A #pregnant woman, police officer and mother to a toddler died tragically due to a #heartcondition. She was waiting for an #abortion appointment..she didn't make it.

It's important to discuss #barriers to #abortionaccess as well as #legality

#antichoice policy is killing pregnant people, pure and simple.

https://www.propublica.org/article/north-carolina-abortion-laws-ciji-graham

#roeOverturned #senslessdeath #abortionaccess #pregnancydeath #preventable #abortionrights #blacklivesmatter #cijigraham

A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.

In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.

ProPublica

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@thetyee/115707308956783395

Stories of workplace injury and death always hit me hard. No one should be hurt on the job. As an engineer, I’ve lost sleep thinking about my own role in protecting workers and the public. Workplace safety is achievable, but it requires a cultural change.
#Preventable #WorkerSafety #Burnaby

Hundreds are quarantined in #SouthCarolina as #measles spreads in 2 #US outbreaks

Measles outbreaks are growing along the #Utah - #Arizona border & in SC, where hundreds are in #quarantine.

Between Friday & Tuesday, SC #health officials confirmed 27 new measles cases in an #outbreak in & around northwestern Spartanburg County. In 2 months, 111 people have been sickened by the #vaccine #preventable #virus.

#PublicHealth #vaccines #science #medicine #Trump #RFKJr
https://apnews.com/article/measles-outbreak-south-carolina-utah-arizona-3bfc561ecc16d8e80175effdae0791d4

Measles outbreak in South Carolina schools, hundreds quarantined

Measles outbreaks in South Carolina and on the Arizona-Utah border are growing. In South Carolina, more than 250 people, including students from nine area elementary, middle and high schools are in quarantine. For some, it's the second time they have been quarantined since the outbreak began. Cases are also spreading in Arizona and Utah, where an outbreak has ballooned since August. Mohave County, Arizona has logged 172 cases. The Southwest Utah Public Health Department has logged 82 cases.

AP News

Coroner finds diving death of Aaron Matthews near East Cape was preventable

Coroner Katherine Greig said inexperience and “unsafe diving practices”, including incorrectly assembled scuba equipment, contributed to the tragedy,…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #aaron #cape #Coroner #Death #Diving #east #finds #matthews #near #NewZealand #NZ #of #preventable #was
https://www.newsbeep.com/274451/

Coroner finds Leonard Collett’s fatal fall in Taranaki Base Hospital ED was ‘foreseeable and preventable’

While waiting to be transferred to a ward, he was seen struggling to get back into bed after…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #and #base #colletts #Coroner #ed #fall #fatal #finds #foreseeable #hospital #in #Leonard #NewZealand #NZ #preventable #taranaki #was
https://www.newsbeep.com/241909/

🤦 Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status as vaccination rates fall #embarrassing #health #preventable theconversation.com/canada-loses...

Canada loses its official ‘mea...
Canada loses its official ‘measles-free’ status – and the US will follow soon, as vaccination rates fall

Decreased vaccination rates have led to measles outbreaks in Canada and other countries.

The Conversation

Death of child trapped in fence at childcare centre ruled ‘preventable’

The death of a toddler who became trapped on a fence at a childcare centre outside Darwin last…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #ban #centre #childcare #Coroner #court #Death #Earlylearning #ebony #ebony'slaw #fence #fencing #findings #gate #humptydoo #inquest #loop #nt #preventable #recommendations #supervision #thompson #threestrikes #Toddler #top
https://www.newsbeep.com/209527/

@PBSNewsHour @health-PBSNewsHour who do we sue when children and health fragile people start to die of a #preventable ##disease ?#antivaxxers are a menace to the world
Laffy (@GottaLaff@mstdn.social)

“More kids are severely ill or dying from flu, CDC reports As fewer children get flu shots, cases of a rare, severe complication are rising. Last season, U.S. experienced the highest number of pediatric flu deaths in 15 years” https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/flu-vaccines-children-complication-cdc-deaths-rcna233436

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#Florida will eliminate all state #vaccine #mandates, including #school requirements for #hepatitisB, #chickenpox, #Hib, and pneumococcal shots, w others potentially rolled back through legislation. #Publichealth experts warn this will lower #vaccination rates, create pockets of unprotected children, and set the stage for outbreaks of #preventable #diseases. Resurgence of illnesses like #measles, #pertussis, #flu, hospitalizations, death. https://abcnews.go.com/Health/florida-ending-vaccine-mandates-rest-us/story?id=125360736
What Florida ending vaccine mandates could mean for rest of US

Experts said the policy will lead to more illnesses and hospitalizations.

ABC News