An increase of 41 measles cases were reported in the United States from the previous week. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says it's the largest number of measles cases reported in the country since 1992, and the largest since measles was declared eradicated almost two decades ago in 2000. From the CDC report, here's a ...
If you've spent any time on planet Earth in the past five years, chances are that someone has recommended that you "Take some time for self-care." Maybe a friend has encouraged you to enjoy a "Treat yo' self" kind of day. Maybe they’ve told you... ... Facebook this morning announced a new initiative focused on using its data and technologies to help nonprofit organizations and universities working in public health better map the spread of infectious diseases around the world. Specifically, the company is introducing three new maps: population density maps with demographic estimates, movement maps, and network coverage maps. These, ... As measles outbreaks in the United States and other countries continue to get worse, Twitter is introducing new search tools meant to help users find credible resources about vaccines. It will also stop auto-suggesting search terms that would lead users to misinformation about vaccines. In a blog post, Twitter vice president of trust and safety ... Social media-fuelled anti-vaxxer propaganda is the latest online harm the U.K. government is targeting. Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today program this morning health secretary Matt Hancock said he will meet with representatives from social media platforms on Monday to pressure them into doing more to prevent false information about the safety of vaccinations from ...
British Columbia -- ground zero for the opioid epidemic in Canada and long a principal point of ingress for ****** -- pioneered the harm-reduction approach with the world's first safe injection sites; now addiction researcher and MD Mark Tyndall wants to go further and end accidental overdoses from fentanyl and other additives by giving ... “We are conducting a thorough review and will remove any campaigns currently on the platform.” — GoFundMe ...
YouTube said Friday that it would pull advertising from videos that espouse anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, according to BuzzFeed. The action contributes to a growing trend of social media companies taking action to combat the spread of vaccine... ...
It's been ten years since the people of Juneau, Alaska succumbed to conspiracy theories and voted to ruin their kids' teeth by removing fluoride from the drinking water, and it shows.
A BMC Oral Health study by Jennifer Meyer (U Alaska), Vasileios Margaritis (Walden U) and Aaron Mendelsohn (Walden U) found that, on average, the ...
Bill Gates has a long, complicated and showy relationship with malaria eradication, and in a new letter, he makes a case that mosquitoes are Earth's deadliest animals, outkilling even the murderous h. sap..
Gates's jeremiad comes as the eradication of disease-transmitting mosquitoes is seemingly within our grasp.
There are more than 2,500 ...
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Measles growing in the U.S., largest number of cases reported since 1992
Self-care isn’t enough. We need community care to thrive.
Facebook releases a trio of maps to aid with fighting disease outbreaks
Twitter launches new search features to stop the spread of misinformation about vaccines
UK health minister leans on social media platforms to delete anti-vax content
Harm reduction: an opioid “vending machine”
GoFundMe says anti-vaccine fundraising campaigns violate terms of service, will be taken down
YouTube pulls advertising from anti-vaccination videos
Ten years after Juneau ditched water fluoridation, kids racked up an average of $300/each in extra dental bills
Bill Gates wants us to fear mosquitoes, not sharks