"The risks and benefits of common screenings, procedures, and drugs add up differently at advanced ages, and research continues to point out fresh examples of some that may become unnecessary."

kffhealthnews.org/aging/new-ol…

#healthcare #PrimaryCare #aging #prevention #screenings #medications

"In letters dated May 11, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. notified the two doctors who chaired the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that he was terminating their appointments immediately, before the end of their multiyear terms."

apnews.com/article/trump-kenne…

#healthcare #PublicHealth #HHS #USPSTF #PrimaryCare #insurance #ACA

Dangit, I got eight mosquito bites inside my home over a 1.5 hour span last week.

abcnews.com/Health/texas-repor…

#PublicHealth #mosquitos #WestNile #IDmastodon #healthcare #PrimaryCare #texas #HarrisCounty #houston

"According to a new evidence review conducted by the Vaccine Integrity Project, an initiative of the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy (publisher of CIDRAP News), HPV vaccines have reduced the risk of cervical cancer by 80% in women vaccinated by age 16 and by 66% in those vaccinated after 16."

cidrap.umn.edu/human-papilloma…

#PublicHealth #HPV #vaccines #immunizations #CervicalCancer #prevention #PrimaryCare #ChildrensHealth