conference in Hong Kong said that the region is facing a resurgence of HIV cases among men who have sex with men that will not subside without increased government efforts, the
reports (Freeda,
, 2/19). The conference was organized in partnership with Hong Kong’s
, the
and included about 50 government officials responsible for HIV/AIDS and MSM programs, as well as other experts.
According to officials at the conference, discriminatory laws, Read the rest of this entry »

he flu may be making a slow start in some states this brutally cold winter, but Bay State health officials say the bug isn’t being squashed, especially since the number of reported cases has more than doubled since 2007.
According to statistics provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 841 positive cases of flu were reported from 2007 to 2008, a sharp increase from the 325 reported cases from 2006 to 2007.
DPH spokesman Read the rest of this entry »

he flu may be making a slow start in some states this brutally cold winter, but Bay State health officials say the bug isn’t being squashed, especially since the number of reported cases has more than doubled since 2007.
According to statistics provided by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, 841 positive cases of flu were reported from 2007 to 2008, a sharp increase from the 325 reported cases from 2006 to 2007.
DPH spokesman Read the rest of this entry »

Health officials debate mandatory flu shots for kids, health-care workers
Each year, hundreds of thousands of people across the country willingly
roll up their sleeves and endure the quick jab of a flu shot. Many parents make the same decision for their children.
Many more choose not to be vaccinated.
But what if we had no choice?
in the nation to require the flu vaccination for children, and mandatory vaccination is also being pushed for Read the rest of this entry »

Published February 9, 2009
People with depression, post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental illnesses are having trouble getting care since Hurricane Ike closed many of the county’s treatment facilities, health workers say.
Since the hurricane struck Sept. 13 and disrupted mental health services, patients with psychosis and suicidal thoughts travel to a Houston hospital to receive treatment. Some wait for days in the emergency room at Read the rest of this entry »

GALVESTON, Texas – Administrators at Galveston’s
discussed the facility’s fate on Monday, KPRC Local 2 reported.
The hospital has been closed since it was heavily damaged during Hurricane Ike and has since taken a second hit from the poor economy.
Hospital officials said they do not want to suspend operations, but they don’t have the money they need to operate.
J.J. Guerra has been going to the hospital since he was 3 years old. Twelve years Read the rest of this entry »

Cuts in inpatient detoxification reimbursements of $96.9 million statewide would also hurt
in East Meadow and Eastern Long Island Hospital in Greenport, he said.
Daniel Sisto, president of the Healthcare Association of New York State, which represents hospitals and nursing homes statewide, said the proposed cuts would be especially painful since hospitals had already had two cutbacks of a total of $1 billion this year. “You can’t just keep coming Read the rest of this entry »

commissioner, Dr. Andrew C. von Eschenbach, said Tuesday that he would resign on
Day, Jan. 20, part of a parade of expected departures at the nation’s crucial public health agencies.
Leaders of these agencies have sometimes straddled administrations, but the
is expected to make a clean sweep in part because of repeated assertions that the Bush administration allowed politics to play an unusually forceful role in science policy, and because Read the rest of this entry »

Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez rolled out the red carpet this week for some Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department folks hoping to improve their jail system, as seen in this photo taken earlier this morning.
But officials from another large jail system also visited Dallas County this week to get some ideas on how to improve a challenged jail. The medical services team from Cook County, Illinois, also toured our jail facilities.
Chicago has Read the rest of this entry »

NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev.—Officials say a North Las Vegas day care that was closed after a toddler drowned this week was licensed and passed a July inspection.
The 18-month-old boy who died was identified as Jordan Williams. Investigators say they are looking at how he and 3-year-old boy were able to get into the backyard pool at the house.
The two boys were found about 3:15 p.m. Tuesday in the pool at Marisela’s Family Day Care. The 3-year-old Read the rest of this entry »