Public health

Three-year-old given antibiotics in likely life-saving act as paramedics suspect meningococcal

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Three-year-old given antibiotics in likely life-saving act as paramedics suspect meningococcal

Queensland paramedics’ quick decision to immediately give a sick boy antibiotics — suspecting, correctly, that he had meningococcal — potentially saved his life. Three-year-old Arthur* developed high temperatures, lethargy, vomiting and was writhing in pain when his parents called triple-0 earlier in 2024. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Arthur’s mum call to emergency services. Newsletters: Breaking … Read more

Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week

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Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protest in the streets as national strike enters second week

NAIROBI, Kenya — Hundreds of Kenyan doctors protested in the streets Friday demanding better pay and working conditions in an ongoing nationwide strike that has entered its second week. The doctors carried placards and chanted against the Kenyan government, saying it had failed to implement a raft of promises, including a collective bargaining agreement signed … Read more

Dozens of new NSW Ambulance vehicles sitting dormant despite high demand

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Dozens of new NSW Ambulance vehicles sitting dormant despite high demand

A fleet of new ambulances ready to be rolled out across NSW is instead sitting dormant, 7NEWS can reveal. Politicians had promised to open dozens of new stations. However, two years down the track, only one site has been locked in. The 70 new ambulances are parked in yards at Parramatta and Fairfield, with some … Read more

South Australian swimmers warned over chlorine-resistant parasite causing surge in gastro cases

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South Australian swimmers warned over chlorine-resistant parasite causing surge in gastro cases

A parasite found in water and which is resistant to chlorine has been linked to a surge in gastroenteritis cases in South Australia. SA Health has reported 164 cryptosporidiosis cases in 2024, compared with 33 cases at the same time last year and 196 total cases in 2023. WATCH VIDEO ABOVE: Urgent health warning for … Read more

There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023

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There Are Already More Measles Cases in the US This Year Than All of 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Medical Association sent out separate but similar pleas on Monday for unvaccinated Americans to get vaccinated against the extremely contagious measles virus as vaccination rates have slipped, cases are rising globally and nationally, and the spring-break travel period is beginning. In the first 12 weeks … Read more

Woman dies after ‘alarming’ cancer results ignored, prompting NSW GP’s disqualification

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Woman dies after ‘alarming’ cancer results ignored, prompting NSW GP’s disqualification

A country doctor has been banned from working after wrongly diagnosing a woman with glandular fever and anxiety weeks before she died of liver cancer and heart disease. The 71-year-old woman went to GP Kin Vui Tan in Lithgow, central western NSW, five times in early 2021 with “alarming” blood test results and rapidly declining … Read more

Early results show lower cancer rates than expected among Air Force nuclear missile personnel

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Early results show lower cancer rates than expected among Air Force nuclear missile personnel

WASHINGTON — The Air Force is reporting the first data on cancer diagnoses among troops who worked with nuclear missiles and, while the data is only about 25% complete, the service says the numbers are lower than what they expected. The Air Force said so far it has identified 23 cases of non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a … Read more

Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year

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Arizona’s most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year

PHOENIX — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported they confirmed a staggering 645 heat-associated deaths last year — more than 50% higher than 2022 and another consecutive annual record in arid metro Phoenix. The numbers in the preliminary report by the Maricopa County Department of Public Health alarmed officials in … Read more

The Global Danger of Boring Buildings

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The Global Danger of Boring Buildings

We need to make the exterior parts of buildings that people focus on more interesting, so that people want to protect rather than replace them. But most people aren’t architects or city planners—they can’t change the designs of what’s being made. Indeed, we have a public who feel utterly powerless, and a construction industry that … Read more

Cause of death revealed after Indiana mum-of-two, 41, collapses mid-flight

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Cause of death revealed after Indiana mum-of-two, 41, collapses mid-flight

The Indiana mom who perished last month while flying home from vacation in the Dominican Republic died from a tear to one of her neck arteries, her brother said Thursday. Stefanie Smith, a 41-year-old mother of two teenagers from Danville, suffered a carotid artery dissection, Chris Volz said. This condition, which affects the major blood … Read more