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Heat protections for California workers are in limbo after Newsom abandons rules

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration has abandoned proposed protections for millions of California workers toiling in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other dangerously hot workplaces — upending a regulatory process that had been years in the making.

3 Apr 2024

For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care

A for-profit company has proposed turning a boarded-up former nursing home here into a psychiatric hospital, joining a national trend toward having such hospitals owned by investors instead of by state governments or nonprofit health systems.

1 Apr 2024

Researchers develop realistic replica of adult human ear using 3D printing

Using state-of-the-art tissue engineering techniques and a 3D printer, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Engineering have assembled a replica of an adult human ear that looks and feels natural.

29 Mar 2024

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

The human body harbors approximately 30 trillion microbes, known collectively as the microbiota.

28 Mar 2024

Comprehensive study reveals global total fertility rate more than halved since 1950

Comprehensive estimates of past and future trends in fertility across 204 nations and territories from 1950 to 2100.

26 Mar 2024

Move to protect California’s indoor workers from heat upended by cost questions

Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration unexpectedly yanked its support from a sweeping proposal that would have protected millions of California's indoor workers from dangerous heat, saying it can't endorse it without knowing the projected costs to the state.

21 Mar 2024

ArgusEye introduces AugaOne to accelerate downstream bioprocess development

ArgusEye, a provider of innovative sensor solutions for real-time monitoring of biological systems, today announced the introduction of the AugaOne™ sensor system.

21 Mar 2024

Rapid rise in syphilis hits Native Americans hardest

From her base in Gallup, New Mexico, Melissa Wyaco supervises about two dozen public health nurses who crisscross the sprawling Navajo Nation searching for patients who have tested positive for or been exposed to a disease once nearly eradicated in the U.S.: syphilis.

21 Mar 2024

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Four years after hospitals in New York City overflowed with covid-19 patients, emergency physician Sonya Stokes remains shaken by how unprepared and misguided the American health system was.

19 Mar 2024

Synthetic mucins shed light on cancer biology and tumor formation

During cold and flu season, excess mucus is a common, unpleasant symptom of illness, but the slippery substance is essential to human health.

18 Mar 2024

Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes

Shelly Olson's mother, who has dementia, has lived at the Scandia Village nursing home in rural Sister Bay, Wisconsin, for almost five years. At first, Olson said, her mother received great care at the facility, then owned by a not-for-profit organization, the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society.

13 Mar 2024

A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here. How will insurers handle it?

A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness.

12 Mar 2024

Lancet study exposes COVID-19's far-reaching consequences on mortality and life expectancy

A new study published in The Lancet reveals never-before-seen details about staggeringly high mortality from the COVID-19 pandemic within and across countries.

11 Mar 2024

Is Cilento, Italy an uncharted 'Blue Zone?'

Researchers use environmental, nutritional, and lifestyle data to determine whether Cilento, Italy, shares trait characteristics with ‘Longevity Blue Zones'.

6 Mar 2024

New study examines how retirement affects mental health among female workers in China

Retirement is a major transition that can have a significant impact on a person’s life.

6 Mar 2024

Supply chain assessment and management, optimizing pharmaceutical supply chains

In this interview, News Med talks to Joseph P. Ivan about Comprehensive Assessment and Management Approach to Optimizing Pharmaceutical Supply Chains.

From DSI, a PLG Company 4 Mar 2024

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Alabama’s IVF ruling still making waves

Reverberations from the Alabama Supreme Court's first-in-the-nation ruling that embryos are legally children continued this week, both in the states and in Washington.

29 Feb 2024

Association of estrogen-containing menopause hormonal therapy with COVID-19 mortality

Researchers evaluated coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related mortality among perimenopausal women.

29 Feb 2024

ChatGPT aids in discovering potential Alzheimer’s treatments through drug repurposing

ChatGPT-4 to identify drug repurposing candidates against Alzheimer’s disease (AD).

28 Feb 2024

AI chatbots show human-like personality and decision-making traits, study finds

A study in PNAS evaluates AI chatbots against human benchmarks, revealing that AI exhibits human-like behaviors and personality traits, with ChatGPT-4 closely mirroring human responses in strategic decision-making and personality assessments.

25 Feb 2024

Labor News and Research

Heat protections for California workers are in limbo after Newsom abandons rules

For-profit companies open psychiatric hospitals in areas clamoring for care

Researchers develop realistic replica of adult human ear using 3D printing

Using microbiota analysis for health and disease management

Comprehensive study reveals global total fertility rate more than halved since 1950

Move to protect California’s indoor workers from heat upended by cost questions

ArgusEye introduces AugaOne to accelerate downstream bioprocess development

Rapid rise in syphilis hits Native Americans hardest

Health workers fear it’s profits before protection as CDC revisits airborne transmission

Synthetic mucins shed light on cancer biology and tumor formation

Concerns grow over quality of care as investor groups buy not-for-profit nursing homes

A new $16,000 postpartum depression drug is here. How will insurers handle it?

Lancet study exposes COVID-19's far-reaching consequences on mortality and life expectancy

Is Cilento, Italy an uncharted 'Blue Zone?'

New study examines how retirement affects mental health among female workers in China

Supply chain assessment and management, optimizing pharmaceutical supply chains

KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Alabama’s IVF ruling still making waves

Association of estrogen-containing menopause hormonal therapy with COVID-19 mortality

ChatGPT aids in discovering potential Alzheimer’s treatments through drug repurposing

AI chatbots show human-like personality and decision-making traits, study finds

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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