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     Carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless and colorless gas, often dubbed the “silent” or “invisible killer.” reason.  When a powerful storm or hurricane cuts the power off in your home, a few Floridians die from CO gas, because we make mistakes using portable generators and emergency cooking and heating devices.

     “We are not there yet, but the end is in sight,” he said at a news briefing in Geneva comparing the effort to that made by a marathon runner nearing the finishing line, The Associated Press reported. “Now is the time to run harder and make sure we cross the line and reap all the rewards of our hard work.”

As Sickle Cell Awareness Month is underway this September, the American Red Cross is teaming up with organizations in the Black community to rally blood donors who are Black to support patients with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is the most common inherited blood disorder in the U.S., mostly affecting patients of African descent who may require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lifetime. Seasonal changes can trigger pain crises for those battling sickle cell disease — possibly increasing the need for lifesaving blood transfusions.

In Alabama, pregnant women have been prosecuted after filling prescriptions for medications from their doctors. Officials in Arizona placed one mother on a career-limiting child abuse registry after the birth of her son in 2019, claiming she had neglected her unborn child by using marijuana with a medical license. That case was overturned earlier this year, with the appeals court finding that medical marijuana was similar to any medicine used under physician’s care.

Coronavirus Report: September 12, 2022

In 2020, the journal Pediatrics reported that 40.7 percent of people ages 2 to 24 who were prescribed a drug for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder also were prescribed at least one other medication for depression, anxiety, or another mood or behavioral disorder.

In further dedication to advancing women’s health, Broward Health Medical Center is now offering a minimally invasive procedure called Acessa® ProVu to treat uterine fibroids. Fibroids are noncancerous growths in the uterus composed of muscle and connective tissue from the wall of the uterus.

*Coronavirus cases continue to fall across the US.

     But a public narrative persists in suggesting the current outbreak is linked to Africa, West Africa or Nigeria, noted a group of 29 biologists and other researchers. That builds on an existing stigma, although the virus has been detected without a clear link to Africa.  The majority – 84 percent—of confirmed cases are from the European region, followed by the Americas, Africa, Eastern Mediterranean region and Western Pacific region.

Coronavirus Report: August 29, 2022