• Involuntary Hospitalization and Treatment: Should it be abolished? (lu.se)
  • Discussions about ending involuntary hospitalization and treatment raise questions about the rights and care of individuals with mental health conditions and psychosocial disabilities. (lu.se)
  • The Prohibition of involuntary hospitalization and treatment is clearly stated in Article 2.3.4. (lu.se)
  • Twenty-six states, including Texas, had a 20% or larger increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations week over week, the CDC said on August 28, 2023. (ktsm.com)
  • The Canadian Institute for Health Information says there were more COVID-19 hospitalizations in the 12 months from April 2022 through March 2023 than there were in the 12 months preceding that period, both in B.C. and Canada-wide. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Number of hospital discharges for firearm-related injuries among children and young adults ages 0-24, by intent and biological sex (e.g., in 2021, there were 689 firearm injury hospitalizations for assault among California males ages 0-24). (kidsdata.org)
  • Number of hospital discharges for firearm-related injuries per 100,000 children and young adults ages 0-24, by intent and biological sex (e.g., in 2021, the rate of hospitalization for firearm injuries due to assault among California males ages 0-24 was 10.3 per 100,000). (kidsdata.org)
  • Its data shows fewer hospitalizations in 2022-23 than in 2021-22. (ctvnews.ca)
  • That total is for all of Canada except Quebec, and it's almost a 20-per-cent increase in hospitalizations compared to the roughly 101,000 recorded from April 2021 through March 2022. (ctvnews.ca)
  • In British Columbia, CIHI reports a total of 18,199 hospitalizations for the most recent April through March period, up roughly 7 per cent from the 16,939 it reported for April 2021 through March 2022. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Anti-abortion protesters rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 1, 2021, in Washington, as the court hears arguments in a case from Mississippi, where a 2018 law would ban abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, well before viability. (courthousenews.com)
  • Senior U.S. District Court Judge Sarah Barker issued a 158-page ruling in August 2021 that found several of the laws were unconstitutional. (courthousenews.com)
  • CDC Director Rochelle Walenksy stated, "We are still seeing those numbers rising," noting that while cases outpaced hospitalizations and deaths, rising hospitalizations were primarily among the unvaccinated. (newsweek.com)
  • As illegal fireworks accounted for all deaths and more than half of the amputations, law enforcement should be directed toward preventing importing, distributing and using illegal fireworks. (who.int)
  • Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID-19 are continuing a steady fall after a recent peak in mid-September, according to statistics released Monday by the Indiana State Department of Health. (ibj.com)
  • COVID hospitalizations in the state dropped from 1,348 on Saturday to 1,314 on Sunday, the lowest mark since Aug. 11. (ibj.com)
  • Texas saw COVID-19 hospitalizations jump by 23% in the last week of August, according to the map. (ktsm.com)
  • Overall, I would expect cases and hospitalizations to increase - then decrease again before they rise in the late fall and early winter," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF, when asked about back-to-school season's impact on COVID spread . (ktsm.com)
  • Did COVID-19 hospitalizations in B.C. increase or decrease last year? (ctvnews.ca)
  • CIHI and BCCDC use different data sources for COVID-19 hospitalization numbers and count hospitalizations differently, so the two numbers are not directly comparable," the BCCDC said. (ctvnews.ca)
  • When administered as an early-stage treatment, Paxlovid might prevent COVID-19-related hospitalization among persons with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for progression to severe disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) is a combination protease inhibitor that blocks replication of SARS-CoV-2 (the virus that causes COVID-19) and has been shown to reduce the risk for hospitalization and death among patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 who are at risk for progression to severe disease* ( 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • This study found that hospitalization or ED encounters for COVID-19 during the 5-15 days after Paxlovid treatment was dispensed for mild to moderate COVID-19 illness were rarely identified. (cdc.gov)
  • All hospital admissions and ED encounters during the 5-15 days after Paxlovid treatment was dispensed ¶ were flagged for medical chart review to confirm that the hospitalization or ED encounter was related to COVID-19. (cdc.gov)
  • U.S. children under 5 COVID-19 hospitalizations have rapidly increased in recent weeks to their highest level since the pandemic began, according to government data released Friday, 5 and under the only age group not yet eligible for the vaccine. (newsweek.com)
  • According to a Reuters tally, COVID-19 hospitalizations are heading towards a record high as the Omicron variant continues to dominate the world. (newsweek.com)
  • SAN DIEGO (KUSI) - San Diego County and the rest of Southern California will fall under sweeping new health restrictions Sunday night due to the rapidly increasing number of hospitalizations from the coronavirus, state officials confirmed Saturday. (kusi.com)
  • The Enforcement of the Canada Health Act" Archived 2011-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, McGill Law Journal, Vol.41 No.2, Montreal, 1996, p. 462. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sheriff's investigators now believe a middle school student brought the gun to campus and was showing it to other students, after which another middle school student took the gun off campus before law enforcement arrived. (sfreporter.com)
  • Children should be protected from further harm by means that may include involvement of Child Protective Services and/or law enforcement agencies, hospitalization, counseling for caregivers and children, and assistance for the family in providing safe and appropriate care. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Despite a national law that bans the private use of fireworks, there are still several fireworks-related injuries across 81 provinces in the country. (who.int)
  • Of those, one out of three patients required hospitalization. (perraultblairlaw.com)
  • Of the 88,000-plus cases logged in the county since the start of the pandemic, 4,806 - or 5.5% - have required hospitalization and 1,061 patients - 1.2% - had to be admitted to an ICU. (kusi.com)
  • Newswise - PITTSBURGH, Jan. 31, 2018 - Requiring physicians to report patients with dementia to state driver's licensing authorities is not associated with fewer hospitalizations from motor vehicle crashes. (newswise.com)
  • Twenty-seven states provided legal protection to physicians who report their patients, regardless of whether such reporting is required by law. (newswise.com)
  • Investigators analyzed 10-year data on more than 125,000 Swedish residents with AUD and found that naltrexone, used as monotherapy or combined with acamprosate or disulfiram, was associated with significantly lower risk for AUD hospitalization or all-cause hospitalization in comparison with patients who did not use AUD medication. (medscape.com)
  • Close to one quarter of patients (23.9%) experienced the main outcome event (AUD-related hospitalization) during the follow-up period. (medscape.com)
  • Under strict interpretation of law, failing to get required consent from a category of its patients would make defending a case against an institution difficult. (mlo-online.com)
  • Sharma said many of the regulations delay and provide undue obstacles to patients seeking abortion care, and that the physician-only requirement is not "reasonably related" to any legitimate health concern, nor is the hospitalization requirement for second trimester abortions. (courthousenews.com)
  • Twenty-five patients with AN-treated voluntarily or by law were included. (lu.se)
  • Between-individual analyses (adjusted for sex, age, educational level, number of previous AUD-related hospitalizations, time since first AUD diagnosis, comorbidities, and use of other medications) utilized a "traditional" multivariate-adjusted Cox hazards regression model. (medscape.com)
  • 2. Medical and hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability. (flsenate.gov)
  • c) Payment on account of sickness or accident disability, or payment of medical or hospitalization expenses in connection with sickness or accident disability, by an employing unit to, or on behalf of, an individual performing services for the employing unit more than 6 calendar months after the last calendar month the individual performed services for the employing unit. (flsenate.gov)
  • From an international human rights law perspective, provisions on involuntary hospitalization are mainly advocated to abolish this provision. (lu.se)
  • Attorney Rupali Sharma argued on behalf of plaintiffs and made her case that the district court was correct in striking down several provisions of Indiana's abortion laws. (courthousenews.com)
  • Provisions of the law have continued to be phased in following passage. (einsurance.com)
  • Today's data on vaccination status among those infected includes that between August 9 and 22, people not fully vaccinated accounted for 83.4% of cases, and 85.6% of hospitalizations. (biv.com)
  • The results, reported in today's issue of the journal Neurology , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, indicate that physician reporting laws - mandated or legally protected - either aren't working or lack any observable safety benefits. (newswise.com)
  • The within-individual analysis showed that naltrexone - whether used as monotherapy or adjunctively with disulfiram or acamprosate - "was associated with a significantly lower risk of AUD-related hospitalization, compared to those time periods in which the same individual did not use any AUD medication," the authors report. (medscape.com)
  • Article 9 of the NYS Mental Hygiene Law is a foundational part of the state's behavioral health safety net. (barclaydamon.com)
  • It contains the laws governing the involuntary removal from the community and hospitalization of persons who may, as a result of their mental illness, pose a risk of harm to themselves or others. (barclaydamon.com)
  • Hospitalization has been a treatment for mental health issues, but it involves voluntary and involuntary decisions. (lu.se)
  • In the last 20 years, states have enacted a variety of laws that permit minors to access medical care for serious conditions (e.g., mental health, HIV, pregnancy, and STDs) without parental consent. (mlo-online.com)
  • Allen explained to MNsure that her workplace plan doesn't cover hospitalization. (wgbh.org)
  • The passage of a statewide smoke-free workplace law in Washington State provides a natural experiment to evaluate the economic effect on bars and taverns by using taxable retail sales as objective data to measure outcomes. (cdc.gov)
  • The violations include failing to provide fall protection for four workers, failure to promptly report the hospitalization of an employee resulting from a workplace incident, and not training employees in the use of fall protection and ladders. (osha.gov)
  • To ask questions, obtain compliance assistance, file a complaint, or report amputations, eye loss, workplace hospitalizations, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, the public should call OSHA's toll-free hotline at 800-321-OSHA (6742) or the agency's Houston South office at 281-286-0583 or its Houston North office at 281-591-2438. (osha.gov)
  • The skimpy benefits do not, by the way, pass a second requirement - that employer coverage offer "minimum value," including hospitalization. (wgbh.org)
  • A growing body of law indicates that institutions may also share in the responsibility to obtain proper consent for treatment undertaken under their aegis. (mlo-online.com)
  • Sometimes long inpatient treatment is necessary, increasing the anxiety that comes with hospitalization and the necessary weight gain. (lu.se)
  • Reese's may be in violation of state and federal laws with its new sweepstakes offer currently advertised on packs of peanut butter cups. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • Sweepstakes are primarily governed by state laws, which require that no purchase is necessary to participate. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • The 25 year-old Delaware native, who is the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, made headlines in April after she posted a photo of herself from inside a women's bathroom in a government building in Charlotte, North Carolina, defying a controversial state law that mandates people use the bathrooms that match the biological sex they were assigned at birth. (motherjones.com)
  • Because of its communicable nature, tuberculosis (TB) is treated differently than other airborne infectious diseases, as there are many state laws specific to the control of TB. (cdc.gov)
  • The Plan called for revision of state and local laws to 'facilitate the cure of persons with infectious tuberculosis,' (1). (cdc.gov)
  • On Friday, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, signed a long-debated climate bill into law, making the Bay State the latest state to commit to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. (grist.org)
  • The new law also establishes an environmental justice advisory council and requires state agencies to consider cumulative impacts - meaning they have to take into account the pollution that already exists in a community before issuing a permit for a new project. (grist.org)
  • Boles M, Dilley J, Maher JE, Boysun MJ, Reid T. Smoke-free law associated with higher-than-expected taxable retail sales for bars and taverns in Washington State. (cdc.gov)
  • This study describes changes in sales revenue in bars and taverns since December 2005, when a statewide smoke-free law in Washington State went into effect. (cdc.gov)
  • In the 2 years after the smoke-free law was implemented, sales revenues were $105.5 million higher than expected for bars and taverns in Washington State. (cdc.gov)
  • The higher-than-expected revenue from taxable sales in bars and taverns after the implementation of smoke-free laws in Washington State provided extra funds to the state general fund. (cdc.gov)
  • No studies have quantified the expected financial benefit to state or local jurisdictions of additional taxable sales revenue when smoke-free laws increase sales in bars. (cdc.gov)
  • Depending on your state laws and your institutional preferences, you may also wish to obtain consent only for a definite period or for particular tests. (mlo-online.com)
  • That case centers on a Mississippi law that bans most abortions after the 15th week of pregnancy, but the high court's ruling could affect abortion rules in every state. (courthousenews.com)
  • The state has not provided evidence that the law actually furthers health or safety. (courthousenews.com)
  • The governor said anti-hazing and abuse legislation would be part of her call next year, "making it unequivocal in state law that hazing is a crime and those who do harm to others will be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law. (sfreporter.com)
  • As used in this section only, the term "employment" includes services constituting employment under any employment security law of another state or of the Federal Government. (flsenate.gov)
  • The FDA said that 96 hospitalizations and 277 illnesses have been reported by people who ate the company's frozen French Lentil & Leek Crumbles. (nbcnews.com)
  • These illnesses resulted in at least 109 hospitalizations and one death in an infant. (cdc.gov)
  • Longer duration of naltrexone use was associated with lower risk for AUD-related hospitalization. (medscape.com)
  • Globally, gathered from medical records included this has led to an increased awareness of the information about age, sex, nationality, importance of varicella and its epidemiol- reason for admission, type of complica- ogy, immunology and clinical impact on tion, duration of hospitalization and disease the community [ 3-5 ]. (who.int)
  • With each 1°F increase in average temperature, there was a 0.86 percent decrease in the odds of stroke hospitalization and a 1.1 percent decrease in the odds of dying in the hospital after stroke. (health.am)
  • Increases in daily temperature fluctuation and average dew point were associated with increased odds of stroke hospitalization, but not with dying in the hospital. (health.am)
  • A This really is an area in which the realities of modern life seem to be at odds with the law. (mlo-online.com)
  • Researchers found that donepezil was associated with a two-fold higher risk of hospitalization for rhabdomyolysis, a serious condition that can result in kidney disease. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Naltrexone reduces the risk for hospitalization for alcohol use disorder (AUD), regardless of whether it is used alone or in conjunction with disulfiram or acamprosate, new research suggests. (medscape.com)
  • By contrast, benzodiazepines and acamprosate monotherapy were associated with increased risk for AUD hospitalization. (medscape.com)
  • However, unlike the findings of the within-individual model, the second model found that acamprosate monotherapy was not associated with a higher risk for any-cause hospitalization. (medscape.com)
  • Hospitalization rates have also doubled, although intensive care admissions have remained low. (wspa.com)
  • As of Wednesday, the county will no longer include current hospitalization numbers or available local intensive care unit capacity in its dashboard , saying it would be added back should the county see another surge in hospitalizations. (northcoastjournal.com)
  • Three federal agencies - the Federal Trade Commission, the Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Postal Service - also enforce laws governing sweepstakes depending on the type of promotion. (centralillinoisproud.com)
  • This activity was reviewed by CDC and was conducted consistent with applicable federal law and CDC policy. (cdc.gov)
  • Last September , with an impending January deadline for employers to provide some sort of health insurance, in accordance with the federal health law, Allen's employer introduced a plan that covered only vaccines, blood-pressure tests and other preventive care. (wgbh.org)
  • Unlike Independence Plus, many employers supplement skinny plans with other health insurance, although even some of those lacked hospitalization benefits until federal regulators moved to ban them. (wgbh.org)
  • A federal lawsuit challenges a new Florida law requiring people. (wmnf.org)
  • Federal law requires employers to report such incidents within 24 hours. (osha.gov)
  • Years after a federal consumer product safety law change, advocates say more needs to be done. (wnem.com)
  • Under the federal law - formally titled the Affordable Care Act and informally known to many as Obamacare - yesterday was the deadline for all states to select a minimum package of benefits which must be offered to the public and which must be purchased by anyone without health coverage. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • But the new federal law will require that some 83,000 Hawaii residents who don't have health coverage now will have to buy it by 2014. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • The federal law requires that certain benefits must be offered and yesterday was the milestone for states to pick a model plan that supplies those minimum benefits, which Abercrombie called "the 10 commandments. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Abercrombie said that selection of the HMSA plan would not give it an inside track on competing for new customers when the federal law takes effect in 15 months. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • This report presents the results of an analysis of quarterly sales data from 2002 through 2007 and describes changes in sales revenue in bars and taverns after the December 2005 statewide smoke-free law went into effect. (cdc.gov)
  • The notation S refers to numbers and rates that have been suppressed because there were between 1 and 10 firearm injury hospitalizations in that group. (kidsdata.org)
  • With rising cases, we're also seeing a rise in hospitalizations, which are only set to increase further in the autumn and winter months," Kluge said. (wspa.com)
  • In addition to cases of public security incidents or criminal cases that deprive citizens of their personal freedom, involuntary admission is considered a special situation that deprives citizens of their personal freedom in accordance with health laws. (lu.se)
  • Tracey Hodges] I'm curious to know if there are any laws or regulations to protect children from getting Salmonella ? (cdc.gov)
  • Her fields of interest include disability law as well as women's rights. (lu.se)
  • Stroke hospitalization and death rates may rise and fall with changes in environmental temperature and dew point, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2014. (health.am)
  • Larger daily temperature changes and higher average dew point (indicating higher air moisture) were associated with higher stroke hospitalization rates. (health.am)
  • This comes as hospitalization rates rise across the country. (wmnf.org)
  • If you have a loved one who has experienced numerous or damaging nursing home falls at Harmony Nursing and Rehab Center or any Illinois nursing home, and you feel they have been the victims of nursing home neglect , contact my law firm for a free and confidential evaluation of your case. (chicagonursinghomelawyer.com)
  • Data are based on the number of hospitalizations, not the number of young people hospitalized. (kidsdata.org)
  • Using 24 quarters of inflation-adjusted taxable retail sales data from 2002 through 2007, we fitted a regression model to estimate the effect of the smoke-free law on sales revenue, controlling for seasonality and other economic factors. (cdc.gov)
  • During the past 15 years, numerous studies on the economic effect of smoke-free laws on the hospitality industry (restaurants, bars, hotels), using objective data and rigorous scientific methods, have been published in the peer-reviewed scientific literature (2-17). (cdc.gov)
  • According to BBC, UK Health Security Agency data shows even three months after the booster shot, protection against hospitalization stills remains high at 95% for those 65 and older. (newsweek.com)
  • And we don't even have hospitalization data that are complete on a daily basis. (medscape.com)
  • Through the generous support of Dalhousie's Health Law Institute, the HeLP videos are freely available online. (dal.ca)
  • Alberta Hospitalization Benefits describes health law for the province of Alberta, Canada. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, in-person license renewal laws and vision testing dramatically cut crashes involving drivers with dementia, according to a new study led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health . (newswise.com)
  • A complex health law and bad information helped cause the trouble. (wgbh.org)
  • Mexico's General Health Law is cited as an example to point out the inevitable trend of repeal. (lu.se)
  • Very little is known about overall health outcomes (such as risks of hospitalization and mortality) associated with specific treatments in real-world circumstances," they write. (medscape.com)
  • Many of these laws predate the current public health recommendations for the prevention and control of TB. (cdc.gov)
  • As of January 1, 2014, most U.S. citizens and legal residents are required by law to have qualifying health care coverage or pay an annual tax penalty for every month they go without insurance. (einsurance.com)
  • Here are ways that the health care law protects consumers. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Lower average annual temperatures were associated with stroke hospitalizations and death. (health.am)
  • They slammed the government's insistence that vaccines have broken the link between infections and hospitalizations. (wspa.com)
  • Chapter 3 of the Hospitals Act is the Hospitalization Benefits Plan. (wikipedia.org)
  • proposing coding for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 62S. (mn.gov)
  • When payment is made to an employee or any of his or her dependents, this subparagraph exempts from the wages subject to this chapter only those payments received under a workers' compensation law. (flsenate.gov)
  • A total of 31 states, along with Puerto Rico and Washington, DC, have laws in effect that require 100% smoke-free workplaces, restaurants, or bars (1). (cdc.gov)
  • Though both agencies are counting hospitalizations, they're recording their findings at different points in the process. (ctvnews.ca)
  • Hospitalization Benefits Regulation", of the Government of Alberta, 1973 - 1990 - 2005 - 2008. (wikipedia.org)
  • BY JIM DOOLEY - A healthcare plan offered by the Hawaii Medical Service Association will be the template for all insurance plans offered to the public when President Obama's universal coverage law begins in 2014, Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced today. (hawaiireporter.com)
  • Before that time, bars and taverns were exempted from the state's 1994 smoke-free indoor air law. (cdc.gov)
  • They are not intended to provide legal advice, but rather to inform, educate, and even stimulate debate within members of the medical community about law and its relationship with medical practice. (dal.ca)
  • Hospitalizations as a result of the disease rose by five to 138, which is the highest it has been since June 15. (biv.com)
  • This study suggests that meteorological factors such as daily fluctuations in temperature and increased humidity may be stressors that increase stroke hospitalizations," Lichtman said. (health.am)