🪧 More than 1,000 “May Day: National Day of Action” protests are planned across the U.S. tomorrow, as people make their voices heard against the actions of the Trump administration and billionaire backers like Elon Musk.
Health & science
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A reassuring report shows that rates of advanced cancer diagnoses have returned to pre-pandemic levels
The COVID-19 pandemic forced patients to postpone their usual cancer screenings due to overwhelmed doctors and hospitals. This resulted in an increase in the number of cancers being diagnosed at later stages, when it’s harder to treat.
That trend quickly reversed, though, already reverting to pre-pandemic levels by 2021, according to the broadest-yet analysis of the pandemic’s impact on U.S. cancer data.
The report also found that cancer death rates continue to decline, and the delay in screening isn’t making a huge impact on cancer statistics — making it unlikely that there will be higher cancer death rates tied to the pandemic.
Why is this good news?A valid concern, as certain types of health care were delayed at the start of the pandemic when hospital systems were overloaded, was the impact of those delays on diseases like cancer. It’s encouraging to see that these concerns didn’t become another heartbreaking outcome on top of the pandemic.
A Korean boy band member just became the first active K-pop star to come out as gay.Bain of Just B came out from the stage during a concert in Los Angeles, saying he was “a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community,” in a rare public announcement from an active K-pop star, whose behaviors are traditionally tightly controlled by music labels.
In the last 50 years, over 90 million lives have been saved by measles vaccinations
Prior to the measles vaccine, nearly every child was infected with measles. Without the availability of vaccines, an estimated 2 to 3 million people globally would die from measles every year.
And in the last 50 years, an estimated 90 million lives total have been saved by the measles vaccine.
Amidst a fatal measles outbreak in the U.S., powerful health officials are casting doubt on the safety and efficacy of the vaccine — but these claims aren’t supported by evidence. Even when more serious reactions to the vaccine do occur, they are rare and less likely than if a child actually gets measles.
Not only does a single dose of the vaccine reduce a person’s chance of getting measles by around 95% — it also is proven to prevent measles from spreading within families and communities.
It’s so encouraging to know that the Inflation Reduction Act considered communities most impacted by climate change in its “fine print” — and made changes to ensure they could have access to clean energy tech, too.
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