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Fauci ties gun violence to a public health issue
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HALF OF US ADULTS HAVE RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE COVID-19 SHOT Fauci was a guest on CNN’s "State of the Union," and the host, Dana Bash asked him his opinion on gun violence, which she described as "another epidemic" in ...
Fauci on gun violence: ‘How can you say that’s not a public health issue?’
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, President Joe Biden's chief medical adviser, acknowledged Sunday that gun violence in the US is a public health emergency. "Myself, as public health person, I think you can't run away from that. W...
Hooters girl Madison Novo says childhood health battle inspired her to give back: ‘It really changes you’
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Growing up, she was a patient at Florida’s Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital from ages 12 to 14. In 2015, doctors diagnosed the now-18-year-old with prothrombin gene mutation and unspecified kidney failure. Despite th...
Whitmer defends state health director traveling to Alabama while not fully vaccinated
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Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel traveled to Gulf Shores, Alabama, despite Whitmer’s warnings against traveling as spring break started up across America. Whitmer defended th...
Microsoft buys Nuance for $16 billion in a major push into health care AI
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New York (CNN Business)In a bold acquisition that could solidify Microsoft's growing influence in the health care industry, the tech giant agreed to buy artificial intelligence developer Nuance in a deal worth $ 16 ...
Early Chinese Americans were blamed for diseases and denied health care. So they built their own hospital
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When diseases have historically spread in the US, so too has discrimination and hate against Asian Americans. Asian Americans have been verbally harassed, spat on and attacked throughout the coronavirus pandemic. M...
Colorado bill would give children free mental health services during the pandemic
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The Colorado state legislature is working to give children free access to mental health care to help them cope with the mental ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic. HB21-1258, introduced in the House on April 6, ...
Arizona AG: ‘It’s important’ Kamala Harris, Health Sec. Becerra visit border amid immigration crisis
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"I think it’s important for federal officials to actually come to the states to see and hear and feel what’s actually happening on the ground," he said. The AG explained that this mindset is similar to what Vice Pres...
Leo Terrell blasts CDC director claim racism is public health threat: ‘It’s a lie’
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TERRELL: It's pure politics. She's lying. Sorry to say that. She [Walensky] has a conclusion without any supporting facts. What’s her qualification to say that? She's a doctor. She's not a civil rights attorney, a fe...
As America’s youth faces mental health ‘crisis,’ Biden admin sets focus on pandemic’s impact on children
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The first volume of the handbook, released in February, issued guidance on how to safely reopen U.S. public schools during the pandemic while the second volume makes clear that months of school closures may have nega...
CDC ‘doing the bidding’ of the Biden administration by making health disparities a race issue: Paris Dennard
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RACISM IS ‘A SERIOUS PUBLIC HEALTH THREAT,’ CDC SAYS PARIS DENNARD: When I heard this statement from the CDC director, I was appalled because instead of focusing on health disparities, which is what we should do beca...
Miranda Devine: Harry-Meghan interview was ‘selfish, destructive’ with Prince Philip in poor health
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QUEEN ELIZABETH TO ENTER 8 DAYS OF MOURNING FOLLOWING PRINCE PHILIP'S DEATH MIRANDA DEVINE: They knew that the Queen had enough on her plate. She and Prince Phillip had been living in a bubble at Windsor Castle becau...
Connecticut union protesters demanding $20 per hour detained after occupying health department: report
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Nursing home and other long-term care workers from SEIU 1199NE were protesting for their proposed "Bill of Rights" Thursday afternoon when activists entered state buildings and sat down on the ground. A union spokesm...
Racism is ‘a serious public health threat,’ CDC says
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"Racism is a system — consisting of structures, policies, practices, and norms — that assigns value and determines opportunity based on the way people look or the color of their skin," the CDC posted on its website T...
Biden announces slate of gun control actions, claims ‘public health crisis’
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The administration aims to "confront not just the gun crisis but what is actually a public health crisis," Biden said in his remarks in the Rose Garden. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris. "Nothing I'm abo...
Campaigners call for US to do more to hold Putin accountable as Navalny’s health deteriorates
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Washington The Biden administration said it is "disturbed" by reports of swift deterioration in the health of Alexey Navalny, as campaigners called on the US to impose more sanctions to hold Moscow accountable for wh...