Immunization

Ag Insurance does not often cover CAFO waste or pollution liability I have an optimistic streak that used to border on naiveté. As a young lawyer I felt that the purpose of insurance was to insure. That was the naiveté of my youth showing itself in full color. Let us please recognize that the purpose of insurance is not always to insure. A “well written” insurance policy is created to avoid insuring that which the insurance policy writer prefers not to insure. I ran into this in a court case early in my career when I asked for coverage on an insurance coverage question I thought surely the court would support. It did not. Fortunately I had a helmet on when I hit that wall. This is an opinion piece about CAFO environmental insurance. While there are more than six significant regulatory issues affecting any new concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO), one material issue overlooked by those who should know better is environmental insurance. The provisions of the state’s Right...

Maybe it’s all those television commercials reminding everyone to get a flu shot or maybe it’s because last year’s influenza outbreaks broke records for hospitalizations and death by flu, either way, Daviess County Public Health Educator Mallory Swartzentruber and Public Health Nurse Kathy Sullender are keeping busy giving flu shots. “In 2017, we gave 594 flu shots,” said Sullender. “Through Wednesday, we’ve already given 306 this year.” Swartzentruber said many of those coming to the health department for vaccinations are families. “We are seeing more families come in than usual and that’s a good thing,” she said, adding it’s best to call the Daviess County Health Department to set up an appointment. “We’ve had several families from surrounding counties come here too. People want to protect their families and we are here to serve everybody.” The Center for Disease Control reports 180 children died from the flu last year. That’s second only to the 2009 swine flu outbreak that kill...

Maybe it’s all those television commercials reminding everyone to get a flu shot or maybe it’s because last year’s influenza outbreaks broke records for hospitalizations and death by flu, either way, Daviess County Public Health Educator Mallory Swartzentruber and Public Health Nurse Kathy Sullender are keeping busy giving flu shots. “In 2017, we gave 594 flu shots,” said Sullender. “Through Wednesday, we’ve already given 306 this year.” Swartzentruber said many of those coming to the health department for vaccinations are families. “We are seeing more families come in than usual and that’s a good thing,” she said, adding it’s best to call the Daviess County Health Department to set up an appointment. “We’ve had several families from surrounding counties come here too. People want to protect their families and we are here to serve everybody.” The Center for Disease Control reports 180 children died from the flu last year. That’s second only to the 2009 swine flu outbreak that kill...

Maybe it’s all those television commercials reminding everyone to get a flu shot or maybe it’s because last year’s influenza outbreaks broke records for hospitalizations and death by flu, either way, Daviess County Public Health Educator Mallory Swartzentruber and Public Health Nurse Kathy Sullender are keeping busy giving flu shots. “In 2017, we gave 594 flu shots,” said Sullender. “Through Wednesday, we’ve already given 306 this year.” Swartzentruber said many of those coming to the health department for vaccinations are families. “We are seeing more families come in than usual and that’s a good thing,” she said, adding it’s best to call the Daviess County Health Department to set up an appointment. “We’ve had several families from surrounding counties come here too. People want to protect their families and we are here to serve everybody.” The Center for Disease Control reports 180 children died from the flu last year. That’s second only to the 2009 swine flu outbreak that kill...

Just when most Americans start assessing their financial situation with regard to holiday spending and income tax season, up pops another report about fiscal insanity by a federal government agency. In this case, it’s the Defense Department, which has a history of spending abuses going back many years. Remember $1,200 toilet seats and $600 wrenches? Or maybe it was the other way around. This time around the mismanagement allegation focuses on the Air Force spending $326,785 in just the past 18 months on coffee cups — at $1,280 each. Our first thought was — must some kind of extra-special container. Actually, not so much. Similar metal travel cups sell online for about $12. Our next thought was — from $12 to $1,280 is quite a markup. The Air Force authorized replacing the special mugs, which can reheat liquids aboard air refueling tankers in flight, and the overall expense of $326,785 since 2016 was recently confirmed by Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson. The rationale...

HURON — Huron officials signed a new health insurance deal, ensuring their workers remain in tip-top shape without harming the bank accounts of residents’ citywide. During a recent public meeting, city council locked in a new two-year agreement for medical-related expenses, good for 2019 and 2020, equaling $609,000 per year. As in recent times, the annual cost-sharing agreement breaks down with: • Residents picking up 92 percent of the total amount, equating to $560,000 • City workers covering the remaining 8 percent, or $49,000 It’s a steep decrease from just a few years ago, when city health insurance costs totaled a bit more than $900,000 in 2015 and $1.07 million in 2016 . Since 2017, the plan hasn’t reached those thresholds because of “certain contingencies,” Huron city manager Andy White said. Among the reasons: Employees experience more out-of-pocket costs, such as absorbing higher deductibles. “We’ve changed from a self-funded to a fully funded plan,” White said. “A...

A U.S. advisory committee is recommending routine hepatitis A vaccinations for homeless people, following an increase in outbreaks of the contagious liver disease. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices made the recommendation at a meeting Wednesday in Atlanta. Homeless encampments can contribute to disease through unsanitary conditions. Hepatitis A spreads person to person through contaminated food or dirty needles used for injection drugs. The virus also can spread from sexual contact with an infected person. The recommendation would make it easier for shelters and other groups serving the homeless to offer hepatitis A shots along with other services. Hepatitis A vaccinations already are recommended for children at age 1 and for others in danger of infection, such as drug users, some international travelers and men who have sex with men. Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribut...

The Enugu State Governor's wife, Mrs. Monica Ugwuanyi has advised parents, especially the mothers, to ensure proper immunization of their children at designated hospitals to enhance their health status as future leaders. Mrs. Ugwuanyi urged the women to document the process of the immunization by ensuring that the dose given to their children is recorded in their cards and presented to the doctors whenever it was time for the routine exercise to avoid double dosage. The Enugu Governor's wife, who gave the advice during the flag off of the first round of 2018 Maternal, New Born and Child Health week, held at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) Teaching Hospital (Parklane), Enugu, also advised the women to make it a point of duty to take their children to hospitals when they fall sick for proper treatment. She appealed to them to keep their children and environments clean, advising: "anytime you want to clean a child's mouth, wash your hands p...

It is no surprise that health care reform is a major campaign issue for all Americans this year. A recent Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that health care is the most important issue that voters want candidates to discuss this fall. Last year, health care expenses consumed 18 percent of the U.S. economy, or $3.2 trillion. Without reform, health care costs will reach 20 percent of the economy by 2020 and, by many estimates, will rise to 30 percent of the economy in 2030. This is not financially realistic if the U.S. economy is to thrive in the future. That makes enacting meaningful policy reforms mandatory, not optional. Democrats are divided into two camps. The most liberal wing of the party strongly supports adopting a single-payer, government-run health care system, or “Medicare for All.” Medicare has helped many people, but the cost of “Medicare for All” would quickly devastate the overall economy. Recently, the Mercatus Center published research on the actual cost of Sen...

By: Suzanne Clem— Muncie, IN—Open Door Health Services is expanding its community reach with the opening of a new Muncie West office in the Westside neighborhood. Located at 215 S. Hutchinson Ave., Muncie West will house Open Door Pediatrics. Pediatrics patients currently receiving care at Open Door’s South Madison St. location will be seen at the new location beginning the week the Oct. 22. New patients are also welcome. New sign at 215 S. Hutchinson Ave. Photo provided. Patients who wish to continue care at S. Madison St. will be able to do so under the care of Open Door’s family practice team. The expansion creates greater healthcare access in the neighborhoods south of the Ball State campus and beyond. “This new site will allow us to provide high quality pediatric services to more families in the area, regardless of their income or insurance status,” says Bryan Ayars, CEO. “This new investment in the community furthers our mission to improve the lives of others. By im...

24 Oct celebrate world day against polio. Ulyana Suprun reminded why it is important to stay if one wants to defeat the dangerous disease. This was told by the VA. Minister of health of Ukraine on his page in Facebook. Poliomyelitis — an acute infectious disease. The disease spreads very rapidly, and this often occurs through dirty hands, contaminated food and water. Be ill with polio and everyone can, but most often the virus infects children under the age of 5 years. One in 200 polio cases develop deformity of the spine and limbs cause of disability. Drugs against polio does not exist, the only protection is vaccination. The polio virus can be transmitted from person to person and infect without any symptoms until you infect someone who does not have a vaccination, – said Suprun. According to her, enough for 6 doses of the vaccine to create immunity to polio until the end of life. According to the Calendar of preventive vaccination, the optimum time for administering vaccine...

24 Oct celebrate world day against polio. Ulyana Suprun reminded why it is important to stay if one wants to defeat the dangerous disease. This was told by the VA. Minister of health of Ukraine on his page in Facebook. Poliomyelitis — an acute infectious disease. The disease spreads very rapidly, and this often occurs through dirty hands, contaminated food and water. Be ill with polio and everyone can, but most often the virus infects children under the age of 5 years. One in 200 polio cases develop deformity of the spine and limbs cause of disability. Drugs against polio does not exist, the only protection is vaccination. The polio virus can be transmitted from person to person and infect without any symptoms until you infect someone who does not have a vaccination, – said Suprun. According to her, enough for 6 doses of the vaccine to create immunity to polio until the end of life. According to the Calendar of preventive vaccination, the optimum time for administering vaccine...