A former state health director is getting an emergency hearing before the Michigan Supreme Court to decide whether a one-judge grand jury violated the Constitution and due process in approving criminal charges related to the Flint water crisis. Former Department of Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon faces nine counts […]
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U.S. mental health care needs an overhaul, argues former NIMH director Tom Insel : Shots
For over a decade, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Dr. Thomas Insel headed the National Institute of Mental Health and directed billions of dollars into research on neuroscience and the genetic underpinnings of mental illnesses. “Our efforts were largely to say, ‘How can we understand mental disorders as brain disorders, and how […]
Covid News: C.D.C. Director Says Agency Is Working on ‘Relevant’ Health Guidance
Video Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the agency would soon issue new guidance, including on masks, for the next phase of the pandemic.CreditCredit…Al Drago for The New York Times As the Omicron wave recedes in the United States, more states loosen mask […]
CDC Director: U.S. Has Seen Mild Cases of Omicron So Far | Health News
Reported cases of the omicron variant have nearly all been mild so far, according to the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “The disease is mild,” Dr. Rochelle Walensky told the Associated Press in an interview, noting that the data on omicron is still limited. According to […]