Cities in Europe and around the world cautiously lift lockdown restrictions
Around the world, the first careful steps are being taken to ease countries out of strict lockdown measures imposed on citizens by COVID-19, but there are already concerns some countries may be moving too fast. Holly Williams speaks with a Turkish barber, opening his doors to some hairy customers for the first time in nearly two months.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 11, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scared to Return to Work Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic? These Federal Laws Could Grant You Some Protections
Raven Sterrett, a 27-year-old dental hygienist in Portland, Oregon, hasn’t gone to work in months. Governor Kate Brown suspended non-urgent medical procedures in mid-March, part of an effort to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus. But Brown reversed that order on May 1, and now Sterrett’s boss asked her to return to work on May 11. Sterrett’s employer Pham Dental Care had taken steps to follow the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines to protect patients and staff, she tells TIME: ordering thermometers to test patients on arrival and acquiring personal protective equipment...
Source: TIME: Health - May 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Madeleine Carlisle Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Economy Explainer News Desk Source Type: news

Governors grapple with reopening amid projected spike in virus cases
Governors of every U.S. state are grappling with the question of when to begin lifting pandemic lockdowns. Texas Governor Abbott is moving forward with plans to reopen non-essential businesses like hair salons and barber shops, despite acknowledging the potential rise in infections. David Begnaud reports on how some people continue to resist social distancing guidelines, including in Michigan, where authorities are still searching for two men charged with murdering a Family Dollar security guard who asked a customer ’s daughter to wear a mask.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - May 6, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Suicides at shooting ranges - Barber C, Walters H, Brown T, Hemenway D.
Background: Some shooting ranges have adopted policies to prevent suicides at their facilities. Little data have been available to guide them. Aim: We aimed to describe the incidence and characteristics of suicides at public shooting ranges. Method: We...
Source: SafetyLit - May 4, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Recreational and Sports Issues Source Type: news

President Trump Reportedly Approved Georgia Governor ’s Plan to Reopen State, Before Publicly Attacking It
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence repeatedly told Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp that they approved of his aggressive plan to allow businesses to reopen, just a day before Trump pulled an about-face and publicly bashed the plan, according to two administration officials. The green light from Pence and Trump came in separate private conversations with the Republican governor both before Kemp announced his plan to ease coronavirus restrictions and after it was unveiled on Monday, the officials said. Trump’s sudden shift came only after top health advisers reviewed the plan more closely and persuaded the pre...
Source: TIME: Health - April 25, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: JONATHAN LEMIRE and BEN NADLER / AP Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 georgia News Desk wire Source Type: news

Changes in firearm and medication storage practices in homes of youths at risk for suicide: results of the SAFETY study, a clustered, emergency department-based, multisite, stepped-wedge trial - Miller M, Salhi C, Barber C, Azrael D, Beatriz E, Berrigan J, Brandspigel S, Betz ME, Runyan C.
STUDY OBJECTIVE: We evaluate whether a counseling intervention implemented at the hospital level resulted in safer firearm and medication storage by caregivers of youths aged 10 to 17 years after their child's evaluation in the emergency department (ED) fo...
Source: SafetyLit - April 24, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Georgia eases lockdown; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000
Barber shops, nail salons, gyms and a few other businesses are reopening in Georgia as the Republican governor eases a month-long shutdown despite warnings from health experts of a potential new surge of coronavirus infections
Source: ABC News: Health - April 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Health Source Type: news

Georgia barber shop owner: "We need to start making income, ASAP"
Governor's controversial decision to let close-contact businesses open applauded by some struggling to stay afloat.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 23, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A tiny, ugly scientific marvel: Olaf the IVF toad brings hope to at-risk species
Amphibians are at the forefront of a battle against extinction – but they’re not the only ones benefiting from ‘frozen zoos’Olaf grasps Diane Barber ’s gloved hands with his sticky, four-fingered legs. His skin is bumpy and moist, the colour of pebbles at the bottom of a river when dappled sun hits them. Olaf’s eyes are deep amber. His body lifts and falls with each breath. “The males get really pretty,” says Barber, ectotherms curator a t Fort Worth zoo in Texas. “Sometimes they’ll turn a solid yellow when they’re in breeding form.”In some ways, this toad shouldn ’t exist at all. He is the progen...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 22, 2020 Category: Science Authors: Katharine Gammon Tags: Conservation Science Endangered species Animals Environment Wildlife World news Source Type: news

The moral dilemma of COVID-19: Difficult decisions on economy and saving lives
Save the economy or save lives? That's the key moral dilemma facing officials as they weigh which steps to take next in response to the pandemic. The New York Times held a video conference with five experts from different backgrounds to discuss the difficult decisions that lie ahead. Reverend William Barber, a prominent political activist who took part in that discussion, joined CBSN with more.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 16, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Restarting America Means People Will Die. So When Do We Do It?
Five thinkers weigh moral choices in a crisis.
Source: NYT Health - April 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: The New York Times Magazine Tags: Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) United States Economy Barber, William J II Case, Anne (1958- ) Emanuel, Ezekiel J Gupta, Vanita Singer, Peter (1946- ) Source Type: news

Fear in salons and barber shops as Japan deems haircuts "essential"
"However scrupulous our sanitation, don't they understand we can't completely guard against infection?" said one nervous barber.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - April 10, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Indonesian barber gears up to groom during coronavirus
Indonesian hair stylist Herman Maulanasyah knows that he may look comical in his makeshift protective gear but he sees that as a small price if it helps protect him and his customers from the novel coronavirus.
Source: Reuters: Health - April 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

Latest Study Reinforces Cosmetic Talc, Mesothelioma Link
Evidence continues to mount that prolonged exposure to cosmetic talcum powder contaminated by asbestos fibers is causing mesothelioma cancer. Individuals using cosmetic talc regularly may be putting themselves at higher risk, according to doctors at Peninsula Pathology Associates in Newport News, Virginia. They recently completed the most extensive case study to date on the topic. Mesothelioma is an aggressive cancer caused primarily by the inhalation or ingestion of asbestos fibers. Peninsula’s study involved 75 mesothelioma patients — including 64 women — who believed their only exposure to asbestos was through cos...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - April 1, 2020 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Source Type: news

On Oklahoma plains, an island of near normality in a pandemic
On red cobbled Main Street in Guymon, the biggest town in Oklahoma's panhandle, Jesus Ruiz gives "high and tight" hair cuts as a red, white and blue barber's pole turns lazily outside.
Source: Reuters: Health - March 30, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news

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