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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Carlene Robinson, (334) 206-5051 The Alabama Department of Public Health announces the launch of the Alabama Health Dashboard. The dashboard offers quick and easy access about Alabama's highest prioritized chronic health issues and demographic information. The Alabama Health Dashboard is part of the department's efforts to provide Alabama citizens with up-to-date information about their health outcomes. The dashboard was developed through a collaborative process involving internal data collection and community-driven feedback. "We are excited to develop new opportunities to distribute data to our partners and the public," reports State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris."By having data readily available, we can better communicate Alabama's health status with partners while planning health outcome improvements." In this release, data has been collected for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020. Several data sources were ident...

This article will discuss the Kerassentials product in detail. We will examine any health benefits of the natural ingredients in Kerassentials and the satisfaction that customers are likely to experience after taking this supplement. Paying attention to your skin and nails is quite important. Not only does it improve your looks, but it can also help you stay well. From your skin to your toenails, your skin is your body's largest organ, and it plays a key role in protecting you from illness and infection. Taking care of your skin means taking care of yourself, which could significantly impact your overall wellbeing and health. Often, the health of your nails is an indicator of your overall health. Watchfully grooming your nails helps keep them healthy and can prevent them from causing problems with your health. Taking care of your skin and nails is not just good for you, but it also boosts your confidence and self-esteem. If you want to feel good about the way you appear...

Situation at a glance   On 7 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea reported the deaths of a number of individuals with suspected hemorrhagic fever. On 12 February 2023, one sample was confirmed positive for Marburg virus by real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), at the Institute Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. Investigations are ongoing to find additional cases. WHO is supporting the response by strengthening contact tracing, case management, infection prevention and control, laboratory, risk communication and community engagement. WHO assesses the risk posed by the outbreak as high at the national level, moderate at the regional level and low at the global level. Description of the situation This is the first Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak reported in Equatorial Guinea. On 7 February 2023, the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare of Equatorial Guinea reported at least eight deaths that occurred between 7 January and 7 Februar...

Health care reform has always been one of the least attainable objectives for American progressives. Reverence for private industry has allowed the health care industry to remain at the center of the medical system, and reforms have made modest gains at best. Today, the private health care industry is enormous, notoriously difficult to navigate, and shrouded in secrecy. A new analysis from Wendell Potter, executive director of the Center for Health and Democracy, published on his Health Care un-covered Substack , sheds light on how the industry has grown to such a state, and what can be done to rein in an industry that costs the American people trillions and still leaves millions under- and uninsured. The report analyzes the health insurance market by looking at the financial statements of the top seven insurance providers in the country, information that is typically aimed at financial investors and market analysts. The companies are Centene, Cigna, CVS/Aetna, Elevance, Hu...

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Newswise — CHICAGO - The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), American College of Radiology® (ACR®) and American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) support a new Texas Medical Association (TMA) suit filed January 17, 2023, stating that key aspects of the federal government's Surprise Billing interim final rule (IFR) are badly flawed, imposing serious financial pressures on all physicians and resulting in small, independent physician groups, in particular, needing to consolidate or close their practices; thereby causing patients to lose access to care, particularly in underserved areas. ACEP, ACR and ASA filed a joint amicus brief with the Texas court in support of TMA on January 31. In their joint amicus brief, the medical societies contend that the July 2021 IFR's methodology for calculating the Qualified Payment Amount (QPA) artificially deflates the QPA by (1) establishing each contracted rate as a single data point, (2) excluding incentive-based and re...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] VITAS Expects Recruitment Gains to Spur 2023 Growth, Revenue    Hospice News

We invited students to respond to an anonymous online survey to understand students' self-reported use of and attitudes toward reproductive and abortion services. We conducted this survey in anticipation of legislated medication abortion provision at California public university campuses starting in 2023. Recruitment The study population was students at a minority-serving institution (MSI) public university in a large coastal Northern California city consisting of a diverse, majority-commuter student population, where 60.13% of undergraduate students receive federal aid and 42.58% receive Pell Grant funding [16]. Recruitment for the anonymous web-based quantitative survey was done via on-campus and virtual methods to reflect hybrid learning modalities  at the university due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Eligible respondents were self-reported students aged 18 and over. We posted and distributed recruitment flyers with QR codes on campus at residence halls, academic buildings, ...

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COVID-19 vaccines are a fundamental tool for controlling the ongoing pandemic, minimising social disruption and economic consequences, and further decreasing the emergence of new variants. The start of 2021 was momentous for the continent as the first COVID-19 vaccines were received through the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access, known as the COVAX facility. The continent instantly embarked on a large-scale vaccination drive to ensure that the population is protected against this harmful virus. The COVID-19 vaccines rollout remains the biggest, most rapid and most complex continental drive-in history. Africa CDC's commitment to safeguarding the continent's health was greatly demonstrated in the vaccine rollout processes. The Agency provided leadership in ensuring fair, equitable and timely allocation of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa.  However, the vaccination presented its share of challenges, particularly the shortage of vaccines and inadequate funding to p...

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The fifteenth cohort of Outstanding Women of Color Award recipients will be honored at a reception on Thursday, March 2, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in Varsity Hall at Union South, 1308 W Dayton Street. The event to celebrate this year's honorees is open to the campus and community. You are invited to register  here . Each year, we recognize honorees whose advocacy, activism, and/or scholarship has positively transformed their organizations and/or community, and whose efforts advance equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging for people of color. "These outstanding women are simply a representation of the countless women who have made excellence the standard within the academy and the community, while also humbly pouring into so many," said Deputy Vice Chancellor and Chief Diversity Officer LaVar J. Charleston. "Collectively, we want to make certain they know how valued they are by their villages, how respected and appreciated t...

EAGLE, Idaho, Feb. 23, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Pennant Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PNTG), the parent company of the Pennant group of affiliated home health, hospice and senior living companies, today announced its operating results for the fiscal year and fourth quarter of 2022, reporting GAAP diluted earnings per share of $0.22 and $0.12 for the year ended December 31, 2022 and the fourth quarter, respectively. Pennant also reported adjusted diluted earnings per share of $0.57 for the year and $0.18 for the quarter (1) . Fourth Quarter Highlights Total revenue was $473.2 million for the fiscal year 2022, an increase of $33.5 million or 7.6% over the prior year, and total revenue for the quarter was $124.7 million, an increase of $12.9 million or 11.5% over the prior year quarter; Net income for the full year was $6.6 million, an ...