CDC is strengthening its #H5N1 #birdflu prevention recommendations to better protect workers in poultry and dairy operations. This includes updated PPE guidance and enhanced outreach and education efforts for farm workers and employers. bit.ly/4hFMn56

A scientist who successfully treated her own breast cancer by injecting the tumour with lab-grown viruses has sparked discussion about the ethics of self-experimentation go.nature.com/3NXqzEq

Bird flu begins its human spread, as health officials scramble to safeguard people and livestock “We will have a bird flu pandemic,” Robert Redfield, former director of the CDC, bluntly predicted in a television interview in June. fortune.com/well/2024/11/0…

Medical News in Brief: FDA Authorizes First At-Home COVID-19 and Flu Combo Test ja.ma/40KOWg2

Along with causing eczema, unwanted weight gain and nausea, stress can even weaken your immune system. Eliminating or modifying different stress factors in your life is vital to protect and increase your immune response. cle.clinic/3GlhzW1

‘Not medically necessary’: Inside the company helping America’s biggest health insurers deny coverage for care | CNN and yes we put up with this utterly immoral rationing by for profit private unaccountable entities cnn.com/2024/11/07/hea…

IVF is failing most women. The fundamental problem is that fertility is still shockingly poorly understood. But new research holds out hope of a revolution econ.st/3Yw9aYm 👇

Much of our educational experiences have been focused on learning the right answer or discovering the one-and-only solution. Here's why that does us such a disservice as adults when we need to think creatively. psychologytoday.com/us/blog/creati…

U.S. consumers pay higher prices for weight loss drugs than any other country in the world, according to a 2023 KFF study. Cheaper alternatives online, however, are not always what they seem. cbsn.ws/4fFoOYj

Researchers have voiced concerns after South Africa updated its health-research ethics guidelines to include a new section on heritable human genome editing go.nature.com/4hEVoeI

Loneliness is threatening our physical health, our well-being, and our livelihood. s.hbr.org/3cbeN7B

Stanford Medicine researchers have found that the trillions of bacteria that call your body home — collectively known as the microbiome — appear to be unique to you, like a fingerprint. med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/…

In every state where paid sick leave was on the ballot, voters approved it. On Election Day, measures in Missouri, Alaska and Nebraska passed by wide margins: In Alaska, 57 percent of voters approved it, in Missouri it was 58 percent and in Nebraska a whopping 74 percent. (via

Steer clear of sweet drinks -- research has found that people who drink a lot of soda, sweet tea, and other sugary beverages are a lot more likely to have memory trouble. Other things to avoid to keep your brain sharp: wb.md/3CgymL1

New drugs could spell an end to the world’s obesity epidemic. The long-term effects must be carefully studied—but the excitement is justified econ.st/3YBXFP5👇

Tobacco Companies May Have Found a Way to Make #Vapes More Addictive. Kids might get hooked on new vapes that display animations with each puff. theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Registration is open for SLSA 2025 so Health lawyers and bioethicists it’s time to submit your abstract to the Health Law and Bioethics stream! ✨ get in touch with me or Ed Horowicz if you want to hear more about the stream or discuss an idea ☺️ liverpool.ac.uk/law/slsa-2025/…

For part 5 of "Coercive Care," Eric Boodman takes us inside the life of a sickle cell patient dealing with a pain crisis and doubts about coercive sterilization: 'What's your pain right now?’ Sickle cell, loss, and survival in America statnews.com/2024/11/11/coe… via STAT

An Idaho state court will hear arguments in a case brought by four women who allege they were denied emergency care because of the state’s abortion laws, which are some of the most restrictive in the nation. to.pbs.org/48JvUZs

Medical News in Brief: WHO Approves Another HPV Vaccine for Single-Dose Use ja.ma/4fdsvVn