Category «Health Care»

Fast fires

Reuters Graphics: “Fires are growing faster in the western United States. The fastest of them – termed “fast fires” – often erupt near towns and account for most structural wildfire damage according to researchers who analyzed over 60,000 fires from 2001 to 2020. Fast fires grow about 4,000 acres or more on their fastest day, …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Health Care, Housing, Transportation

Time to Delete? The Most Invasive Apps List Includes Some of Your Favorites

PC Mag: “The apps on your phone know way too much about you. I’ll tell you which apps collect the most data and offer suggestions for locking down your private information. Everyone wants your data. And why not? There’s a lot of money in selling or sharing the information apps collect about you. App companies …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Health Care, Internet, Privacy

Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 1, 2025

Via LLRX – Pete Recommends – Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, February 1, 2025 – Privacy and cybersecurity issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, finance, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Health Care, Internet, Privacy

Using Tails When Your World Doesn’t Feel Safe Anymore

Privacy Guides: “There is a growing number of people who no longer feel safe in their own home or country. Whatever the reason, many people might not feel safe to browse certain topics online. With all the information getting collected for each internet search, it is difficult to access sometime vital information without leaving a …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Mail, Health Care, Internet, Legal Research

Senior U.S. official to exit after rift with Musk allies over Federal Disbursement Services

Federal Disbursement Services (FDS): The Federal Disbursement Services provides payment services for more than 250+ federal agencies. Your federal income tax refunds; Social Security benefits; Supplemental Security income; Railroad Retirement Board benefits; veteran’s pay, pension, and education benefits all come from the Federal Disbursement Services. Payments to federal workers, vendors, and grantees also come from …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research

Neurologic Impacts of Long COVID, an Autoimmune Syndrome

NeurologyLive: “Long COVID, also referred to as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC), frequently presents with neurological symptoms collectively known as Neuro-PASC. A recent study published in Brain Communications analyzed the impact of prior vaccination on Neuro-PASC symptoms in 200 post-hospitalization (PNP) and 1100 nonhospitalized (NNP) patients treated at a neuro-COVID clinic between May 2020 …

Subjects: Health Care, Medicine

Trump’s death by a thousand cuts to D.C. federal workforce

Axios: “It’s only been a little over a week since President Trump took office, but already he’s unleashed a ream of actions targeting the federal workforce — a sort of government death via a thousand cuts. Why it matters: This unprecedented stream of executive orders and memorandums is unsettling Washington households as people scramble to …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Records, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

ReproductiveRights.Gov Vanished, So We Brought It Back

Angela Levine – “The day after President Donald Trump began his second term, people noticed that they could no longer access a .gov web page outlining women’s rights to abortion and contraception under US law. The Biden administration created the web page, reproductiverights.gov, after the US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, ending …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Courts, E-Government, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Medicine

More Americans Than Ever Are Living in Wildfire Areas. L.A. Is No Exception

“The New York Times has created a series of maps visualizing wildfire and smoke risk for the different parts of Los Angeles County [gift article], where several devastating wildfires have been ravaging since early January. The newspaper used wildfire risk scores data from CoreLogic, a California-based business and property analytics company, and spatial data from …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Environmental Law, Health Care, Housing, Legal Research

House G.O.P. Floats Medicaid Cuts and More to Finance Trump’s Huge Agenda

The New York Times: “President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it. Top Republicans are passing around an extensive menu of ideas to cover the cost of a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. They could create a 10 …

Subjects: Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Health Care, Legal Research, Legislation, Medicine

Trump officials pause health agencies’ communications, citing review

Washington Post [unpaywalled]: “The Trump administration has instructed federal health agencies to pause all external communications, such as health advisories, weekly scientific reports, updates to websites and social media posts, according to nearly a dozen current and former officials and other people familiar with the matter. The instructions were delivered Tuesday to staff at agencies …

Subjects: Censorship, E-Government, Education, Government Documents, Health Care, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

The Forgotten Woman Who Transformed Forensics (by inventing the rape kit)

The Atlantic – gift article: “One of the most powerful inventions of the 20th century is also an object that no one ever wants a reason to use. The sexual-assault-evidence collection box, colloquially known as the “rape kit,” is a simple yet potent tool: a small case, perhaps made of cardboard, containing items such as …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Health Care, Knowledge Management, Legal Research, Medicine, Recommended Books