Month: December 2023

Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson

Facing a severe shortage of aides and high costs, people trying to keep aging loved ones at home often cobble together a patchwork of family and friends to help. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson and Desiree Rios

Suicide rates in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2022, continuing a surge that began in 2021, according to new provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The increase to 14.3 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022, up from 14.1 in 2021, represented a 1% higher rate in suicides across the … Read more

Facing enormous pressure to tame what appears to be a spiraling and increasingly intertwined statewide crisis in mental health, substance use, and homelessness, California officials have created the Community Assistance, Recovery and Empowerment Court, or CARE Court. The new system is a policy smorgasbord that ranges from the provision of court-ordered treatment and housing to … Read more

Pneumonia clusters related to mycoplasma have been detected abroad, but there’s no evidence Ohio is part of a global outbreak or that the U.S. is seeing a surge. View original article Contributor: Fenit Nirappil

Public health officials are concerned about the outbreak because the illnesses are severe, with more than half of cases involving hospitalization, the CDC said. View original article Contributor: Amber Ferguson

Two researchers with ties to beer and liquor companies have been named to a panel that will review the health evidence on alcohol consumption. View original article Contributor: Roni Caryn Rabin

A surge of children has been hospitalized in China for respiratory illnesses, but international health authorities said the cause was common viruses and bacteria. View original article Contributor: Benjamin Mueller and Emily Baumgaertner