What to Know About Home Care Services
Finding an aide to help an older person stay at home safely takes work. Here’s a guide. View original article Contributor: Reed Abelson
Month: December 2023
Desperate Families Search for Affordable Home Care
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
U.S. Suicide Rates Reached an All-Time High in 2022
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
California’s New Plan to Treat the Mentally Ill May End Up Violating Their Rights
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
Childhood pneumonia outbreak in Ohio unrelated to China, Europe
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
Precut cantaloupes linked to ‘severe’ salmonella outbreak, CDC says
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
New California mental health court sees more than 100 petitions in first two months – CBS San Francisco
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Scientists in Discredited Alcohol Study May Advise U.S. on Drinking Guidelines
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
China Respiratory Illness: U.S. Health Officials Say Cause is Known
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
EEOC Sues Alternate Solutions Health Network for Disability … – EEOC
EEOC Sues Alternate Solutions Health Network for Disability … EEOC >View original article Contributor: