Health Insider Flu deaths among US children reach 15-year high, CDC reports Scripps News Group
More U.S. children have died as a result of the flu this season than in the past 15 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The CDC reported 12 pediatric flu deaths for the week ending April 26, bringing the total number to 216. The last time so many children died […]
Very Young Children in HIV Treatment More Likely to Die
Children younger than age 5 years with HIV who received antiretroviral treatment (ART) died globally at percentages two to nine times higher than older children, a CDC study found. Among children receiving ART for HIV through the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), 4.9% of those under age 1 and 2.5% of those […]
Wrongful Death Suit Filed After Patient Waited Hours in Emergency Room Lobby
After a patient died while waiting for care in an emergency department waiting room in Washington state, the woman’s husband has filed suit against the hospital, Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. Sean Costello, individually and on behalf of the estate of Cheyenna Costello, alleged that his wife’s death at the age of 41 in November […]
Deadly Milkshakes; Masks Back at College Campus; Task Force Updates PrEP Guidance
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Three people died after drinking milkshakes contaminated with listeria at a Frugal’s burger restaurant in Tacoma, Washington. (NBC News) Of course first-year medical residents who started training before the COVID-19 pandemic had lower rates of PTSD symptoms compared with those who started their training during the […]
Family Gun Culture May Play a Role in Teens’ Risk of Firearm Suicide
SAN FRANCISCO — Many teens who died by firearm suicide grew up in gun-owning families, according to a small psychological autopsy study. Interviews with family members of nine teens who died by firearm suicide showed that 89% of decedents had prior family engagement with firearms or the family considered itself to be engaged in firearm […]
Opinion | ‘No One Ever Died of a Skinny Buttocks’: What We Heard This Week
“Remember, no one ever died of a skinny buttocks.” — Arthur Perry, MD, of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York, on the risk-benefit ratio of Brazilian butt lift surgery. “I get up every morning and I look at patient messages and half of them are due to Mounjaro.” — Karl Nadolsky, DO, of Holland Hospital […]
As The Deaths Pile Up, Experts Ask: Why Are Police Involved In Mental Health Crises?
Gershun Freeman died inside a Memphis, Tennessee, jail in October. A few months later, in March, Irvo Otieno perished inside a state hospital shortly after police and hospital staff knelt on him for several minutes. Aside from being two more Black men in America who died in police custody, their stories share another commonality: Both […]
A Man Was Left In Jail Naked, Alone And Suffering From Psychosis — He Died Weeks Later
Joshua McLemore died after 20 days in solitary confinement in the Jackson County jail, during which time he barely ate or drank. Courtesy Budge & Heipt When 29-year-old Joshua McLemore stopped answering his mother’s calls and texts, she started to worry. McLemore had been diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult, and he had struggled […]
New Video Shows Virginia Deputies Piling On Handcuffed Black Man Who Later Died
Irvo Otieno, 28, died after an encounter with law enforcement at a state hospital in Petersburg, Virginia. Ben Crump Law/Handout via REUTERS New surveillance footage from a Virginia state hospital shows at least 10 sheriff’s deputies and hospital workers piling on top of Irvo Otieno, a handcuffed Black man who died of asphyxia soon after. […]
Children’s HIV Deaths in Africa Largely Preventable
SEATTLE — More than half of the children who died from HIV-related illnesses in Africa were not diagnosed with HIV prior to their death, and nearly all of these deaths were preventable, data from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) study indicated. Of more than 2,100 pediatric deaths captured in recent years across […]