An opt-out approach to syphilis testing in the ER is brilliant as a proactive approach to address the current outbreak. Match with a public health billing code & payment by the state health dept academic.oup.com/ofid/advance-a…

Super excited by the current generation of medical students, Food insecurity - 1 in 7 children - should be a never event in our nation. Concrete approaches for clinicians. medpagetoday.com/opinion/second…

H5N1 in waste water testing in 10 cities in Texas - current avian influenza stain in dairy cattle. Likely animals source but not definitive. Needs to be added to all CDC waterwater surveillance testing - they have the samples already. Confirm USDA data... uth.edu/news/story/avi…

Promising approach for addiction treatment 10 years in the making being piloted in Maine Jail (and others). A monthly shot. nytimes.com/2024/09/09/hea…

First case rare EEE (triple E ) in RI since 2019. And 4th reported in MA + 1 VT, WI, NJ. 1 death in NH. Perspective: The worst outbreak in more than 50 years was in 2019, with 38 cases including 12 deaths. Still, protect against mosquitoes for the WNV phillyvoice.com/eee-prevention…

Disinformation is powerful (would also check concurrence for human-caused climate change). Increasing number believe COVID vax: Responsible for thousands of deaths (28%) Disease safer than vax (22%) Changes DNA (15%) Drives increased vaccine hesitancy penntoday.upenn.edu/news/appc-surv…

The Global System for Distributing Mpox Shots Is Broken. Here’s How to Fix It. TL;DR to nations: Build your own capacity nationally or regionally or as a continent, dont wait for WHO to pre-approve the vaccine for use time.com/7018580/mpox-v…

Higher the HPV vax rate in the county, the lower the cancer rate; especially northern Texas. Expected. Any other outcome would have been noteworthy. Parents who do not vaccinate their kids & docs who do not recommend put the child at risk of HPV cancer. jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Surprising, no one ==> Boom, Now Bust: Budget Cuts and Layoffs Take Hold in Public Health. Your community is only as healthy without inequity as the public resources you devote. #politicaldeterminantsofhealth kffhealthnews.org/news/article/p…

Cautious optimism that college students’ mental health may be recovering after years of decline with 2nd year improvement in depression, anxiety, self-harm, etc. Not just few struggling but more thriving. chronicle.com/article/fewer-…

200 campuses in 30 states that have cut or altered DEI programming. Efforts have been successful in dropping enrollment of URM in select "elite" colleges and exacerbating the inequity. Time needed for full impact on few URM faculty & broader society. chronicle.com/article/tracki…

No outrage over individual cut positions at Universities for #DEI programs. Show the impact or admit that the positions/programs may have been unnecessary bloat and taking resources away from community responsibility, student success & faculty scholarship. chapelboro.com/news/unc/unc-c…

Who knew pooping at work was an issue. I cannot skip a story that discusses a social media campaign of "everyone poops" and "imagine Taylor shift pooing." Queensland Health in Australia tackles it with rainbows, unicorns, and dolphins. theguardian.com/australia-news…

Abortion bans, jailing healthcare workers & now contraception limits. North Korea. Unusual for a low income country (often highest fertility rates of 3.98-4.62 children per woman as of 2021) to have collapsing fertility. Hopelessness for the future. newsweek.com/north-korea-ne…

To reassure the 20% misled to believe that COVID vax is causing sudden deaths hidden by a global conspiracy. Here is another vaccine candidate that did NOT make it to market. Reassurance on the quality of the science and US regulatory pathways. gsk.com/en-gb/media/pr…

Hello demographers. Are #bluezones just a function of bad data? biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Is it surprising that rates of tubal ligation went up disportionately 3% per month after the Dobbs decision in states that banned abortions? This will drive down the national fertility rate even more. jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Made me sad as a Nebraskan trying to recruit the best & brightest to this fabulous, vibrant state. National news that Chadron refused to celebrate their role in educating a future congressman and governor - and a VP candidate - because he is a Democrat. chronicle.com/article/tim-wa…

Fabulous read of the 2024 Ig Noble prize winners. Has morphed from a tribute to bad, ridiculous, &/or useless science to very interesting science. arstechnica.com/science/2024/0…

Stay up to date on your COVID booster and masking as a precaution of a future where you are oxygenated through your anus (to prevent numerous adverse events of current ventilators and make it easier to lay on your stomach for better oxygenation ). 😉 english.kyodonews.net/news/2024/09/1…