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How a Leading Chain of Psychiatric Hospitals Traps Patients

Acadia Healthcare is holding people against their will to maximize insurance payouts, a Times investigation found.

Animals Farmed For Fur In China Test Positive For Myriad Concerning Viruses

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Of the 125 viruses found in 461 diseased animals, 39 had a higher potential of infecting other species, researchers found. Meanwhile, a new MRNA-based vaccine to combat mpox might be coming soon.Bloomberg: Potential Outbreak-Causing Viruses Found In China’s Animals Farmed For FurNovel and potentially dangerous viruses, including coronaviruses and influenza, are harbored in raccoon dogs, mink and other animals farmed for fur in China, scientists found in the first in-depth...

Air pollution harms male fertility while women face similar risk from noise, study finds

Environmental pollutants may have different effects on male and female reproduction, research in BMJ suggests

Harvard Medical School’s new AI can diagnose cancer with very high accuracy

4 September, 2024 READWRITE.COM – An artificial intelligence developed by Harvard Medical School can diagnose a variety of cancers with almost 94 percent accuracy, its creators say. Named CHIEF (Clinical Histopathology Imaging Evaluation Foundation), researchers say it was tested on 19 types of cancer, setting it apart from other models. What can Harvard’s AI do? According to the scientists, CHIEF is much more flexible than other medical AIs and has the ability to perform a wider range of...

Bird flu reaches cows in California, the country’s largest milk producer

Bird flu is a disease caused by a virus that infects birds and sometimes other animals, such as foxes, seals and otters. The major strain - circulating among wild birds worldwide - is a type of the virus known as H5N1. It emerged in China in the late 1990s. – BBC

Pope Francis, Battling Ill-Health, Begins Historic Asian Odyssey

NEWSWEEK – Pope Francis arrived in Indonesia on Tuesday at the start of a tour of Asia. After an overnight flight from Rome, the Pope was wheeled off the plane in his wheelchair in Jakarta. Indonesia is the first stop on a grueling tour for the 87-year-old that will also take him to Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore. The Pope hopes to promote interfaith harmony between Catholics and Muslims in the country. There have been growing...

Major grocery chain ending tobacco sales

“Our responsibility as a grocer goes far beyond our aisles, and we are committed to taking bold stops to help our associates, customers, and communities work towards better health outcomes,” Gordon Reid, Stop & Shop president, said in a statement.

The staggering death toll of scientific lies

Millions of surgeries were conducted across the US and Europe during the years from 2009 to 2013 fraud-based guidelines were in place.

Doctors warn this trendy diet could lead to ‘heart issues and dementia’: ‘Playing with fire’

Eating a meat-heavy diet could result in heart disease and high cholesterol, experts warn.

Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals.

“Investigating PFAS is like opening Pandora’s box.” – Nancy McBrady, deputy commissioner of Maine’s Department of Agriculture

With pandemic memories fresh, town’s voluntary curfew to prevent spread of lethal mosquito-borne virus draws ire

About 200 people attended a town meeting in Oxford, Massachusetts, where EEE prevention measures were discussed.

Planned Parenthood Files Complaints Against Missouri’s Medicaid Law

KFF HEALTH NEWS – Missouri Planned Parenthoods are challenging a new law in Missouri that bans any funding — including for preventive care like cancer screenings or pap smears — from going to the reproductive health care organization. Related news comes from Oklahoma, Arkansas, and elsewhere. AP: Planned Parenthood Challenges Missouri Law That Kicked Area Clinics Off Of Medicaid Missouri Planned Parenthoods filed legal challenges Monday against a new law that kicked the organizations off the...

96-year-old California woman facing eviction from seniors home unless she coughs up $110K

Pacific Senior Living, the San Diego-based parent company of Pacific Grove Senior Living, served the 96-year-old with the eviction notice on Aug. 16, saying she had three days to send them $110,000 or face eviction.

What to know about Oropouche virus — the deadly fever that has reached the U.S.

Cases of "sloth virus" have been reported in the U.S. and Europe for the first time. But what is it?

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