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WHO and international advocacy organization Global Citizen today signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on joint global advocacy initiatives aimed at promoting and protecting health for all people over the next three years.
The main objectives of the collaboration will be to support global efforts to overcome the inequities that millions of people face in accessing health services and attaining the highest levels of physical and mental health, and addressing the health-related challenges posed by climate change.
WHO, the United Nations’ specialized agency for health, and Global Citizen, the international advocacy organization working to end extreme poverty, signed the
If you’re looking for a job in health care, we’ve got some leads for you.
Orlando Health will host two separate hiring events on Wednesday and Thursday.
Wednesday’s recruitment fair will happen from 5 pm to 7 pm at Health Central Hospital in Ocoee.
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Billed as a “Nursing Mix and Mingle,” Health Central, along with Horizon West Hospital, will aim to recruit the following candidates:
Nursing Students
Graduate Nurses
Surgical Tech Students
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Changes to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act enshrining the right to a healthy environment have passed into law.
The federal government has been working on the legislation for several years, and introduced the latest version in the Senate in February.
It also adds a sentence to the act guaranteeing that every Canadian has the right to a healthy environment and makes it a duty of the government to protect that right.
The government now has up to two more years to define how that right will be implemented when it comes to enforcing the act.
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Amanda Bynes was detained this weekend for a mental health evaluation, following the psychiatric hold she was put under earlier this year.
According to TMZ, the Los Angeles Police Department took the former actor, 37, into custody Saturday morning after receiving a call for a woman in distress. Eyewitnesses noted to the outlet that Bynes appeared calm in the presence of the police.
It’s not yet known whether the actress was released or placed on another 5150 psychiatric hold.
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Tessa was a chatbot originally designed by researchers to help prevent eating disorders. The National Eating Disorders Association had hoped that Tessa would be a resource for those seeking information, but the chatbot was taken down when artificial intelligence-related capabilities, added later on, caused the chatbot to provide weight loss advice.
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A few weeks ago, Sharon Maxwell heard the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) was shutting down its long-running national helpline and promoting a chatbot called Tessa as a “meaningful prevention resource” for those struggling with eating disorders. She decided to try out the
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Melanie Gray Miller, a 30-year-old physician, wiped away tears as she described the isolation she felt after losing a beloved patient.
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“It was at the end of a night shift, when it seems like bad things always happen,” said Miller, who is training to become a pediatrician.
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The infant had been sick for months in the Medical University of South Carolina’s pediatric intensive care unit and the possibility that he might not improve was obvious, Miller recalled during an April meeting with physicians and hospital administrators. But the suddenness of his death still caught her
As wildfires continue to burn in several provinces, smoky skies across parts of the country are prompting recommendations from health officials to wear face masks to avoid inhaling harmful smoke.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told reporters on Wednesday morning that he was feeling the impacts of smoky air and encouraged people, especially those with pre-existing respiratory conditions, to wear an N95 mask.
“So, for all of these people, including others who may want to protect themselves against the bad consequences of bad air quality, wearing an N95 mask is the recommended procedure by health authorities,” Duclos said on Wednesday.
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If so, it may well be because of your genes according to an article at SBS.com. Particular genes determine whether you can detect a bitter chemical (called PTC) in broccoli and other brassicas like cauliflower and brussels sprouts.
“On average, about 70% of us can taste something bitter in broccoli or PTC, but those with two copies of the bitter sensitivity gene are closer to 20%, and they are much more likely to hate it.”
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