India fares better on public healthcare: Gates Foundation CEO
The annual Goalkeepers Report published by the Gates foundation reveals that global public health challenges have worsened due to Covid-related disruptions, leading to additional financial burden and spending cuts on public health infrastructure. The report highlights the need to refocus attention on maternal and child health and suggests new interventions that can make a transformative difference. In an interview with ET's Deborshi Chaki, Mark Suzman, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, laid down the key issues highlighted this year.
Source: The Economic Times - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Earth Is Mostly Outside Its ‘ Safe Operating Space For Humanity, ’ Study Warns
Earth is exceeding its “safe operating space for humanity” in six of nine key measurements of its health, and two of the remaining three are headed in the wrong direction, a new study said. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Earth’s climate, biodiversity, land, freshwater, nutrient pollution and “novel” chemicals (human-made compounds like microplastics and nuclear waste) are all out of whack, a group of international scientists said in Wednesday’s journal Science Advances. Only the acidity of the oceans, the health of the air and the ozone layer are within the boundaries c...
Source: TIME: Science - September 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: SETH BORENSTEIN / AP Tags: Uncategorized climate change healthscienceclimate wire Source Type: news

7 Lifestyle Factors Help Keep Depression at Bay
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13, 2023 -- A healthy lifestyle -- especially getting enough sleep -- may offer substantial protection against depression, new research suggests. The study, of more than 287,000 British adults, found that several lifestyle factors...
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - September 13, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news

What to Know About the New COVID-19 Vaccine Booster
In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC)’s vaccine committee recommended that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot. In a long-awaited update to the COVID-19 vaccine schedule, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommended on Sept. 12 that everyone six months or older should get another booster shot. CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen endorsed the recommendation made by the agency’s committee of outside vaccine experts. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] That shot will be the newest vaccine greenlit by the Foo...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alice Park Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 Source Type: news

4 Ways to Help Your Child Adapt to Life ’s Rapid Changes
If you’re a parent, you often feel that life today is complicated, overloaded, and moving at warp speed. Technological advances like AI are creating exponential change, the world is getting hotter, and the future is hard to imagine–both for ourselves and our kids. The world is brimming with uncertainty as life races forward. Scientists are calling our era “The Great Acceleration,” and it’s creating unprecedented challenges for us as we raise our children. As mental health professionals working with families, we meet so many parents who are afraid that their kids aren’t equipped for al...
Source: TIME: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Heather Tedesco, Jennifer Weaver, and Catherine McCarthy Tags: Uncategorized freelance Source Type: news

Staggering mental health, addiction stats push northern First Nations to call for emergency declaration
Mental health and addictions issues aren't new in First Nations in northern Ontario, but people in the field say the situation is getting worse. Chiefs across the region are calling for urgent intervention to ease the crisis, along with more autonomy in delivering health-care services to their communities.
Source: CBC | Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Thunder Bay Source Type: news

What ’s happening with the ‘Goldilocks economy’
Goldilocks’ porridge is getting cold again – and the bears are already sniffing their way back to the house. With late August’s economic reports showing the US is growing steadily stronger, talk of a “Goldilocks economy” emerged earlier this month. The decades-old catchphrase sets an ideal for…#salomonbrothers #davidshulman #ukraine #siliconvalleybank #jeromepowell #pessimismofdisbelief #goldilocks #kenfisher #fisherinvestments
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Criteo looks to unify retail media with a DSP and a three-pronged set of data tools and solutions
The burgeoning world of retail media holds great potential for advertisers looking to connect with consumers and better understand their shopping habits. But with so many retailers getting into the retail media business in the last few years, it’s become a chaotic marketplace — albeit one with…#criteo #commercemax #commerceyield #midnighttheater #manhattan #hudsonyards #meganclarken #clarken #amazon #briangleason
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Apple ’s iPhone 15 Pro Max Pushes Up the Price
The company unveiled a new iPhone lineup aimed at wringing more money out of its top model without jacking up prices for more basic versions that are getting only minor upgrades.#iphone
Source: Reuters: Health - September 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

CIA bribed its own COVID-19 origin team to reject lab-leak theory, anonymous whistleblower claims
An unnamed CIA whistleblower has made the dramatic allegation that six analysts there were bribed to reject the theory that COVID-19 resulted from a research-related leak of a new coronavirus, according to a press release today from the office of the Republican leading a congressional investigation into the pandemic. The allegation was strongly rejected in a CIA statement released hours later. A majority of U.S. intelligence agencies has so far concluded that the COVID-19 pandemic mostly likely started when SARS-CoV-2 jumped from an infected animal host into people; a wildlife market in Wuhan, China, has receive...
Source: ScienceNOW - September 12, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news

Zach Bryan ’s ' lippy ' arrest has a hidden lesson about traffic stops
Country music star Zach Bryan’s recent arrest should be more than celebrity gossip — it should remind us of how precarious traffic stops can be. Last week, he apologized to fans for getting “too lippy” during an Oklahoma traffic stop involving his security guard, which led to Bryan’s arrest for…#zachbryan #oklahoma #philandocastile #dauntewright #tyrenichols
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The iPhone has a new button for the first time in 16 years and it ' s getting rid of the switch it ' s had since day 1
None Apple is doing away with a switch every iPhone device has had since the first and introducing a new button on the Pro models. • None The iPhone 15 Pro has a customizable "action button" in place of the usual ring/silent switch on the side. • None The action button can start a voice memo, open…#apple #iphone #applewatchultra
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How a Timer (Not Your Phone ’s) Can Help You Work Much More Efficiently
SPINNING HEADS To clear your mind and concentrate, experts often suggest non-phone timers. One cheerful model: Everybody Kitchen Timer, $48, DusenDusen.com. I’VE BEEN my own boss since 2017, but my procrasta-holic tendencies were getting the best of me until I laid them off with one humble tool: a…
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Get your refills while they last: McDonald ' s plans to get rid of self-serve soda in the coming years
Say goodbye to refilling that Coke. McDonald’s is getting rid of self-served soda. The Chicago-based fast food chain plans to eliminate self-service soda machines at its U.S. restaurants by 2032, McDonald’s confirmed this week. It’s unclear if locations outside the U.S. will follow suit. In an…#coke #mcdonalds #mcdonaldsusa #mcdonald #statejournalregister #illinois #chipotle #carside #ubereats #ianborden
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

McDonald ' s plans to eliminate self-service soda stations at all its restaurants
Say goodbye to refilling that Coke. McDonald’s is getting rid of self-served soda. The Chicago-based fast food chain plans to eliminate self-service soda machines at its U.S. restaurants by 2032, McDonald’s confirmed this week. It’s unclear if locations outside the U.S. will follow suit. In an…#coke #mcdonalds #mcdonaldsusa #mcdonald #statejournalregister #illinois #chipotle #carside #ubereats #ianborden
Source: Reuters: Health - September 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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