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The case for universal oral health coverage, according to the WHO
On Friday, oral health advocates across the globe got an early holiday gift from their longtime wish lists. They had been waiting their whole careers — for some STAT spoke with, up to nearly half a century — for oral health to be folded into conversations calling for health care access for all. The World Health Organization’s new Global Oral Health Status report took that first step. “This integration […] is really something that’s never happened before,” said Lisa Simon, a dental-licensed physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and one of STAT’s 2022 Wunderkinds. The WHO report offers data on 194 countries’ oral disease caseload and mortality rates, highlighting differences…
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EPA’s ‘Sham’ PFAS Claim Shouldn’t Derail Legal Case, Court Told
The EPA can’t avoid judicial oversight by claiming it granted North Carolinians’ petition to require Chemours to test PFAS when its actions show it denied the request “in all but name,” a coalition of six groups told a federal court Monday. Six environmental and community groups objected on Monday to a motion the Environmental Protection Agency filed on June 23 asking the US District Court Eastern District of North Carolina to dismiss the coalition’s lawsuit that seeks to compel the Chemours Co. to test the health and environmental effects of 54 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS. The coalition originally petitioned the EPA in 2020 to order Chemours to test…
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Polio case confirmed in New York state, health-care providers told to look for more
Polio virus, illustration. Each virus particle is composed of a protein coat around a core containing RNA genetic material. This virus infects children and causes the disease poliomyelitis or infantile paralysis. Roger Harris/science Photo Library | Science Photo Library | Getty Images The New York State Health Department confirmed a case of polio on Thursday, the first known infection in the U.S. in nearly a decade. A resident of Rockland County, less than an hour outside New York City, tested positive for polio, according to the state health department. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the infection. Health-care providers should look for additional polio cases, state health officials…
