Scots told to wear face mask if you feel ill

Scots advised to wear face #masks & stay away from #work, #school, #hospitals until they are better as flu cases across the country continue to rise

Public #Health #Scotland has advised anyone with flu symptoms to stay away from public settings and to wear face masks in high-risk parts of hospitals. Some #NHS trusts have also asked anyone with flu symptoms to avoid visiting hospitals entirely.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25677864.scots-told-wear-face-mask-feel-ill-flu-surge/

#illness #PublicHealth #OurNHS

"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840

#PublicHealth #covid #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #mRNA #mortality

This week's comic: The Listeria League

#food #foodsafety #health #fda #publichealth #consumers #cartoon #comic

Chemical industry lobbyists have long pushed the government to adopt a less stringent approach to gauging the cancer risk from chemicals, one that would help ease regulations on companies that make or use them.

They finally got their wish.
https://www.propublica.org/article/epa-formaldehyde-risk-assessment?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Environment #PublicHealth #Health #Cancer #Government #Regulation

Scots told to wear face mask if you feel ill

Scots advised to wear face #masks & stay away from #work, #school, #hospitals until they are better as flu cases across the country continue to rise

Public #Health #Scotland has advised anyone with flu symptoms to stay away from public settings and to wear face masks in high-risk parts of hospitals. Some #NHS trusts have also asked anyone with flu symptoms to avoid visiting hospitals entirely.

https://www.thenational.scot/news/25677864.scots-told-wear-face-mask-feel-ill-flu-surge/

#illness #PublicHealth #OurNHS

This week's comic: The Listeria League

#food #foodsafety #health #fda #publichealth #consumers #cartoon #comic

"Young and middle-age adults who had at least one dose of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine were less likely to die of any cause in the following 4 years compared with those who weren't vaccinated, a nationwide French cohort study found."

https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19vaccine/118840

#PublicHealth #covid #vaccines #immunizations #vaccinations #mRNA #mortality

We’re five years into the pandemic, and the science is telling a very different story than “just a cold.” COVID affects blood vessels, organs, metabolism, and cognition — and the impacts compound with each infection. It’s the same pattern we saw with smoking: people felt fine… until the long-term consequences surfaced.

Full article here: https://whn.global/covid-isnt-a-cold-its-cigarettes-all-over-again/

#LongCOVID #COVID #COVID19 #PublicHealth #InfectionPrevention #CleanAir

#RFKJr replaces chair of controversial #vaccine advisory panel

The chair of #ACIP, himself a well-known vaccine critic, will be moving to an official role within the #HHS, the agency announced Monday.

HHS announced #MartinKulldorff was appointed to be chief “science” officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning & Evaluation ( #ASPE).

#PublicHealth #science #medicine #Trump #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #policy #insurance #eugenics
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5628322-martin-kulldorff-kennedy-hhs-appointment/

In case you missed the article in freaking Nature that found ⚠️ MOST kids develop fatigue after acute SARS-CoV-2 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-24868-x two weeks ago,

a longitudinal analysis of the Children and Young People with Long COVID

the rate of some lasting fatigue in kids is ALMOST TWO THIRDS

Among 943 SARS-CoV-2-positive participants, 581 (61.6%) met CFQ [Chalder Fatigue Scale] case-ness at least once during follow-up

with consistent, chronic, unresolving fatigue in more than 1 in 6 kids after infection!

15.9% meet case-ness at all follow-ups.

the rate got worse over time!

The proportion of CFQ cases increased from 35.0% at 3-months to 40.2% at 24-months post-infection;

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#SARSCoV2 #COVID #COVID19 #pandemic #LongCOVID #publicHealth #health

Egg producers suspect bird flu is traveling through the air.

The USDA didn’t test the theory after a disastrous Midwestern outbreak. Here’s how we did.
https://www.propublica.org/article/methodology-bird-flu-outbreak-ohio-indiana?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Data #Research #Science #Health #PublicHealth #BirdFlu

What the U.S. Government Is Dismissing That Could Seed a Bird Flu Pandemic
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To combat bird flu spread, other countries have authorized poultry vaccines. The U.S. hasn’t, amid political and economic pushback. Without a vaccine, experts say the virus poses an escalating threat: “The minute it transmits to humans, it’s done.”
https://www.propublica.org/article/bird-flu-airborne-usda-pandemic?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #BirdFlu #Pandemic #Health #PublicHealth #Agriculture