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The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
September 22, 2022 Edition-----We will see the closure on the Mourning Period for QE!! In Australia tomorrow, We can then move on to the next big issue, which will surely be the progress in the Russo-Ukrainian war and the associated issues with China and Russia.The US seems – with the rest of the world – to be moving into recession.King Charles has now been to all his UK Realms and will now quietly let PM Trass get back to running the UK. God help her …In Australia we have to now get on with life and the economic disaster we seem to be facing.-----Major Issues.-----https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/oddly-enough-th...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 22, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Diamond and Dybvig and the Panic of 1907
George SelginMy last post argued that, despite whatDiamond and Dybvig ' s famous theory suggests, bank runs have seldom proven fatal to otherwise sound banks. Instead, when people run on a bank, it ' s usually because it ' s already in hot water.In response to that post, a Twitter correspondent wondered whether the Panic of 1907 —the proximate cause of the reform efforts culminating in the Fed ' s establishment —was an exception to my claim, and therefore evidence of the inherent vulnerability of fractional reserve banking. The gist of my two-tweet reply was that it wasn ' t. But since 560 characters hardly allowed me ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 7, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Anti-Vaccinators and their Brave Fight Since the Smallpox Vaccine
With the development of the very first vaccination of smallpox, brave anti-vaccinators fought against the dangerous, ill-advised practice of vaccinations. Those fighting against vaccines included the most intelligent and respected physicians of their time. [1]
This fight has been steadfast and continuous, as anti-vaccinators fought against an unjust, dangerous medical procedure. Vaccinations have always only profited the vaccine makers, not the people targeted for vaccines. Today’s anti-vaccination movement, while still in the minority, is most likely the largest we have had in history.
First Anti-Vaccinators
The smallpo...
Source: vactruth.com - November 20, 2016 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Michelle Goldstein Tags: Logical Michelle Goldstein Recent Articles Top Picks anti-vaccination Polio Vaccine smallpox vaccine truth about vaccines Source Type: blogs
Anti-vaccination beliefs don ’t follow the usual conservative and liberal lines
When health officials learned that the 2015 measles outbreak was caused by clusters of unvaccinated children, Americans once more wanted to understand why some parents do not vaccinate their children. In our highly polarized culture, media commentators and even academics began to connect opposition to vaccination to either the left or right of politics.
So a question arises: Who is more likely to be opposed to vaccination, liberals or conservatives? As a sociologist who studies infectious disease, I took a look at this. The answer seems to depend on what question you ask.
Because the outbreak started in the wealthy, libera...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 31, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/charles-mccoy" rel="tag" > Charles McCoy, PhD < /a > Tags: Conditions Pediatrics Primary Care Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs
How Do They Hack Hospitals? – Cyberthreats In The Digital Health Era
Discussion about cyberthreats is and will increasingly be crucial in the medical field so as to better address and prevent them. This issue is particularly concerning as the world is increasingly turning to digital solutions to access healthcare while we must limit physical visits.
However, these discussions should not revolve only around strengthening the IT infrastructure with anti-malwares. This won’t cut it as, in addition to the technological component, there’s very much a social component in hacking into healthcare facilities. Let’s decrypt how this is the case; and consider additional measures that all of u...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 19, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Covid-19 Healthcare Policy Security & Privacy Hospital data security cybercrime cybersecurity wannacry ransomware data breach hipaa virus NHS cyberattack Acronis Mandiant social hacking Kevin Mitnick Rapid7 social eng Source Type: blogs
Current Salmonella Outbreak Dates to 2004
Foster Farms, a large producer of raw chicken for the consumer market, has been identified as the source of the current Salmonella illness outbreak in California and 17 other states. The company has been tracked as a source since 2004.Contributor: Charles SimminsPublished: Oct 08, 2013
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - October 8, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
The Human Cost of Yellow fever in America: A Chronology
[1,2] (primary references available on request).
1793 to 1900 – An estimated 500,000 cases of yellow fever occurred in the United States.
1693 to 1905- An estimated 100,000 to 150,000 died of yellow fever in the United States. These figures included 14,217 deaths in Philadelphia during 1699 to 1803.
1904 to 1914 – The death rate among American personnel involved in constructing the Panama Canal was 15.8 per 1,000.
Chronology:
1668 – Yellow fever was first reported in North America – including 370 fatal cases in New York City
1803 – 606 fatal cases were reported in New York City.
1856 – 538 fatal cases...
Source: GIDEON blog - October 18, 2013 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Ebooks Epidemiology VIPatients united states Yellow fever Source Type: blogs
Texas Whooping Cough Epidemic and Vaccinations
The Texas Department of State Health Services has released preliminary data from August on the vaccination status of whooping cough patients during the 2013 epidemic. Vaccine status may play little part in the outbreak, based upon this data.Contributor: Charles SimminsPublished: Oct 25, 2013
Source: Most Recent Health Wellness - Associated Content - October 25, 2013 Category: Other Conditions Source Type: blogs
The quarantine period for Ebola virus
WHO and CDC recommend that individuals who are potentially infected with Ebola virus should be quarantined for 21 days. Where does this number come from? Charles Haas at Drexel University asked the same question, and provides an answer.
The quarantine period for an infectious disease is based on the incubation period, the time before symptoms of an infection appear. For Ebola virus, the incubation period is 2-21 days after infection. During this time it is believed that individuals infected with the virus are not contagious, but they could produce small amounts of virus. Whether or not a patient is contagious during...
Source: virology blog - October 16, 2014 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Basic virology Information 2-21 days ebola virus ebolavirus hemorrhagic fever incubation period outbreak quarantine viral Source Type: blogs
Whole issues of Genome Biology/Genome Medicine on "Genomics of Infectious Disease"
Wow this has really got some nice papers: BioMed Central | Article collections | Genomics of infectious diseases special issue. I note - this goes well as a follow up to the series I co-coordinated in PLOS a few years back: Genomics of Emerging Infectious Disease - PLOS CollectionsFrom their site:Infectious diseases are major contributors to global morbidity and mortality, and have a devastating impact on public health. The World Health Organization estimates that 1 in 3 deaths worldwide are due to an infectious disease, with a disproportionate number occurring in developing regions. While the completi...
Source: The Tree of Life - November 23, 2014 Category: Medical Scientists Authors: Jonathan Eisen Source Type: blogs
DaVita Settles Another Lawsuit Amidst Accusations of "Managing Witnesses to Provide False Testimony," After Justice Department Lost Interest in Participating
The Latest Case Less than a year since its last big settlement (look here), DaVita HealthCare Partners, the big for-profit dialysis provider, has to settle again. The basics, according to the Denver Post, were:DaVita HealthCare Partners said Monday it will pay up to $495 million to settle a whistle-blower lawsuit accusing the Denver company of defrauding the federal Medicare program of millions of dollars. The company, which said it does not admit any wrongdoing, has now settled its third whistle-blower lawsuit since 2012, with payouts totaling nearly $1 billion.The civil suit, filed in Atlanta in 2011, revolves...
Source: Health Care Renewal - May 8, 2015 Category: Health Management Tags: DaVita fraud impunity legal settlements Source Type: blogs
Until Next Year
It’s been our great pleasure to collaborate with the Health Affairs Blog on this series stemming from the Third Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium at Harvard Law School. This annual event takes a look back over the prior year and previews the year to come with regard to hot topics in health law.
After the symposium, we asked our speakers to keep the conversation going online by expanding on their topics from different angles or by honing in on particularly intriguing features. These pieces were published on the Health Affairs Blog through the spring and into summer.
We heard more from Kevin Outterson on how to...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 24, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Holly Fernandez Lynch, I. Glenn Cohen and Gregory Curfman Tags: Costs and Spending Featured Insurance and Coverage Medicaid and CHIP Organization and Delivery Population Health Public Health ACA Antibiotics Brittany Maynard Common Rule Ebola FDA Harvard Law Hobby Lobby MassHealth Petrie Source Type: blogs
Health Affairs’ August Issue: Hospital Quality And Care
The August issue of Health Affairs contains a cluster of articles focusing on hospital quality and care. Other subjects covered in this variety issue: ways state vaccine exemption laws affect disease outbreaks; how states with strong health insurance rate review managed lower premiums; and characteristics of health care “super-utilizers.”
State Vaccination Exemption Laws, Exemption Rates, And Disease Outbreaks
In the United States, it is left to individual states to require that their kindergarteners show proof of vaccinations or have a vaccination exemption before being admitted to school. W. David Bradford and Anne M...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - August 3, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Chris Fleming Tags: Costs and Spending Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Equity and Disparities Organization and Delivery Population Health Public Health Quality Health Affairs August Issue Mental Health pay-per-performance super-utilizers vaccination laws Source Type: blogs
Yellow Fever and Fame
Infectious Diseases continually shape human history, often through their impact on leaders in Science, Politics, War, Religion, Industry and Art. The death of a King, President or Pope from salmonellosis, plague or anthrax can affect us all, and serves as a useful paradigm in the appreciation of these conditions. For many, yellow fever (YF) remains a “rare tropical disease” which (as in the current Angolan outbreak) periodically appears in the developing world. Few realize that major YF outbreaks were recorded in the United States, Spain, Italy and even England as recently as the early twentieth century.
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Source: GIDEON blog - April 16, 2016 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Dr. Stephen Berger Tags: Epidemiology VIPatients Yellow fever Source Type: blogs
Making Hepatitis C A Rare Disease In The United States
New breakthrough medicines for Hepatitis C present an important choice about setting goals and taking systemic action to achieve public health advances in the United States. Despite appearing to offer cure rates greater than 90 percent, high-priced Hepatitis C drugs have driven treatment rationing since their approval over two years ago. Gaps in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of Hepatitis C pose significant public health consequences.
In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified Hepatitis C as the leading infectious killer in the United States in 2014—the first year in which new me...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - June 15, 2016 Category: Health Management Authors: Victor Roy, Dave Chokshi, Stephen Kissler and Prabhjot Singh Tags: Costs and Spending Drugs and Medical Technology Equity and Disparities Featured Global Health Population Health Public Health Gilead hepatitis C Sovaldi Source Type: blogs
