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NYC Suicide Deaths Fell to 535 in 2024, but Young Adults 18 to 24 Face the Highest Rate

NYC recorded 535 suicide deaths in 2024, down from 601 in 2022. Young adults, men, and Latino New Yorkers face rising risk. Call or text 988.

Medical Daily · Oct 1

Mississippi's governor awarded more than $104 million to improve rural healthcare. Where's it going?

Mississippi Today reports that a few recipients received a large share of federal funds to boost rural health in Mississippi

The Independent UK · Sep 25

Virginia Reopens $4.8 Million Earn to Learn Nursing Grants Aimed at Rural Shortages, with Applications Due September 30

Virginia's Earn to Learn program offers up to $400,000 per grantee to pay nursing students in clinical roles. Applications close September 30.

Medical Daily · Sep 25

New York Orders Ten South Bronx Cooling Towers Cleaned by Monday as Legionnaires Cluster Grows to Nine Cases

New York City ordered 10 South Bronx cooling towers cleaned after Legionella screening tests. The Melrose and Morrisania cluster now has nine cases and one death.

Medical Daily · Sep 14

South Bronx Legionnaires' Cluster Linked to One Death as NYC Tests Cooling Towers in Two ZIP Codes

NYC is investigating a Legionnaires' disease cluster in Melrose and Morrisania with five cases and one death. Who should seek care and what to watch.

Medical Daily · Sep 11

NYC Will Map Every Cooling Tower and Speed Up Enforcement After 11 Legionnaires' Disease Deaths

New York City announced five Legionella measures after an Upper East Side cluster killed 11 people, including a public cooling tower map.

Medical Daily · Sep 6

City Council Hearing Faults Months of Missing Cooling Tower Enforcement in Upper East Side ZIP Codes

Council members said no cooling tower violations were issued in Upper East Side ZIP codes during the four months before the Legionnaires outbreak.

Medical Daily · Sep 3

Four children from same family visited a waterfall in MP's Shivpuri. 10 days later, all died after fever, vomiting: What happened?

Four children from the same family died within 10 days after falling ill following a visit to a waterfall near Gora Tila in Madhya Pradesh's Shivpuri. The health department has launched an investigation, while the exact cause of death remains unclear.

The Economic Times · Sep 3

New York City's Upper East Side Legionnaires Cluster Ends with Eleven Deaths and No Source Tower Named

Two more deaths bring the Upper East Side Legionnaires cluster to 11 deaths and 94 cases. A City Council oversight hearing is set for Wednesday.

Medical Daily · Aug 31

Jharkhand on high alert over Swine Flu; Health Minister directs hospitals to reserve beds, ramp up surveillance

Jharkhand Health Department is on high alert for potential H1N1 cases. Health Minister Irfan Ansari directed enhanced surveillance and hospital preparedness across the state. Ten additional beds are reserved in all medical college and district hospitals. Monitoring of Influenza-Like Illness and Severe Acute Respiratory Infection cases is intensified. Health teams…

The Economic Times · Aug 30