Public Health

The U.S. saw a small increase in measles cases last week, an indicator that outbreaks are slowing down, though exposures at a busy airport in Colorado and a Shakira concert in New Jersey are keeping public health experts on their toes.

The Oklahoma State Department of Health says it was notified Friday of two more “probable” measles cases.

“It’s really difficult to develop a budget when you don’t know if the dollars are coming or not,” said THD Executive Director Dr. Bruce Dart.

The first U.S. bird flu death has been reported — a person in Louisiana who had been hospitalized with severe respiratory symptoms.

OU received a $17.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to work with tribal nations to address disparities in cancer outcomes.

An epidemiologist says the latest numbers aren’t raising alarm bells.

A local STI testing clinic worries a bill seeking to improve sexually transmitted infection rates will accomplish the exact opposite.

Data from 2022 found that Oklahoma is among 22 states with a prevalence above 35%, trailing only Louisiana and West Virginia at 40.1 and 41%, respectively.

Our guest is Ambassador Mark Lagon; he recently gave an address (with the title cited above) at the Tulsa Committee on Foreign Relations.

Now in a revised/updated edition, this book is, per The New York Times, "a call to action for every developer, building owner, shareholder, chief executive, manager, teacher, worker, and parent to start demanding healthy buildings with cleaner indoor air."