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Emergency’s over, but danger’s not: Pritzker ends pandemic disaster status, but warns, ‘COVID-19 has not disappeared’

Beyond the bureaucratic red tape, the disaster proclamation allowed Gov. J.B. Pritzker to put in place multiple executive orders. Should the pandemic worsen, he would have to make another disaster proclamation in order to issue those sorts of orders again.

Chicago Sun-Times

How will life change once the COVID-19 emergency ends?

The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests

The Independent UK

Anutin posters cause a stir

The Pheu Thai Party on Tuesday joined a call for the Election Commission (EC) to look into posters erected at many state-run hospitals depicting Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Bangkok Post

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HHS weighs abortion access actions, including possible health emergency declaration

Democratic lawmakers have urged the Biden administration to declare a Public Health Emergency on abortion.

Axios

Women’s health in Turkmenistan: ‘Silence strips us of agency. This must change’

Abortion, contraception, domestic violence: none of these are publicly discussed. One website, Saglyk, tries to give women the information they desperately need

The Guardian - UK

Biden administration to end COVID public health emergency in May

Move would restructure federal response to treat virus as endemic public health threat, ending some government support.

Al Jazeera

White House to end COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11

WASHINGTON — The White House will end a pair of COVID-19 emergency declarations on May 11, the latest signal that the administration is winding down its fight against the virus.

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COVID-19 health emergencies to end in May, White House says

The move shifts the debate around GOP resolutions ending the two emergencies, which were set to be voted on in the House this week.

Axios

Judge to decide fate of relocated General Iron’s Southeast Side operation by spring

The owner of the relocated, rebranded General Iron wants an administrative law judge to overturn the city’s decision to block the facility’s opening.

Chicago Sun-Times

Minimum unit pricing 'had no significant economic impact' on industry

Public Health Scotland report does point to changing patterns of consumer and retailer purchasing

Insider UK

Believe it or not, it's still officially a pandemic, the WHO says. Welcome to year 4 of COVID

In its report, however, the emergency committee concluded that the pandemic "may be approaching an inflexion point," and asked the WHO to research the implications of terminating the emergency status "in the coming months."

Fortune

Public health experts want five commitments from new NSW government

NSW PHAA has launched its 'Vote for Public Health' campaign ahead of the election – identifying five priorities to improve the state.

The New Daily

Covid situation improves, low infection rate in outbound travellers

The local Covid-19 situation is improving and the infection rate among outbound travellers is only about 4%, with vaccination stations for foreign tourists now open in 31 provinces, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post

WHO: COVID Remains a Public Health Emergency

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert. The pandemic was likely in a "transition point" that continues to need careful management to "mitigate the potential negative consequences", the agency added in a…

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Reuters

WHO maintains highest alert over COVID, but sees hope ahead

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert.

Bangkok Post

Anutin: More than one meth pill, you're a dealer

A ministerial regulation is being amended so that anyone with more than one methamphetamine pill in possession, instead of 15, will be regarded as having them with intent to sell, not for personal use as at present, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday.

Daily Record

Health bosses issue warning over new pills that could supercharge Scotland's drug death rate

Public Health Scotland issued the warning on Nitazenes which can be many times stronger than heroin.

The Independent UK

Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

Access has improved across the U.S. to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — still isn't getting to everyone who needs it

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Why Brazil's Yanomami are being devastated by disease and gold mining

Many in Brazil were left wondering how the public health emergency gripping the Yanomami indigenous population could materialise so quickly, but this is no sudden disaster.

Bangkok Post

Drop in air quality due next week

The Public Health Ministry warns of a drop in air quality in Bangkok next week and urges people -- especially vulnerable groups -- to step up their protection against harmful ultra-fine dust particles.

Bangkok Post

Activist medico objects to transfer

The transfer of government critic Dr Supat Hasuwannakit to a southern border town has sparked controversy, with some alleging it is being done due to his outspoken role with the Rural Doctor Society.

Reuters

Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalized in northern Brazil amid health crisis

Dozens of indigenous children suffering from malnutrition and acute diseases have been hospitalized in northern Brazil, with relatives in hammocks holding their emaciated frames in scenes that underscore the gravity of a public health crisis.

The Independent UK

Why Brazil's Yanomami are being decimated by disease, mining

Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and on Jan. 20 the federal government declared a public health emergency

Wales Online

'Inadequate' response to TB outbreak in Welsh village with cases found a decade later

It is estimated that 31 cases of active TB and 300 cases of latent TB were linked to the first outbreak in Llwynhendy in 2010

Bangkok Post

Heinecke uneasy about vaccines offered to visitors

A hotel tycoon is disappointed with the government's tight control over Covid vaccinations, suggesting more tourists coming to Thailand aren't comfortable visiting public healthcare centres.

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