SAN FRANCISCO — As hospitals and health care systems turn to artificial intelligence to help summarize doctors’ notes and analyze health records, a new study led by Stanford School of Medicine researchers cautions that popular chatbots are perpetuating racist, debunked medical ideas, prompting concerns that the tools could worsen health disparities for Black patients. Powered…

Enlarge this image States and counties nationwide are using opioid settlement funds for law enforcement efforts, including buying new squad cars. This draws criticism that the funds should be invested in treatment instead. Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Douglas Sacha/Getty Images Policing expenses mount quickly: $25,000 for a law enforcement conference about fentanyl in Colorado; $18,000 for…

HAZARD, Ky. (Oct. 20, 2023) — The University of Kentucky Center of Excellence in Rural Health (UK CERH) recently released their impact report for Appalachian Community Health Days (ACHD). The UK CERH, Kentucky Homeplace, USA Drone Port and a network of community partners worked together in 2021-2023 to host 99 ACHD events across 32 Appalachian counties in both Kentucky and…

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — The Onondaga County Health Department has put out another urgent warning to the public after a fox that attacked multiple people tested positive for rabies. The fox was observed in the area of Burnet Avenue from roughly October 1 through October 16. The health department reported the fox dead on Tuesday and…

A false narrative exists that Boston neighborhoods must sacrifice environmental health to meet affordable housing demands (“ ‘Once you cut down this tree, then what?’ ” (Metro, Oct. 1). In reality, residents need durable shelter with mature trees and access to garden space. These bring crucial protections from heat and flooding and provide clean air…

Stanford women’s soccer player remembered during mental health awareness month Stanford’s Women’s Soccer remembered 22-year-old soccer star Katie Meyer who died by suicide last year. <!–> STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford Women’s Soccer remembered 22-year-old soccer star Katie Meyer who died by suicide last year. Meyer was acknowledged just before the start of the game as…

Pediatricians are sounding the alarm about three products that have been increasingly or frequently landing kids in the emergency room. According to research being presented this weekend at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference, children are getting burned by hair styling tools, swallowing tiny magnets found in desk toys and injuring themselves on electric…

Epidemics of cholera and other infectious diseases in the 19th century taught us that clean drinking water, sewage and waste collection were essential for healthy cities. Now scientists around the world are thinking about how the way we build and operate modern infrastructure relates to the everyday burden of illness. According to Dr Haneen Keris…

WRIGHT TWP. — The Crestwood School Board found itself revisiting an issue nearly a quarter-century old when a vote for health insurance came up at Thursday’s regular monthly meeting. The agenda called for renewing coverage for teachers and administrators with Imagine 360 for the 2024 calendar year. But teacher union president Janice Ciavarella urged that…

El Centro Family Health will expand dental services in Taos County. The Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center in Alamogordo will restart in-person outpatient psychiatric services that ended after the coronavirus pandemic. Covenant Health Hobbs Hospital will expand maternal health and pre- and postnatal care in Lea and Eddy counties.