'Unfortunate But Not Surprising': Sanders Responds to Report Biden-Linked Firm Poll Testing Attacks on Medicare for All

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 16:36

commondreams.org - Sen. Bernie Sanders hit back Monday after new broke that the centrist group Third Way is focus-testing attacks on Medicare for All to see what will stick, using a firm with close…

Category: World

4 in 10 Canadians say they won’t get the flu shot this year: poll - National

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 16:36

globalnews.ca - We’ve come a long way when it comes to awareness around annual flu shots, but a new poll suggests almost 40 per cent of Canadians don’t plan on getting the shot this year. According…

Category: Health

93,000 People in Maine Sign Petition to Veto New Vaccine Bill Taking Away Parental Rights

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 15:01

healthimpactnews.com - On Friday, September 18, 2019, Mainers for Health and Parental Rights held a press conference at the Capitol of Maine to announce they had obtained 93,000 signatures to support…

Category: Politics

Anti-vaxxers cry 'genocide' as city approves plan to encourage more parents to get kids vaccinated | CBC News

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 14:57

cbc.ca - Tensions flared at Toronto city hall on Monday as a large group of anti-vaccination parents protested against the city's decision to adopt a new vaccination strategy. The recommendation by…

Category: Health

Biden-Linked Firm Tests Messages to Undercut ‘Medicare for All’

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 14:19

bloomberg.com - A new poll by a firm linked to Joe Biden is testing messages designed to undercut support among Democrats for Medicare for All, one of the most contentious issues splitting the party’…

Category: World

Ayushman Bharat: A revolutionary step towards a healthy India - Opindia News

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 12:41

opindia.com - At a point of time when the common man is struggling to meet the expenditure of health care which may cost a family’s lifetime savings, the Ayushman Bharat Scheme has come as a lifeline…

Category: Leisure

National Health Insurance Might Be Good for Capitalism

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 12:14

bloomberg.com - Noah Smith is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He was an assistant professor of finance at Stony Brook University, and he blogs at Noahpinion. Health insurance has emerged as a central…

Category: Business

Standard Valsalva vs Modified Valsalva for Cardioversion of SVT? - REBEL EM - Emergency Medicine Blog

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 10:49

rebelem.com - Background: Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is not an uncommon condition in the emergency department. Epidemiologically, SVT has an incidence of 35/100,000 person-years in the United…

Category: Science

'Medication or housing': why soaring insulin prices are killing Americans

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 08:08

theguardian.com - Jada Renee Louis of Newport News, Virginia, died on 22 June 2019 about a week after requiring emergency hospital care for diabetic ketoacidosis, a serious complication caused by a…

Category: Science

Provincial cuts a 'body slam against science' in Canada

Mon, 09/23/2019 - 04:06

ottawacitizen.com - Science organizations in Ontario are being “body slammed” by provincial cuts that could result in discontinued research, job losses and spinoff businesses leaving the province,…

Category: Science