Medical
E-cigarette use is an 'epidemic', FDA chief says
Despite the fact that they can not legally be sold to anyone under 18, e-cigarettes - hand-held vaporizers that create aerosols from liquids typically packed with nicotine and other chemicals, often including flavorings - are now the most popular tobacco product among high school students, recent federal data shows. [Full Article...]
Flu Vaccines Recommended Ahead Of Flu Season: Is It Time To Vaccinate?
The nasal spray vaccine will also be extended to primary school children in year 5 (650,000 extra children), meaning the vaccine will be offered to children in years reception, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 - the ambition is to eventually roll out the programme to all primary school children. [Full Article...]
Two Nigerian travellers import monkeypox into UK
Dr Mike Beadsworth, from Liverpool University Hospital, where the second patient is being treated, said: "The patient is being cared for on our specialist infectious and tropical diseases unit, by highly trained staff who are experienced in dealing with a variety of infectious diseases ". [Full Article...]
Prince William launches mental health website
Almost 1,500 emergency service workers across Yorkshire had to take time off work for stress, anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in 2017/18, a four-year high. Faye McGuiness, Head of Workplace Wellbeing Programmes at Mind, said: "From the initial work on naming, through branding and onto the design of the website, working with Rachel and her team has been great". [Full Article...]
Middle-aged wine drinkers urged to have a day off booze - Ireland
Public Health England chief executive Duncan Selbie explained why the campaign is necessary, saying: "It's all too easy to let our drinking creep up on us". Former England and Liverpool footballer John Barnes, 54, is supporting the campaign. She said:"Millions of adults in the United Kingdom are drinking in ways that are harmful for their health, often without even realising it". [Full Article...]
Too many teens are using Juuls, according to the FDA
Gottlieb is talking about reneging on the FDA's four-year extension of the deadline for seeking regulatory approval to continue selling e-cigarettes, which would wreak havoc with a market that he concedes has great potential for reducing smoking-related disease and death. [Full Article...]
First case of monkeypox recorded in UK
The rare viral infection was found on Saturday in a Nigerian citizen who is being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in London after being diagnosed while staying at a naval base in Cornwall , Public Health England said. PHE said in a statement: "People without symptoms are not considered infectious but, as a precaution, those who have been in close proximity are being contacted to ensure t... [Full Article...]
Cape May County Man Tests Positive for West Nile Virus
Two deaths in Northern California due to the West Nile virus were confirmed Monday by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH). The risk of serious illness to most people is low. As of July 24, to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were no confirmed cases of West Nile in either Virginia or the District of Columbia. [Full Article...]