The News Review:
- Child NZ’s 13th confirmed H1N1 flu case
- New Study: Bankruptcy Tied To Medical Bills
- Child younger than 2 becomes city’s 5th swine flu death
- I miss Tom Daschle and Ted Kennedy
- Utah child dies of H1N1: 489 people confirmed to have virus state …
- Early Childhood Conditions That Lead To Adult Health Disparities …
- Chances missed to save baby boy
Child NZ’s 13th confirmed H1N1 flu case
TVNZ
There were seven staff and 37 children enrolled at the centrewhich will be closed on Monday Dr McGrath says. A decision would be made next week about whether it wouldreopen. Public health nurses and doctors visited the child’s family andthe day care centre this afternoon to assess the situation andwere contacting families with children at the centre. Swabs will be taken from people with flu symptoms and publichealth staff will ensure they are kept in isolation and treatedwith Tamiflu. Advertisementdocument.
New Study: Bankruptcy Tied To Medical Bills
Washington Post
That’s nearly 20 percentage points higher than that pool of respondents reported were connected to medical costs in 2001. f those who filed for bankruptcy in 2007 nearly 80 percent had health insurance. Respondents who reported having insurance indicated average expenses of just under $18000. Respondents who filed and lacked insurance had average medical bills of nearly $27000. Since 2007 the number of Americans without insurance has increased and filing for bankruptcy has become more difficult due to more stringent laws according to the report. The authors of the study David Himmelstein Deborah Thorne Elizabeth Warren and Steffie Woolhandler say their findings “reflect the U.
Child younger than 2 becomes city’s 5th swine flu death
Newsday
It is what the Health Department has cited in declining to provide certain information on the cases involving swine flu. The health department’s Web site Tuesday showed five deaths related to swine flu since the outbreak began in the city in April. The aunt of Montañez who found the baby unconscious told the Daily News that city health officials said the baby had swine flu. The child’s family could not be reached for comment Tuesday. Wednesday the city plans to close two more schools – PS 15 and the PAVE Academy Charter School both in Brooklyn – to control the spread of influenza. The schools will reopen Monday.
I miss Tom Daschle and Ted Kennedy
Daily Kos
getElementById(“share”);object. attachButton(element);Thu Jun 04 2009 at 05:50:23 PM PDTI was reading an article on line at the New York Times and was caught by one paragraph which I’ve been mulling over all day regarding the absence of two key participants Sen Kennedy and Tom Daschle in our current health care debate. I think in this whole debate on health care the absence of two leaders who have put a great deal of thought and effort into outlining what the future of American health care should be has really hindered our chances at reform. More below the fold.
Utah child dies of H1N1: 489 people confirmed to have virus state …
Deseret News
Pam Davenport spokeswoman for the Salt Lake Valley Health Departmentsaid the second death was a child under age 18 with “chronic underlyingconditions. ” Both Utahns who died after contracting the disease have beenSalt Lake Valley residents. Health officials would not release more detailsabout the child who died. Dagmar Vitek Salt Lake Valley Health Department medical directorsaid she’s not sure why Salt Lake County is one area where the viruscontinues to spread rapidly with 330 confirmed cases and two deaths.
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Early Childhood Conditions That Lead To Adult Health Disparities …
Science Daily (press release)
In particular the researchers highlight three findings and propose promising applications in health policy and clinical practice: Adult disease prevention begins with reducing toxic stress in early childhood as a reduction in the number and severity of early adverse experiences will lead to a decrease in the prevalence of a wide range of health problems. High-quality early care and education programs can benefit lifelong health not just learning by providing safe stable responsive environments and evidence-based treatments for family mental health problems. Child welfare services represent an opportunity for lifelong health promotion by augmenting their exclusive focus on child safety and custody with comprehensive developmental assessments and appropriate interventions by skilled professionals. "Health care reform is clearly essential for assuring universal access to needed medical care" says co-author Jack Shonkoff founding director of the Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University. "Yet we also know that health disparities linked to social class race and ethnicity are not primarily about health care access or quality since these inequalities persist in countries that provide health care for all their citizens. These disparities are rooted in where and how we live work and play. Science is now telling us that they’re also about how we as a society treat our youngest members.
Chances missed to save baby boy
BBC News
Rilee Saunders from Torpoint died in March 2008 after suffering a skull fracture and brain damage. His father Brian Saunders 31 was jailed for life with a minimum of 18 years in March 2009 for his murder. A report said his history of child abuse should have alerted care agencies about the danger to Rilee’s health. The report by the Local Safeguarding Children Board (LSCB) said: "There were four key opportunities for professionals in health and the police to have intervened positively in Baby R’s case and had any of these been taken it is almost certain that he would have been safeguarded. "This is because his father’s history would have come to light. " n 3 March 2008 police and paramedics were called to the block of flats where Rilee’s 19-year-old mother Alicia Clark lived with Brian Saunders.
