EXCLUSIVE: FDA inspectors have not returned to nearly 2,000 drug manufacturing plants worldwide since before COVID, according to an exclusive AP analysis documenting the ongoing disruptions of the pandemic: apnews.com/article/fda-in…

Are you concerned about air quality, ventilation and other key exposures—and our health? And what to do about it. The new Ground Truths podcast with Joseph Allen covers this in depth. Link in my profile d/t X-suppression

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New data: HPV cancer rates highest in counties with low vaccination rates A second study shows that men infected with the strains of HPV associated with cervical cancer have evidence of sperm death and lower rates of fertility. cidrap.umn.edu/human-papillom…

Largest prospective study of #LongCovid in children and teens with 3-year follow-up thelancet.com/journals/eclin… by La Campo - Anna Camporesi and colleagues —significant, long-lasting impact —increased risk of autoimmune diseases —reduction of risk with vaccination/boosters, especially among teens

Pope Francis and Indonesia’s grand imam issue a joint statement on climate change nbcnews.com/video/pope-fra… via @nbcnews

Parkinson’s may begin in the gut, study says, adding to growing evidence washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/…

Is the media “sanewashing” Trump? From Rambling to Rational: The Media’s Trump Sanewashing Problem | The New Republic newrepublic.com/article/185530…

U.K. charities give $36 million to start new drugs for childhood tumors  statnews.com/2024/09/05/ped…

Shocking statistic– prior to the pandemic Indiana vaccination rates for 3 yr olds stood at 70%. Today just over half of Indiana 3 yr olds have received their routine vaccinations (polio, measles, etc.) We are rapidly going backwards on a major predictor of life expectancy. 😞

“Since the discovery of Legionella bacteria at the facility, 20 people have been hospitalized, 10 people have tested positive and three of those who tested positive have died” nbcnews.com/news/us-news/3…

We're not out of the woods yet: the season for mosquito-borne disease transmission is expanding. Learn how to protect yourself from this health hazard plus others increasing with climate change in the September Climate & Health Outlook. hhs.gov/sites/default/… #OCCHE

Medical experts warn the loss of abortion training has bigger implications, threatening to leave a generation of doctors less prepared to handle miscarriages/obstetric emergencies & unable to perform the few life-saving abortions red states still allow. politico.com/news/magazine/…

A new study suggests that #Parkinson's disease originates in the gut. washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/… That takes us back again to Braak's hypothesis from 2 decades ago. It's orchestrated, not an either or, as portrayed here. science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Semaglutide versus placebo in patients with heart failure and mildly reduced or preserved ejection fraction: a pooled analysis of the SELECT, FLOW, STEP-HFpEF, and STEP-HFpEF DM randomised trials - The Lancet thelancet.com/journals/lance…

Doctors go the distance for abortion training politi.co/47fjCHw via POLITICO

Doctors Are Leaving Conservative States to Learn to Perform Abortions. We Followed One. politi.co/3Xit9sK via POLITICO

Teenage E-Cigarette Use Drops to a 10-Year Low by Christina Jewett nytimes.com/2024/09/05/hea…

A judge says an anti-abortion GOP official used misleading language to summarize a ballot question designed to restore abortion rights in the state. Source: AP News search.app/jaLL1rndpZRc2i…

Coronavirus vaccines, once free, are now pricey for uninsured people washingtonpost.com/health/2024/09…