good morning. Welcome to the New York Health Care Newsletter on Monday. Here’s an update on this week’s health care news and a look back at last week’s important news.
who declared the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency. The virus has now been declared a public health emergency of international concern alongside H1N1, Zika, polio, Covid-19 and others.
new york city 17,000 monkeypox vaccine pre-orders begin on Friday, at 7:30 p.m. The city’s health department tweeted that they were all fulfilled. More vaccines are expected to arrive in New York as the Biden administration considers declaring a public health emergency to quell the current epidemic among gay men. It has been.
rockland county 18 polio vaccines were administered on Friday as the state reported its first case in nearly a decade. Twenty more appointments were made on Monday, said Beth Sefal, spokesman for county administration Edday, but added that anyone needing the polio vaccine can get it through their family doctor. According to a press release, the polio-infected person “developed symptoms of weakness and paralysis a month ago, but Rockland County cannot confirm anything else about this person’s condition.”
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DUAL CRISES — Shannon Young and Amanda Eisenberg of POLITICO: As Covid-19 cases explode again in New York City, state and city officials are focused on containing the small but rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak. increase. Public health officials are scrambling to contain the spread of a rare virus that saw case rates double in New York last week. We opened immunization clinics in hotspot areas and launched a new public awareness campaign. Meanwhile, Covid rates in New York City and its surrounding suburbs have recovered to levels not seen since this spring.
Polio resurgence — Shannon reports: New York state health officials and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed the first case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade, state officials said Thursday. The virus, which spreads rapidly among asymptomatic people and can take up to 30 days for symptoms to appear, was discovered in Rockland County, a suburb of New York City, according to the state Department of Health. It is the first CDC-confirmed case in the United States since 2013, according to the state.
…the country said it was coordinating with The Rockland County Health Department and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Health will investigate, respond proactively, and encourage vaccination. We also advise healthcare professionals to be on the lookout for other potential cases.
should we call it? — Daniel Payne of POLITICO: U.S. health officials are working to make treatments and vaccines available to more people and are discussing whether to declare a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak. The discussion comes as a virus endemic in West and Central Africa but rare in the United States continues to spread across the country. As of Thursday, there were 2,593 reported cases, up from 1,470 last week. The federal government said Friday it had shipped more than 300,000 doses of the vaccine to states and cities to control the epidemic.
In other news:
— Administration of Mayor Eric Adams announced on Sunday that $1 million from anonymous donors will be used to recruit mental health professionals to work in the public hospital system. “NYC Health + Hospitals will provide a psychiatrist, a psychiatric nurse her practitioner, a psychologist, and a licensed clinical social her worker in exchange for her three-year commitment to serve the public health system. $10,000 to provide her with $50,000 of debt forgiveness.”
— about 100 doctors,In the letter I sent today, He called on the Adams administration to “stop the sweep” of homeless people living on the streets. They cited the results of the first sweep conducted between March 18 and his May 1, in which only 39 of his 264 displaced persons had access to temporary housing. “The result is a dehumanizing cat-and-mouse game between city officials and the most vulnerable members of our community,” the letter said. End up in other public spaces. ”
— Thousands of Working New Yorkers According to a new analysis from the Community Service Society, “Between 2015 and 2020, we experienced wage garnishment of 10% of gross wages because we were unable to pay our hospital bills.”
— Make a round: Brett Friedman, who resigned as the state’s acting commissioner of Medicaid in May, returned to Ropes & Gray LLP as a partner in health care operations.
— Play more rounds: Phelps Hospital has appointed Amy Matthews as Chief Nursing Officer.
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Now we know— It’s kidney stone season.
Tip of the day —Want to stay cool during a heat wave? The State Department of Health recommends drinking plenty of fluids, but avoiding drinks with alcohol, caffeine, or sugar.
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study this— NBC News reports: “Recruiting a more diverse nursing workforce can help address ‘racial and ethnic disparities in maternal health outcomes’ and improve maternal health, researchers at Columbia University report. There is a possibility.”
some inhalers exacerbate climate change.
Kaiser Health News Learn about Charleston birthing facilities for pregnant teenagers and how the Supreme Court overturned the ruling. Law vs Wade It may affect the demand for such facilities.
“Monkeypox epidemic In the United States, it could represent the dawn of a new sexually transmitted disease,” reports the Associated Press.
How does stat look Experts are struggling to make sense of the “continuing mystery” that has long been Covid.
From The New York Times: “Ghana has announced the country’s first Marburg outbreak after the deaths of two unrelated people on 27 and 28 June. added to concerns of a public weary of battling the coronavirus pandemic, and recently alarmed by a monkeypox epidemic and new cases of polio.”
Students in Miami-Dade County According to POLITICO’s Andrew Atterbury, a member of the school board this week rejected two proposed textbooks over concerns that they violated the state’s “Parents’ Rights in Education” bill. Books can be gone for months.
Jeremy B. White of POLITICO: California challenged the confluence of gun and abortion rights directly to the U.S. Supreme Court, and Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law a firearms bill that accepts the private enforcement doctrine. can sue manufacturers and citizens who distribute prohibited assault weapons and ghost guns. Newsom explicitly modeled the concept on the Texas law preserved by the High Court.
Vice President Kamala Harris Heading to Indianapolis on Monday. That’s because Indiana is poised to become the first state to hold a special legislative session on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned it. Law vs Wade POLITICO’s Adam Wren reported last month.
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