This is Randy Homan with Becker's Clinical Leadership Podcast.
Here's your industry news brief for Monday, July 24th. First,
physicians are warning against a new social media trend of drinking water laced
with borax or bathing in it.
Borax is banned in US food products. However,
social media influencers claim that adding a pinch to water or soaking in the
bath helps reduce inflammation and eases joint pain.
The now deleted videos originally went out to audiences of hundreds of
thousands. Consuming borax can cause stomach irritation over time.
It could lead to anemia and seizures.
Soaking in it can lead to serious skin rashes. Second,
health experts say a trio of vaccines should help prevent a repeat of
simultaneous surges of Covid-19,
the flu and respiratory sensational virus.
Americans most at risk of severe illness from R S V will have access to
vaccines. The approved vaccines are meant for adults 60 and older.
Last week,
the F D A also approved a drug to prevent the illness in children 24 months and
younger. Flu and Covid shots can be administered together. However,
flu and R S V vaccines should not be administered at the same time because
there's limited evidence that they may reduce the effectiveness of the other
when administered together. Third,
police say a suspect is dead after a shooting on Saturday at Legacy Good
Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon,
where a hospital security guard is dead and another employee is injured.
Officers responded to a report of a threat inside the hospital where a person
was seen armed with at least one firearm. When they arrived,
a security guard was injured and they learned the suspect had left the hospital.
The injured guard was transferred to a trauma center at another hospital.
He died there. Despite additional lifesaving treatment efforts.
Another employee was injured due to shrapnel and was released later that day.
Officers located the suspect in a vehicle.
The suspect is dead after an officer involved shooting. No officers are injured.
The ED is operating like normal. However,
the family birth center remains a divert status.
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