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Psychiatric Tsunami: 1 In 5 Children Now Have A Mental Disorder

Bill Wilson | The CARB Syndrome Project | May 24, 2013

Last week the CDC released a report titled “Mental Health Surveillance Among Children — United States, 2005–2011”. For the first time the US government has taken a close look at the incidence and prevalence of common childhood disorders such as ADHD, depression, anxiety disorders, serious behavior problems and similar conditions. Read More »

Public Access To Scientific Research Advances

Press Release | Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC) | January 16, 2014

Progress toward making taxpayer-funded scientific research freely accessible in a digital environment was reached today with Congressional passage of the FY 2014 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. Read More »

Public Health ACTion (PHACT) 2013 Campaign mobilizes support

The 2013 Public Health Action (PHACT) Campaign is well underway. Check out the Public Health ACTion (PHACT) Campaign web site maintained by the American Public Health Association (APHA). It provides 'open' data and information on public health funding impacts on communities in every state in the U.S.   Click on your state to find out where it ranks on public health funding and activities. Read More »

Red Hat Earns CEO Cancer Gold Standard Accreditation

Press Release | The CEO Roundtable on Cancer | June 3, 2013

Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open source software solutions, headquartered in Raleigh, NC, is leading by example when it comes to promoting workplace wellness and encouraging healthier behavior. Read More »

Rep. Peters Introduces Health Savings Through Technology Act

Press Release | Congressman Scott Peters | November 21, 2013

Today, Congressman Scott Peters (CA-52) introduced H.R. 3577, the ‘Health Savings Through Technology Act,’ which advocates for a smarter way to deliver health care in the United States – through the increased use of wireless technologies – to help bend the health care cost curve. [...] Read More »

Report Spreads Blame For VA Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak

Luis Fábregas, Adam Smeltz, Mike Wereschagin and Lou Kilzer | The Tribune-Review | April 28, 2013

Systemic failures at the VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System allowed a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak to fester, even as leaders believed they were solving the problem, a Tribune-Review analysis of a report by the Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General found. Read More »

Sen. Casey Wants To Add Illnesses Beyond Legionnaires’ To VA Reporting Requirements

Adam Smeltz | TribLIVE | April 18, 2013

Sen. Bob Casey Jr. is toughening his proposal for new disclosure standards for Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, pushing to require they report to outside health agencies each case of several serious illnesses. Read More »

Smartphones Improve Kenyan Disease Surveillance

Mary Mosquera | Government Health IT | March 13, 2012

Smartphones show promise in disease surveillance in the developing world because it is faster, cheaper and more accurate than traditional paper survey methods to gather disease information after the initial set–up cost. Read More »

Superbugs Are A 'Costly War We Can't Win': Doctors

Mark Koba | CNBC | April 4, 2013

Germs are perfect machines of evolution. Their ability to mutate and survive attempts (by humans and nature) to destroy them has led to some being called "superbugs." Resistant to existing antibiotics, superbug-related infections worldwide result in thousands of deaths each year—an estimated 99,000 in the U.S. alone for each of the past 10 years. Read More »

Tamiflu Cost Us £424m Yet We Still Don’t Know Much About It

Tom Jefferson | The Conversation | June 3, 2013

Are you worried about how decisions involving public money are made? You should be. Read More »

The AIDS Crisis Is Far From Over In Black America

Brian Resnick | National Journal | June 27, 2013

The one map to show how disproportionately HIV affects black America. Read More »

The Ebola Patient Was Sent Home Because Of Bad Software

Olga Khazan | The Atlantic | October 3, 2014

...Thomas Eric Duncan has been in isolation for Ebola at Dallas' Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital since September 28—but that wasn't his first trip to that hospital. After developing a fever and abdominal pain on the 24th, Duncan sought care at the hospital on the 25th, but he was sent home...

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Tracking Real-Time Health With Twitter Data Serves As An Early Warning System

Sarah Fudin | OpenSource.com | May 1, 2013

As the open source ethic has changed the way that we share and develop resources, crowdsourcing is redefining how we can create new resources based upon that willingness to share. One example of crowdsourcing at work for the betterment of us all is public health researchers turning to Twitter to collect real-time data about public health. Read More »

US Sees Sharp Rise in Newborns with Opiate Withdrawal

Staff Writer | BBC News | April 30, 2012

The number of babies born in the US showing symptoms of opiate withdrawal increased threefold in the 10 years up to 2009, a medical study has found...The report says abuse of prescription painkillers is partly to blame. The study, the first of its kind in the US, was based on records from more than 4,000 hospitals across the country. Read More »

Veterans Affairs Research Supports CDC Recommendation To Screen Baby Boomers For Hepatitis C

Press Release | Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD) | November 2, 2013

In 2012, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a one-time screening for all Americans born between 1945 and 1965. It is estimated that 1 in 30 baby boomers has been infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and most don't know it. HCV is a serious liver disease including liver cancer, which is the fastest-rising cause of cancer-related deaths and the leading cause of liver transplants in the US. Read More »