Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #healthcare_system, aggregated by home.social.
"Beyond being a triumph of #Science water sanitation led to a fundamental shift in public expectations. Once people saw that clean water was possible, they demanded it.
Twentieth-century water treatment programs transformed public health by virtually eliminating waterborne diseases. Ventilation, filtration and disinfection provide us with the opportunity to dramatically reduce the burden of airborne illnesses..."
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-death-rays-that-guard-life/
"Since 2009, there has been a documented shift in road safety for American pedestrians. After decades of declines, pedestrian fatalities have been steadily increasing since the Great Recession... it’s because the cars keep getting bigger. According to a new study by The NYT + the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, thousands of deaths would have been prevented over the past 16 years if cars had not grown so significantly in both height + weight."
"For every 10% increase in calories from ultra-processed foods, the researchers found worse health markers. People who ate more of these foods tended to have higher body weight, worse blood sugar control, higher blood pressure, and less favorable cholesterol levels. They were also more likely to have conditions such as diabetes, metabolic syndrome, and cancer and had a slightly higher risk of dying during the study period."
https://now.tufts.edu/2026/06/03/it-may-not-just-be-whats-ultra-processed-foods-how-theyre-made
USA EPA plans to ignore science, stop regulating greenhouse gases
"Largest deregulatory action" in the history of US would be one of the unhealthiest.
The USA keeps harming the health of its citizens, increasing the costs people must pay for healthcare and increasing costs (such as high homeowners insurance costs) due to #climate_change (caused by human actions, such as this extremely foolish policy).
"Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott (D), who was first elected in 2020, has brought the city’s homicide rate down by treating violent crime as a public health crisis. That means treating violent crime as a symptom of multiple factors, including #racism poverty, and past violence. Addressing violent crime as a public health issue involves going beyond arresting people after violence is committed and taking proactive and preventative measures."
https://popular.info/p/the-secret-to-baltimores-extraordinary
I donated to the Peninsula Community Health Services
https://www.pchsweb.org/about/
PCHS delivers a comprehensive and integrated approach to health care services
Mission:
"PCHS exemplifies a culture of community service. Our patients come from all walks of life. PCHS services are available to our patients without regard to the ability to pay."
It is getting hard for me to believe in charity as I see so many elected Republicans and judges attempting to destroy the USA.
UnitedHealth Sets Timeline to Restore Change Healthcare Systems After BlackCat Hit - https://www.redpacketsecurity.com/unitedhealth-sets-timeline-to-restore-change-healthcare-systems-after-blackcat-hit/
#threatintel #Ransomware_Attack #Healthcare_System #Cybersecurity_Threats
Most physicians would forgo aggressive treatment for themselves at the end of life.
An overwhelming percentage of the 2013 doctors surveyed — 88.3 percent — said they would choose “no-code” or do-not-resuscitate orders for themselves.
But they would tend to pursue aggressive treatment for patients facing a similar prognosis
...The problem for American car companies is pretty clearly poor management. Toyota, and others, builds cars in America profitably.
Paying for health care... is a significant problem. The high cost of the existing #healthcare_system has been known to be a burden on the American #economy for decades but politically it has been preferable to delay taking action. At some point that will change and the systemic problems will be addressed...
https://management.curiouscatblog.net/2005/12/05/fords-wrong-turn/
I received the new covid vaccine and a flu vaccine today. I am very happy we have scientists providing us great options to live healthier lives and to improve the health of our communities.
During the last year the number of covid-deaths in just the USA has declined to the equivalent of 1 to 2 - 747 airplane crashed a week. While that is better than 1 a day it is hardly a sign of eliminating a deadly risk. Get vaccinated.
#CovidIsNotOver #Vaccines #vaccination #Science #healthcare_system