Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Start reading

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

Start reading

The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Can adults get Strep A?

There have been dozens of deaths across the UK, including at least 16 children

Wales Online

The public health organization that forecast 1 million COVID deaths in China says a 'tripledemic' could push the death toll even higher: 'They never had a Plan B'

The figure doesn’t take into account other viruses like RSV and flu, which are hitting other countries especially hard this year and may also strike China, one expert told Fortune.

Fortune

French academy of medicine concerned over increase in electric scooter accidents

The French Academy of Medicine says electric scooters are becoming a public health risk and recommends that helmets be made compulsory. It reports that the number of injuries has increased by nearly 180 percent between 2019 and 2022.

Radio France Internationale

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Experts: Catch-and-release is cruel

For decades, public health authorities would spay feral cats and release them. Experts say this doesn't work

Salon

Health experts tell people in Wales to do one thing if mixing with family this Christmas amid rising flu, Strep A and Covid cases

We asked Public Health Wales whether people should mix as normal with loved ones this Christmas

Wales Online

Royal note of thanks for princess's medical carers

Their Majesties the King and Queen have thanked medical workers involved in the care and treatment of Her Royal Highness Princess Bajrakitiyabha Narendiradebyavati, according to a Facebook post by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Bangkok Post

Confusion and falsehoods spread as China reverses its 'zero-COVID' policy

As China lifts its stringent zero-COVID policy, public health messaging has taken a U-turn. People are grappling with the whiplash, trying to find a way to protect themselves and loved ones.

WEKU

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Night venue hours 'won't be extended'

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday moved to assure concerned civic groups, saying the ministry is firmly opposed to the proposal that would see the opening hours of night entertainment venues extended by two hours.

Bangkok Post

Proposal limits 4am closing time to one area

The Tourism and Sports Ministry is proposing only one pilot area, Bangla Walking Street in Phuket, to extend operating hours of nighttime entertainment venues until 4am after previous proposals were rejected by the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post

'Tripledemic' hits Wales causing widespread problems for health and care staff

One health board has had to cancel all but the most urgent operations after declaring a 'critical incident'

Wales Online

'Have a safe as summer': Public health measures replaced by advice

A list of advice for avoiding Covid this summer provides a stark contrast to the broad public health messaging of a year ago, despite case numbers being much higher

Newsroom.co.nz

New Covid cases down, deaths up

The number of new Covid-19 cases dropped slightly over the past week, but deaths increased, the Public Health Ministry said.

Bangkok Post

Scots back alcohol sponsorship having 'no place in sport', survey finds

A NEW survey has revealed that just one in four Scots would not support a ban on sports sponsorship by the alcohol industry ...

The National (Scotland)

700 nurses left Canberra's public health system last year

However, there was an overall increase in the number of nurses and midwives.

The Canberra Times

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Tribune News Service

Lisa Jarvis: We need a public health campaign against teen marijuana use

There’s good news and bad news when it comes to teen drug and alcohol use. The good news is that fewer teens are drinking, a trend that has been steadily improving over the last two decades. The negative is that cannabis seems to be picking up alcohol’s slack.

Bangkok Post

Bhumjaithai: Anutin only candidate for PM

The Bhumjaithai Party intends to put forward only its leader, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, as its candidate for prime minister, spokesman Paradorn Prissananantakul said on Saturday.

Salon

Houston's chemical contamination

"The people there are tired of being studied. We need to take action.”

Reuters

Chile heat wave exacerbates forest fires, causes public health risk

A heat wave that has hit Chile this week with record temperatures in some areas and a lack of rainfall has intensified forest fires that have already burned more than 7,000 hectares (17,000 acres)in the South American nation.

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway cancer patient waited nearly a full year to begin treatment

New figures from Public Health Scotland show none of the country's health boards met the Scottish Government's target of 95 per cent of patients beginning treatment within 62 days

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: DeSantis launches a strike against lifesaving science

Throughout the history of public health in the United States, there have been a handful of moments where a broad cross-section of scientists and other leaders spotted something happening and thought “This is new. This is bad. This could change everything.”

Bangkok Post

Vendors' pot bud sales to be monitored

The Public Health Ministry is allowing cannabis buds to be sold by more than 5,000 licensed vendors nationwide next month, with vendors' and buyers' information to be sent to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) as part of controls over its sales.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Will immigration surge as asylum rule ends?

Ever since the pandemic began the U.S. has been using a public health rule intended to limit the spread of disease to expel migrants seeking asylum

The National (Scotland)

Major supply notice issued over Strep A antibiotics in Scotland

A major update has been issued regarding the supply of Strep A antibiotics in Scotland amid a surge in cases.

Roll Call

Post-pandemic, CDC faces ‘uphill battle’ for backing in new Congress

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky wants to overhaul the agency but needs Congress' help. And she is losing key allies.

Asharq Al-Awsat

WHO Eyes End to Covid Emergency in 2023

The World Health Organization said Wednesday it hoped that Covid-19 would no longer be a public health emergency in 2023, as it urged China to share information that could pinpoint how the pandemic started. As the third anniversary of the original outbreak rolls around, the WHO said the virus was…

1 … 102 103 104 105

People

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

World Health Organization

885 stories

Board

754 stories

UK Health Security Agency

509 stories

Public Health Ministry

435 stories

Diageo

280 stories

Public Health Scotland

254 stories

Canberra Health Services

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.