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Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change

Mon, 2023-06-19 11:18 — mike kraft
Verdict in Oregon wildfires case highlights risks utilities face amid climate change A jury verdict that found power company PacifiCorp liable for devastating wildfires in Oregon in 2020 is highlighting the legal and financial risks utilities face if they fail to take proper precautions for climate change. Utilities say they're taking steps to update, replace and even bury thousands of miles of powerlines. Experts say utilities should've started that work long ago. Power companies are now on the back foot. Wildfires have grown more destructive. And lawsuits over electrical equipment malfunctions have ballooned.
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Separating sound wellness solutions from seductive snake oil

Mon, 2023-06-19 10:53 — mike kraft
How to separate sound wellness solutions from seductive snake oil Consumers, regulators, academia, and industry all have a pivotal role to play in distinguishing effective wellness solutions from the litany of seductive gimmicks. Torie Bosch STAT
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Two-thirds of U.S. doctors, scientists have experienced harassment on social media

Mon, 2023-06-19 10:38 — mike kraft
Two-thirds of doctors, scientists have experienced harassment on social media - UPI.com Physicians and scientists are experiencing alarming levels of harassment on social media, according to a new survey. UPI

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About 64% reported harassment related to comments made about the pandemic, while 64% of those harassed said the pandemic had affected their use of social media platforms.

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Medical personnel report official COVID declarations had little impact on their work --study

Mon, 2023-06-19 10:23 — mike kraft
Experience of US Clinicians With Health Care Resource Scarcity During the COVID-19 Pandemic This qualitative study assesses clinician experiences during periods of extreme scarcity of health care resources in the se
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Covid case tallies drop but data incomplete because of decline in reporting

Mon, 2023-06-19 09:53 — mike kraft
Decline in COVID reporting muddles tracking of global illness patterns CIDRAP

Global cases and deaths continued to drop over the past 28 days, but the metrics don't accurately reflect infection rates because of the steady drop in testing and regular reporting from countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) said (Thursday) in its latest weekly update.

 

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COVID vaccine records in Texas, New Hampshire, Montana could be lost because of opt-in -laws

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:59 — mike kraft
Your COVID vaccine records could be destroyed in 5 years because of Texas law In five years, Texas will have to destroy 10.4 million vaccine records because of an unusual state law. Yahoo News

The impending record destruction is a rare situation in the U.S., because almost every state or municipality that operates a vaccine registry has an “opt out” system.

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Prevalence of depression among American adults varies dramatically by state -- CDC report

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:19 — mike kraft
Nearly 1 in 5 US adults have been diagnosed with depression and the prevalence varies dramatically by state, CDC report finds | CNN The proportion of US adults who have ever been diagnosed with depression ranges greatly depending on where they live. Jacqueline Howard CNN
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COVID-19 vaccine safety for adults confirmed in 2 new studies

Fri, 2023-06-16 10:09 — mike kraft
COVID-19 vaccines shown safe in 2 new studies Data show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered with non-COVID vaccines. CIDRAP

Two new studies show COVID-19 vaccines are safe in older adults and when administered simultaneously with non-COVID vaccines. Both studies are published in Vaccine.

 

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Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic-- study

Thu, 2023-06-15 18:28 — mike kraft
Suicides and homicides among young Americans jumped early in the pandemic, study says The homicide rate for older U.S. teenagers rose to its highest point in nearly 25 years during the COVID-19 pandemic. And the suicide rate for adults in their early 20s was the worst in more than 50 years. That's according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report released Thursday. Experts cited several possible reasons for the increases, including higher rates of depression, limited availability of mental health services and the number of guns in U.S. homes. Suicide and homicide are the No. 2 and 3 causes of death for 10- to 24-year-olds.
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Survey iundicates more than 96% of Americans has COVID-19 antibodies by last autumn

Thu, 2023-06-15 17:41 — mike kraft
96.4% of Americans had COVID-19 antibodies in their blood by fall 2022 Infection and vaccination both leave their mark in your blood. Yulia Reznikov/Moment via Getty Images CC BY-ND Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, were present in the blood of 96.4% of Americans over the age of 16 by September 2022. That’s according to a serosurvey – an analysis testing for the presence of these immune defense molecules – conducted on samples from blood donors. A serosurvey like this one helps researchers estimate how many people have been exposed to any pa Yahoo News

 

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