prime members can add up to five additional family members to their One Medical subscription for $6 per month for each family member. In July, Amazon offered Prime members One Medical subscriptions for $144 for their first year, compared to the $199 price tag of the annual, single member telehealth package. Amazon announced a similar deal in February for new One Medical customers, regardless of whether or not they were Prime members.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Neil Lindsay, Arriana McLymore, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Amazon, REUTERS, Medical, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, NY, New York

The fallout was quick: Nevada, which saw a 44 percentage-point jump in congenital syphilis from 2021 to 2022, was supposed to get more than $10 million to bolster its STD program budget. In 2021, there were 77.9 cases of congenital syphilis per 100,000 live births. Doing so in a timely manner can prevent congenital syphilis. Mississippi is also seeing an uptick in congenital syphilis cases, which a recently published study showed rose tenfold between 2016 and 2022. Agency head Dr. Dan Edney said one of his top priorities now is finding money from other parts of the state's health budget.

Persons: they’d, Dawn Cribb, ”, Sam Burgess, Deneshun Graves, Lupita Thornton, Graves, Thornton, “, Dan Edney, Rebecca Scranton, ” Scranton, Robert Wood Johnson Organizations: Nevada Division of Public, Behavioral, Associated Press, Louisiana Department of Health, U.S . Centers for Disease Control, Houston Health Department, Health, Mississippi State Department of Health, Agency, of Health Services, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, AP Locations: U.S, Nevada, . Mississippi, Arizona

[1/4] A view shows destroyed buildings in the Gaza Strip as seen from Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, in southern Israel October 15, 2023. Um Mohammad Al-Laham's 4-year-old granddaughter Fulla Al-Laham lay in a Gaza hospital, which like others is operating on low supplies of medicine and fuel. She said an Israeli air strike hit the family home, killing 14 people including Fulla's parents, siblings and members of her extended family. Israel has unleashed the heaviest air strikes ever on Gaza. It said dozens of people had been killed in strikes on vehicles carrying refugees on Friday, while medics, Hamas media and relatives say whole families have been killed in air strikes.

Persons: Amir Cohen, Israel, Mohammad Al, Fulla Al, Laham, Fulla, Kamal Edwan, Hussam Abu Safiya, Ashraf Al, Khan Younis, Youssef Abu Assi, Abed Saleh, Ismail Khader, Michael Georgy, Hugh Lawson, Janet Lawrence Organizations: REUTERS, Gaza, Hamas, Reuters, United Nations, Kamal Edwan Hospital, UNRWA, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Israel, GAZA, Israeli, kibbutzes, Hamas, Gaza City

☆ Walgreens names veteran health-care executive Tim Wentworth as next CEO
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Bertha Coombs | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Walgreens Boots Alliance has chosen veteran health care executive Tim Wentworth as the company's new chief executive. Wentworth is the former CEO of the nation's largest pharmacy benefits management company, Express Scripts, which was acquired by Cigna in 2018. He stayed on and served as chief of Cigna's health services, before retiring at the of 2021. Under Brewer's tenure, Walgreens took a major stake in primary care provider VillageMD, acquired specialty pharmacy provider Shields Health, as well as homecare provider CareCentrix. Trying to integrate and scale the businesses has pressured Walgreens' earnings.

Persons: Tim Wentworth, Wentworth, it's, Roz Brewer Organizations: Walgreens, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Express, Cigna, CNBC, Shields Health Locations: Hollywood , California, CareCentrix

☆ Bangladesh dengue: More than 1,000 people killed in country's worst outbreak on record
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-03 | by ( Helen Regan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Fatalities from the outbreak are almost four times higher than last year, when 281 people died. In September alone, there were more than 79,600 reported cases and 396 deaths, according to Bangladesh health authorities. Last year, dengue cases only peaked in October with most deaths recorded in November. The global number of dengue cases has already increased eight-fold in the past two decades, according to WHO. This year, dengue has hit South America severely with Peru battling its worst outbreak on record.

Persons: Munir Uz Zaman, Adhanom Ghebreyesus, “, ”, Abdi Mahamud Organizations: CNN, Health Services, Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College Hospital, Getty, World Health Organization, WHO, Dhaka –, UN, South America Locations: Bangladesh, Dhaka, AFP, Peru, Florida, Asia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Africa, Chad

☆ Sudan medics warn that cholera and dengue fever are spreading
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, visited the hospital, in Adre, Chad, on the border with Sudan, September 6, 2023. The federal health ministry said in a statement late on Tuesday that 18 people had died and 265 infected with cholera in al-Qadarif state. A doctors' syndicate in Sudan said 3,398 cases of dengue fever were recorded across al-Qadarif, Red Sea, North Kordofan and Khartoum states between mid-April and mid-September. Last week the United Nations said more than 1,200 children had died of suspected measles and malnutrition in refugee camps in Sudan's White Nile state, and that cholera, dengue fever and malaria posed a risk across the country. Dengue fever is endemic in Sudan.

Persons: Linda Thomas, Greenfield, Michelle Nichols, Khalid Abdelaziz, Aidan Lewis, Anil D'Silva Organizations: MSF, United Nations, REUTERS, Health, Rapid Support Forces, Thomson Locations: Adre, Chad, Sudan, al, Red Sea, North Kordofan, Khartoum, Ethiopia, Sudan's White Nile

☆ Meta's VR technology is helping to train surgeons and treat patients, though costs remain a hurdle
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +14 min

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesJust days before assisting in his first major shoulder-replacement surgery last year, Dr. Jake Shine strapped on a virtual reality headset and got to work. Kettering Health Dayton is one of dozens of health systems in the U.S. working with emerging technologies like VR as one tool for helping doctors to train on and treat patients. Since the beginning of last year, Meta's Reality Labs unit, which develops the company's VR and AR, has lost over $21 billion. Meta Quest 3 VR headset. "The first virtual reality headset that I used was this big clunky headset that had all these wires it had to be connected to a laptop to function."

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☆ Florida Schools Try to Adapt to New Rules on Gender, Bathrooms and Pronouns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Dana Goldstein | More About Dana Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The new bureaucracy is an offshoot of Gov. Ron DeSantis’s increasingly muscular push for “parental rights” in education, with new laws and regulations that broadly restrict classroom instruction on gender and sexuality, including in high school, and prevent transgender students and staff members from using group bathrooms that match their gender identity. Teachers will also be barred from asking students for their preferred pronouns and could lose their professional certification for violating the new laws. Course lists and classroom libraries are also under the microscope, with districts seeking to excise material that touches on gender and sexuality, including in classics like “Romeo and Juliet.”Here is how some Florida school districts are interpreting the new laws. They Have a Form for ThatThe new regulations have created a bureaucratic tangle, with several counties sending parents forms that must be filled out if they want their child referred to by something other than their legal name.

Persons: Ron DeSantis’s, Romeo, Juliet Organizations: Gov Locations: Florida

☆ Thousands of protesters march in Haiti against gang violence
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol/File PhotoPORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Tensions escalated in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Monday, as thousands of protesters took to the streets to speak out against the country's devastating gang violence, which resulted last week in the death of a police officer. Government vehicles were set on fire, as protesters - many masked - squared off against police, demanding protection and aid. "We can't live like this anymore. The United Nations refugee agency says some 73,500 people fled Haiti last year in light of growing gang violence and poverty. The UN also says 5.2 million - nearly half Haiti's population – need humanitarian assistance, and has urged the need for international assistance in Haiti to restore stability.

Persons: Ralph Tedy Erol, protestor, James, Jean Loobentz Cesar, Isabel Woodford, Michael Perry Organizations: Haitian National Police, U.S . Embassy, REUTERS, Government, Authorities, United Nations, UN, Protesters, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Port, Prince, Haiti, Haitian, Carrefour

☆ ‘You have to ask for help if you need it’: Billie Jean King encourages tennis players struggling with demands of the tour to seek support
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-30 | by ( Matias Grez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Billie Jean King has urged players that are struggling with the demands of being a tennis professional to seek support from psychologists. “Being a pro-athlete is hard,” tennis great King, who won 39 major titles, told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour. “The WTA [Women’s Tennis Association] has been fantastic with mental health for years, but people would say: ‘Why aren’t you doing anything?’Billie Jean King says support is available for players on the WTA Tour. The governing body has provided staff that are dedicated to athletes’ mental health for more than 25 years, with a Mental Health Care Provider available in person at tournaments, including all four grand slams, and there are virtual meetings available upon request in between tournaments. Naomi Osaka withdrew from the 2021 French Open, citing her mental health.

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☆ How to Lower Deaths Among Women? Give Away Cash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Apoorva Mandavilli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The pandemic drove 97 million additional people into extreme poverty in 2020, according to a World Bank estimate, prompting more countries to start cash transfer programs. Direct cash transfers have been shown to improve school attendance, nutrition and use of health services. The new study is the first to examine the effect of cash transfers on death rates worldwide, the researchers said. The findings suggest that cash transfers may be helpful not just to women, but to families and entire communities. Cash transfers are often accompanied by improvements to health care services or other infrastructure that helps communities, he noted.

Persons: ”, Harsha Thirumurthy, Thirumurthy, Audrey Pettifor, Pettifor, ” Berk Organizations: University of Pennsylvania, University of North, Chapel Hill Locations: Saharan Africa, Africa, Asia, Pacific, America, Caribbean, U.S, University of North Carolina, South Africa

☆ Judge strikes down Obamacare coverage of preventive care for cancers, diabetes, HIV and other conditions
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( Spencer Kimball | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

A federal judge on Thursday struck down an Obamacare mandate that required most private health insurance plans to cover preventive care such as certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs. You can find the full list of covered preventive services the judge struck down here. Judge Reed O'Connor in U.S. Northern District of Texas struck down those coverage requirements and blocked the federal government from enforcing them. The Affordable Care Act mandated free coverage of health services recommended by an independent panel of experts called the Preventive Services Task Force. They had also sought to overturn the federal mandate that requires Obamacare compliant plans to cover birth control with no out-of-pocket costs.

☆ As African kids died, doctors fought for ban on toxic Indian syrup
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Maiden Managing Director Naresh Kumar Goyal told Reuters he had "not done anything wrong" and did not respond to further questions. In December, India’s health regulator said it did its own tests and found no toxins in the syrups. Yet even as the doctors’ evidence of toxins mounted, Gambian government officials told Reuters they wanted more proof. “We took their histories and asked them if they took the drugs, and we just knew” that the syrup was the culprit. If tests for toxins had been done in late July or early August, a sales ban could have saved dozens of children, she said.

Monterey Park Police officers at the scene of a mass shooting on Jan. 22, 2023 in Monterey Park where 10 people were killed at a dance hall. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)The gunman behind the deadly dance hall shooting in the Los Angeles suburb of Monterey Park may have been targeting his ex-wife on the Lunar New Year, the California city's mayor said Monday. A vigil will be held Tuesday in Monterey Park in memory of the dead. And about a dozen hours after the bloodshed in Monterey Park, police tracked Tran's white van to a car park 30 miles away in the suburb of Torrance where the suspect killed himself. "I tried to reach her, but I didn't get any response," Monterey Park resident Vivian King said of a friend she last heard from earlier in the weekend.

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