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AHA reaffirms commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ communities as Pride Month kicks off

June 2, 2022

AHA reaffirms commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ communities as Pride Month kicks off kpage_drupal Jun 1, 2022 On the start of Pride Month, the AHA today reaffirmed its commitment to supporting LGBTQ+ communities. The AHA and its member hospitals and health systems are committed to treating everyone, regardless of background, with compassion, dignity and respect so […]

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Podcast: Encouraging COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people

June 2, 2022

Podcast: Encouraging COVID-19 vaccination in pregnant people kpage_drupal Jun 1, 2022 The COVID-19 virus can be especially dangerous for women during pregnancy. In this Advancing Health podcast Kathy Cummings, director of communications for AHA’s Center for Health Innovation, talks with Rachel Humphrey, M.D., director of AdventHealth for Women’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine, about why pregnant people are more […]

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Call for Papers: CDC seeks articles on strategies for reducing health disparities

June 2, 2022

Call for Papers: CDC seeks articles on strategies for reducing health disparities kpage_drupal Jun 1, 2022 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accepting submissions for a special supplement to Public Health Reports on strategies for reducing health disparities and accelerating progress toward health equity. Abstracts are due June 21 by 11:59 p.m. ET; […]

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Unvaccinated Toronto police officers, employees allowed to return to work

June 2, 2022

Li said members who are currently on unpaid absence will “return to duty on June 21, 2022.”

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Number of Albertans hospitalized with COVID-19 drops below 1,000

June 1, 2022

Data provided Wednesday from between May 24 and May 30 shows the number of people in hospital with COVID-19 has dropped to 931.

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FDA links hepatitis A outbreak with organic strawberries

June 1, 2022

FDA links hepatitis A outbreak with organic strawberries hnesich_drupal Jun 1, 2022 The Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Public Health Agency of Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency May 28 announced a potential link between a recent multistate hepatitis A outbreak and organic strawberries branded FreshKampo and HEB. […]

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Southwestern Public Health study shows indirect impact pandemic had on mental health, other issues

June 1, 2022

A new report from Southwestern Public Health sheds light on the indirect health impacts COVID-19 has had on the community regarding mental health, unemployment and other effects.

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HHS establishing new office to address environmental justice issues

June 1, 2022

HHS establishing new office to address environmental justice issues hnesich_drupal Jun 1, 2022 The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday announced it is establishing an Office of Environmental Justice. The OEJ will sit within the Office of Climate Change and Health Equity and act “to better protect the health of disadvantaged communities and vulnerable […]

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Mass violence is a public health crisis

June 1, 2022

Mass violence is a public health crisis dsamuels_drupal Jun 1, 2022 Mass violence and domestic terrorism comprise a major public health crisis in America. It is a crisis that strikes at our most basic and collective sense of humanity. It is a crisis that repeats on a now regular basis in communities large and small […]

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Quebec’s COVID-19 hospitalizations fall sharply as province logs 7 more deaths

June 1, 2022

There were 1,139 people hospitalized with the disease, a net drop of 42. In the last day, 51 patients were admitted while 93 left.

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