The News Review:
- Health department monitors 2 H1N1 cases (2:30 pm)
- Recession threatens US progress in child wellbeing
- Personal Health: News and Notes
- Probable H1N1 Flu case in Manatee County now confirmed
Health department monitors 2 H1N1 cases (2:30 pm)
Sun.Star
Eric Tayag National Epidemiology Center (NEC) director said that aside from the Japanese child who has been quarantined for possibly contracting the H1N1 virus an earlier case which involves a 48-year-old Japanese man is also being watched closely. Tayag said he could not give more personal information about the adult Japanese except that he was not yet given a clean bill of health from the 62 cases tracked by health officials since May 1. Tayag however clarified that the Japanese child is a new case and was not included in the said figure.
Recession threatens US progress in child wellbeing
Reuters
It suggests the country’s most severe recession in a generation which has cost more than 5 million American jobs since it began in late 2007 is having a drastic impact on children. “ur projections show that virtually all the progress made in family economic well-being since 1975 will be wiped out” Ken Land of Duke University in Durham North Carolina and colleagues wrote in 2009 Child Well-Being Index and Special Focus Report. The annual report sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development a private child advocacy group measures economic health safety and social factors affecting children and teens. Based on current estimates the report projects that the current recession will pare median annual family incomes back to $55700 by 2010 down from $59200 in 2007. Households run by single women will see their annual incomes fall to $23000 in 2010 down from $24950 in 2007. But the steepest drop will be among single households headed by men where median annual family income is expected to drop to $33300 in 2010 from $38100 in 2007. These declines in family income will affect many other aspects of life for children in America.
Personal Health: News and Notes
Philadelphia Inquirer
- Tom AvrilPerceived cancer risks may not reflect actual prevention needs Many people greatly overestimate the odds they will get cancer according to a new study out of Fox Chase Cancer Center. Lead researcher Michael Hall studied 398 people from 278 families who were enrolled in a risk-assessment program for gastrointestinal cancers at Fox Chase. By gathering information on general health family history and genetics the researchers determined that 17 percent were at high risk 70 percent were at moderate-to-high risk and 12 percent were at low risk. Before counseling Hall found those lucky people at low risk imagined that they were just as likely to get gastrointestinal cancer as those in the highest-risk group. After counseling all the subjects were better able to understand their true risks. The results will be presented at the forthcoming American Society of Clinical ncology meeting in rlando Fla. With the growth of genetic tests to evaluate risk the Fox Chase doctors have seen more patients asking to be enrolled in their risk- assessment programs for breast ovarian skin prostate and gastrointestinal cancers.
Probable H1N1 Flu case in Manatee County now confirmed
WWSB ABC 7
The case is a 2-year-old individual living in Manatee County. This is the probable case announced earlier today. The child was seen and treated by a local physician and is recovering at home. The health department says no travel was involved as far as the affected child is concerned. Investigation indications that there are no child care centers or schools associated with this case. The state lab in Tampa now has the capability to test for the H1N1 virus.
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