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Two new Covid variants found in UK with hundreds of cases detected

The UK Health and Security Agency has warned rapid growth has been identified in the strains

The Independent UK

Twindemic: COVID joins hands with flu to raise health concerns

As we are approaching the winter season in our country, we are witnessing rising cases of viral infections and flu-like symptoms that turned out to be COVID-positive. Some patients get tested for flu and the results also turn out to be COVID. Therefore, there is a major concern about the…

The Times of India

‘Mixed picture’ for Covid infections but rise in England may have levelled off

There has been an increase among secondary school aged children.

The Independent UK

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China rolls out first inhalable Covid vaccine

SHANGHAI: In what is believed to be a world first, Shanghai this week introduced a new type of Covid-19 vaccine that is inhaled rather than administered via injection.

Bangkok Post

Nine Covid symptoms affecting the fully vaccinated — and signs you may have it

Fainting and fatigue may signal onset of variant, experts say

The Independent UK

How long can you test positive for Covid and when are you infectious?

A surge in cases is indicating a new wave has started in the UK

The Independent UK

Who can get an autumn Covid booster jab and how do I book?

Booster vaccinations are being offered to everyone in England over the age of 50

The Independent UK

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There is an Adderall shortage. A psychiatrist explains what it means for kids, adults with ADHD

PHILADELPHIA -- A national shortage of Adderall has people with attention deficit/hyper activity disorder scrambling to find a pharmacy that can refill their prescription.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Fifth COVID shot not likely until next year

Three people died from COVID in Hunter-New England in the 14 days prior to October 22.

Newcastle Herald

Parents sue over son's death after he took kratom supplement

The parents of a 23-year-old Georgia man who died after using kratom have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against about a dozen people, companies and organizations connected to the manufacturing, marketing and sale of the herbal supplement

The Independent UK

WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

The World Health Organization says the number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years in 2021

The Independent UK

African health official says Ebola in Uganda is under control

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday, noting that local health authorities are doing well in tracing most contacts

The Independent UK

At concert outside Baltimore plant, musicians protest Maryland pharmaceutical company’s Narcan prices

BALTIMORE — Joined by harm-reduction advocates, local musicians performed outside a Baltimore drug manufacturing facility Wednesday afternoon to protest the price of the overdose-reversing drug Narcan sold by pharmaceutical company Emergent BioSolutions.

Tribune News Service

PolyPhotonix's diabetes sleep mask adopted by NHS Trust

The County Durham firm's Noctura 400 Sleep Mask is used to treat diabetic patients who are at risk of losing their sight

Birmingham Post

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Al Jazeera

Ugandan gov’t under fire as Ebola outbreak spreads in Kampala

Health experts say the government’s response to the outbreak has been slow and inept, allowing infections to spread.

Evening Standard

Latest rise in Covid-19 patients in England may have peaked

Patient levels have fallen for nine days in a row.

Los Angeles Times

'Media literacy' advocates push to create savvier consumers of news and information

The Instagram headline was pithy and alarming: “Head of Pfizer Research: Covid Vaccine is Female Sterilization.” And the report, from a murky source, could have had real-world consequences, coming in 2020, just as the U.S. rolled out the first vaccines to combat the coronavirus pandemic.

Manchester Evening News

Drugs warning issued in Manchester over green 'Rolex' ecstasy tablets

Anyone feeling unwell should seek urgent medical attention

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Cough syrup deaths: If media doesn’t hold the government to account, who will?

On a day when the biggest news story for most Indian newspapers was India’s almost miraculous win in their match against Pakistan in Melbourne in the ongoing T20 World Cup, one paper decided to make a non-sport and non-political story its page 1 lead.

Birmingham Post

Gateshead's Shield Therapeutics says US expansion will be aided by new shelf life ruling

The company launched its lead drug Accrufer in the US last year

Reuters

Africa CDC: Ebola outbreak in Uganda "not getting out of hand"

Africa's top public health body said on Thursday that the Ebola outbreak in Uganda was "not getting out of hand" and that it was still under control, despite an increase in cases that have spread to the capital Kampala.

Reason

The Feds Monkey Around With Monkeypox

The FDA delayed the delivery of 1 million vaccine doses, and many high-risk Americans were turned away from health clinics that had run out of vaccines.

ABC News

Wastewater drug report not an accurate representation of SA's substance problems, advocates say

The SA Network of Drug and Alcohol Services says the survey inaccurately represents the state's biggest problems.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: What parents can do as RSV spikes among children

A surge in cases of a common respiratory virus is filling up pediatric hospital beds around the U.S. The early and swift arrival of respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, is stretching the limits of an already exhausted health care system. Layer on COVID and the flu, and you’ve got the…

Tribune News Service

FDA delays advisory committee meeting on over-the-counter birth control pill

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday postponed a critical advisory meeting on an application for the nation’s first over-the-counter birth control pill, citing the need “to review new information.”

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