Matthew Hall
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Child Opportunity Index and Youth Mental Health Emergency Department Visits
Key Points Question Do rates of youth mental health (MH) emergency department (ED) visits differ by zip code? Findings In this population-based cross-sectional study in Kansas and Missouri, rates of youth MH ED visits were 1.74 times higher (95% CI, 1.54-1.98) in zip codes with very low Child Opportunity Index scores compared with very high Child Opportunity Index scores, after adjusting for state, age, sex, year, urbanicity, and health professional shortages.
Infection rates during eras of intrathecal antibiotic use followed by antibiotic-impregnated catheter use in prevention of cerebrospinal fluid shunt infection
Correspondence Tamara D. Simon: The Saban Research Institute, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, CA. tsimon@chla.usc.edu. INCLUDE WHEN CITING Published online July 19, 2024; DOI: 10.3171/2024.5.PEDS23372. Disclosures Dr. Simon reported grants from NIH during the conduct of the study, and stock ownership in AdaptX outside the submitted work.
5 Chinese films we can’t wait to watch this fall
By Matthew Hall The mercury is dropping, leaves are falling, and sweaters are making their way out of wardrobes. In short, it’s the perfect time to head to the cinema, where the latest Chinese offerings include a long-awaited release by Zhang Yimou, one man’s attempts to use the written word to commemorate the dearly departed, a moody crime drama, a film within a film, and a debut from one of China’s hotly-tipped young directors.
Thank you, fellow journalists and dear readers, for making a hard job worth it every day
I raised my bluetooth keyboard. I held it in my hands. I turned it in the air. I smashed it onto my bedroom floor like Pete Townsend smashing his Rickenbacker in 1964, over and over and over again. Keys have never clattered or scattered like that. Ask any journalist. Sometimes you beat deadline, and sometimes deadline beats you. Deadline wouldn’t win that night. I took a deep breath, and I used the other keyboard that was clamshelled to my laptop, grateful it wasn’t as unhinged as me.
Assessment of mental health presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a poorly standardised process
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3399-7225Michael Malley1, Matthew Hall2, Georgia Parry3, Hannah Sutton4, Megan Costelloe4 1 Children's Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK 2 Paediatric Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK 3 Department of Paediatrics, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK 4 Department of Paediatrics, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Michael Malley, Paediatric Emergency...
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Insurer Classification of Nonemergent Pediatric Emergency Department Visits
Key Points Question Do insurance policies that retrospectively reduce payments for nonemergent pediatric emergency department (ED) visits by using claims algorithms introduce potential racial and ethnic differences in reimbursement? Findings This cohort study of MarketScan Medicaid data included 8 471 386 ED visits and simulated the potential impact of 1 state Medicaid policy.
Assessment of mental health presentations to the paediatric emergency department: a poorly standardised process
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3399-7225Michael Malley1, Matthew Hall2, Georgia Parry3, Hannah Sutton4, Megan Costelloe4 1Children's Emergency Department, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children, Bristol, UK 2Paediatric Department, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, UK 3Department of Paediatrics, Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, UK 4Department of Paediatrics, University of Bristol Medical School, Bristol, UK Correspondence to Dr Michael Malley, Paediatric Emergency...
High number of SARS-CoV-2 persistent infections uncovered through genetic analysis of samples from a large community-based surveillance study
Abstract Persistent severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections may act as viral reservoirs that could seed future outbreaks 1-5, give rise to highly divergent lineages 6-8, and contribute to cases with post-acute Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) sequelae (Long Covid) 9,10. However, the population prevalence of persistent infections, their viral load kinetics, and evolutionary dynamics over the course of infections remain largely unknown.
Normal Heights street sign gets a paint job
The neon Normal Heights street sign is getting a makeover in advance of the always-fun Adams Avenue Street Fair on Sept. 24-Sept. 25. Painters with brushes and a mechanical lift spent the early part of this week giving the sign its first touchup since 1995. The Adams Avenue Business Association is paying for the sign painting.
Opinion: Three things I cheered in 2022 — a video 'game,' a coffee shop and some positivity
Hall is editorial and opinion director at The San Diego Union-Tribune, on email at matthew.hall@sduniontribune.com and on Post, @matthewthall.
Reevaluating Corticosteroid Classification Models in Patient Patch Testing
[Skip to Navigation] Figure 1. Copositivity Among Tested Corticosteroids Coopman et al3 first described 4 groups of corticosteroids (A/B/C/D) in 1989, which Matura and Goossens1 further divided into groups D1 and D2 in 2000. In 2011, Baeck et al5 presented a new classification system that modified the A/B/C/D classification system into 3 groups (1/2/3) based on different chemical structures. ND indicates no data. Figure 3.
NBC FBLA Shines At States
NBC FBLA Shines At States Share Tweet 0 Comments May 5, 2022 The Northern Bedford Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter hasn't been able to attend an in-person state conference in two years, so it was great for them to get back to the "sweetest place on Earth" for the 2022 FBLA State Conference. The club had 34 high school students participating in a wide range of competitive events.
Panthers Leave a Mark at Curve Classic
Panthers Leave a Mark at Curve Classic Share Tweet 0 Comments May 5, 2022 This week in NBC Panther baseball, the team won one game and lost three games. To begin the week, the Panthers lost both ends of a doubleheader to Southern Huntingdon. The first game was by a score of 10-2, and the second game was by a score of 13-4. Overall, the Panthers had 14 errors across the two games. However, the Panthers turned things around on Friday in the Curve Classic.
Northern Bedford Baseball Shutout Against Forbes Road
Northern Bedford Baseball Shutout Against Forbes Road Share Tweet 0 Comments April 28, 2022 Due to snow early in the week, the Panthers only played one game this week, beating Forbes Road at home by a score of 10-0 in five innings. The Panthers played solid in this one, collecting twelve hits and ten runs on the offensive side. On the pitching front, Reese Musselman started and threw three innings. In those innings, he went through nine batters in order, striking out eight.
Northern Bedford FBLA Helps Students Develop Foundations For the Future
Northern Bedford FBLA Helps Students Develop Foundations For the Future Share Tweet 0 Comments April 28, 2022 For the NBC FBLA, encouraging people to develop future career skills is more than just within the club. A few months ago and continuing recently, members in the Future Business Leaders of America went over to the elementary to teach students lessons on choosing a career and reading books to them.
Panthers' Leads Not Enough to Win
By MATTHEW HALL Student Correspondent Panthers' Leads Not Enough to Win Share Tweet 0 Comments April 21, 2022 The Northern Bedford baseball team had a rough week, going 0-3 and dropping to a 3-3 record on the year. On Monday evening, they lost a back-and-forth battle at home with Fannett-Metal by a score of 14-9. The Panthers took a 5-0 lead in the contest, but the Tigers clawed their way back and overcame the deficit to win.
NBC Baseball Sees Solid Win Against Tussey
By MATTHEW HALL Student Correspondent NBC Baseball Sees Solid Win Against Tussey Share Tweet 0 Comments April 14, 2022 The Northern Bedford County Baseball Team improved its record to 3-0 this week in the only game they played with a 4-0 win at rival Tussey Mountain on Tuesday evening. The game remained scoreless for two full innings until a Brooks Snider single scored Reyan Imler for the first run of the game in the top of the third.
Opinion: The real world was too much, so I escaped into other worlds this year
Hall is the editorial and opinion director at The San Diego Union-Tribune. Got a favorite book or video game of 2021? Let him know about it at matthew.hall@sduniontribune.com or on Twitter at @SDuncovered. In 2020, I read 60 books. In 2021, I read two. In 2020, I sought escape in books, devouring them in the dead — that word, so different now — of night or on walks that lasted for hours.
HCD Mag
Loma Linda, Calif., sits in one of the most earthquake-prone areas in the U.S., with the Loma Linda University Medical Center at the intersection of two relatively minor faults. However, just a few miles to the north is perhaps the best-known fault system in the world—the San Andreas. For much of the past half-century, the medical center was anchored by a 371-bed hospital dubbed the “cloverleaf” for its adjoining circular towers.
Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Pediatric Retropharyngeal and Parapharyngeal Abscesses
Abstract BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Treatment of retropharyngeal abscesses (RPAs) and parapharyngeal abscesses (PPAs) includes antibiotics, with possible surgical drainage. Although corticosteroids may decrease inflammation, their role in the management of RPAs and PPAs is unclear.
Corticosteroids in the Treatment of Pediatric Retropharyngeal and Parapharyngeal Abscesses
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State Spending on Public Benefit Programs and Child Maltreatment
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Factors Related to Serious Safety Events in a Children’s Hospital Patient Safety Collaborative
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Factors Related to Serious Safety Events in a Children’s Hospital Patient Safety Collaborative
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Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries
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Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries
1 episode Emergency Room: The Covid Diaries, is a true-life look behind the headlines first-hand account of what it was like behind the scenes at a major American hospital as the Covid-19 pandemic swept through the United States as seen by nurses and doctors who dealt with the unprecedented crisis every day.Told through the eyes of Guy Maddison, a Registered Nurse at a level one trauma center in Seattle, Washington, Emergency Room tracks the on-the-ground medical response as the virus arrived...
Opinion: Clearly labeling opinion journalism is essential. We're making sure to do so on social media.
Hall is the editorial and opinion director at The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is (always) on Twitter, @sduncovered. His email is matthew.hall@sduniontribune.com. When I took the helm of the Opinion section of The San Diego Union-Tribune more than five and a half years ago, we faced a decision. I’m not talking about our endorsement in the 2016 presidential election, although that was a heck of a choice we faced, too.
Opinion: I will never know if he could hear me say I loved him at the end
Matthew T. Hall (left) and his father, Douglas D. Hall, in 2014 (Matthew T. Hall) I still hear my dad’s voice sometimes. Hall is the editorial and opinion director at The San Diego Union-Tribune. He is (always) on Twitter, @sduncovered. His email is matthew.hall@sduniontribune.com This is the most embarrassing thing I have ever said, until recently: I once told my dad that I’d piss on his grave when he died, and I’d like it. I was a teenager, doing teenage things. He was a dad, trying to keep me safe.
Observation Status Stays With Low Resource Use Within Children’s Hospitals
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Ending homelessness in San Diego? Nice try
You know what’s more cyclical than homelessness? Efforts to end it. You know what else? Those efforts, one of which is underway in San Diego, are laudable but laughable. Reduce it? Maybe. End it? I don’t think so. Some people will never stop living on the street, as anyone who spends 90 minutes before nightfall at a downtown San Diego mission will see.
2020 was the year of other people’s voices
Dec. 29, 2020 at 4:43 pm Updated Dec. 30, 2020 at 12:07 pm By Syndicated columnist 2020 was the year the world got really small. It shrunk to the size of a house, if you were lucky, that you didn’t leave for days, or to the size of a single room, say a bedroom sometimes turned office for two. Toilet paper became something to stockpile. A yard became an actual luxury. A walk became something primal. Family dinners became something more: ways to keep local restaurants from going under.
Matthew T. Hall: 2020 was the year of other people's voices
My mother, my daughters and I stand outside the City Lights bookstore in San Francisco on Jan. 2, 2020, a rare road trip in a year of stay-at-home orders. (Matthew T. Hall) 2020 was the year the world got really small. It shrunk to the size of a house, if you were lucky, that you didn’t leave for days, or to the size of a single room, say a bedroom sometimes turned office for two. Toilet paper became something to stockpile. A yard became an actual luxury. A walk became something primal.
Matthew T. Hall: Protesters have pushed for racial justice. Athletes are making sure you don't look away.
We shocked the world. It’s a cliché in sports when athletes say it, and rarely true, to be honest. Shocked? People were always so busy, rushing around. There were other things on TV. The world was inured to shock. Then the pandemic hit, and after a pause, soccer and baseball and basketball and hockey and tennis players returned to their games during a pandemic. And we weren’t as busy as we were. Or we were busy in other ways. There weren’t a lot of other things to watch on TV. Or there was too much.
Blast Bijoux: Glass Shards from Beirut Explosion Turned into Jewelry
BEIRUT — A Beirut jeweler is turning tragedy into art, making necklaces and bracelets out of glass fragments created by the massive explosion that rocked the city early this month. Profits from the jewelry, which bear the green cedar and red bands of the Lebanese flag, will go to local charities assisting victims of the Aug. 4 blast. The fine jeweler, L’Atelier Nawbar, has longstanding roots in the Lebanese capital, beginning in 1891.
Swift reaction to court ruling cities can ban pot dispensaries
The San Diego Chapter of Americans for Safe Access held a rally in Ocean Beach opposing a crackdown on medical marijuana on Dec. 26, 2011. Bob Filner was there. File photo/Sean M. Haffey/U-T San Diego (Sean M. Haffey) Analysts, reporters and observers instantly hailed the California Supreme Court's ruling that local governments could ban medical marijuana dispensaries as a major ruling. Here's the news infused with some humor and some interesting, related asides.
Association Between US Statewide School Closure and COVID-19 Incidence and Mortality in the US
Key Points Question Was statewide school closure associated with decreased incidence and mortality for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)? Findings In this US population–based time series analysis conducted between March 9, 2020, and May 7, 2020, school closure was associated with a significant decline in both incidence of COVID-19 (adjusted relative change per week, −62%) and mortality (adjusted relative change per week, −58%).
Coronavirus company news summary - Great Panther to restart - LBMA urges support for small-scale miners - Mexico mining output expected to fall
4 June Canadian miner Great Panther Mining is restarting operations at its Topia and Guanajuato mines in Mexico after temporarily closing the mines as a result of government-mandated restrictions put in place to contain Covid-19. The company noted that it is restarting the mines under a phased approach to work under strict safety and health protocols to limit the spread of the virus.
New York Times apologizes for India Mars Mission cartoon
The New York Times apologized for an editorial cartoon in its international edition that critics said mocked India’s Mars Mission by showing a man in a traditional dhoti and turban, leading a cow on a leash and knocking on the door of the “Elite Space Club” while inside two bespectacled men in bow ties look perplexed by the sound. The cartoon was published online Sept.
Golden Star reports two Covid-19 cases at Prestea mine in Ghana
Golden Star Resources has reported two positive Covid-19 cases among employees at its Prestea mine in Ghana. As a precaution and after contact tracing, the company has placed 60 employees under quarantine. Read more here.
Covid-19: How are mining companies keeping workers safe?
Mining Technology has taken a look at the measures some of the world’s top mining companies have taken to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks at their operations. A GlobalData report found that around 1,600 mining operations had been temporarily suspended or part-suspended at the start of April as Covid-19 spread worldwide.
Anglo American Platinum provides update on Covid-19 safety
Anglo American Platinum has provided an update on cases of Covid-19 in and around its operations, confirming there are no cases at its operations. Testing has identified contractors, as well as spouses of Anglo American employees, that have contracted the virus, but in line with the company’s Covid-19 safety protocols these cases have been tested and traced. The families of those identified have been placed in quarantine measures. You can read Anglo American Platinum’s update here.
Corronavirus company news summary - Chile faces copper surplus - Covid-19 outbreak among Polish miners - Cameco to restart operations
12 May Chilean industry group Sonami has reported that the copper market in the country will witness a supply surplus of 200,000t this year as the economic impact of Covid-19 hits demand for the metal globally. Sonami president Diego Hernandez was quoted by Reuters as saying that the association anticipates supply to decline by 3%. In early April, it predicted that copper miners in the country were planning to reduce production amid increasingly strict measures to contain the spread of the virus.
Coronavirus company news summary - mineworkers test positive for virus - Barrick reduces production guidance
7 May Great Panther Mining has reported that two employees that live in the nearby communities of the Tucano Gold Mine in northern Brazil have tested positive for Covid-19. They are currently stable with mild symptoms and remain in isolation at home. Operations at the mine have not been impacted and the company has continued to operate the mine at full capacity with strict Covid-19 mitigation protocols implemented since mid-March.
How the coronavirus pandemic has changed The San Diego Union-Tribune's Opinion section
As editorial and opinion director of The San Diego Union-Tribune, I’m responsible for both the journalism in our section and the decisions underpinning its publication. And I do mean “our section.” A big part of it is the letters to the editor and longer op-eds and essays from community members like you.
Meet The San Diego Union-Tribune's new editorial board
Unsigned editorials have been a part of The San Diego Union-Tribune since long before I joined the newspaper’s staff as an East County reporter nearly 20 years ago. Editorials themselves date back more than 150 years to the first edition on Oct.
Ex-Tijuana mayor, Xolos owner Jorge Hank has a dogskin vest
Jorge Hank Rhon, the former mayor of Tijuana and the owner of the city’s soccer team, made headlines Wednesday for his fashion sense: Turns out he owns a dogskin vest. It’s made from the skins of Mexican hairless dogs known as Xoloitzcuintles. That’s also the name of Hank’s successful team, often shortened to Xolos (pronounced Show-lows.) If dogskin seems an exotic apparel choice, read on for a weirder vest he owns.
Peru state of emergency extended, Cerro Verde mine remains operational
Freeport-McMoRan has announced that its Cerro Verde mine in Peru is operating in a limited capacity, following the Peruvian government’s extension of the state of emergency in the country amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Read more here.
Vale extends care and maintenance at Voisey’s Bay in Canada
Vale have extended the care and maintenance period at the Voisey’s Bay project in Canada in light of the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Read more here.
Which mining economies will be damaged by the pandemic?
Mining Technology has broken down a few of the economies which rely significantly on mining and minerals and how they stand to be affected by outbreaks of Covid-19. Read more here. Free Whitepaper ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MINING SAFETY: Seven ways to make your mine safer and more efficient
Covid-19: Trevali temporarily halts Caribou mine operations in Canada
Trevali has halted operations at its Caribou mine in Canada in response to coronavirus concerns. Read more here. Free Whitepaper ULTIMATE GUIDE TO MINING SAFETY: Seven ways to make your mine safer and more efficient
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