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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.

Reuters

Monkeypox vaccinations, treatment dramatically slow spread of virus in California

LOS ANGELES — Evidence is continuing to mount that monkeypox vaccinations and treatments are protecting against further spread of the virus, according to Los Angeles County’s public health director.

Los Angeles Times

Public health bosses launch plan to make London smokefree by 2030

NHS joins forces with MPs and academics to form new tobacco alliance aimed at preventing smoking

Evening Standard

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COVID and health workers' strike: how Kenya's health services coped in times of crisis

When epidemics break out and public health emergencies are declared, people shy away from seeking care for other conditions. This may seem counter-intuitive at first glance. But it makes sense. Ordinary life is disrupted, so visiting a clinic for a routine checkup becomes harder. People are afraid they’ll contract the…

The Conversation

Covid pandemic sparks ‘worrying’ rise in deadly fungal infections

The World Health Organisation warned that a lack of knowledge and treatment threatens public health

Evening Standard

Why pediatricians are worried about the end of the federal COVID emergency

In the pandemic, the government allowed millions of children to stay on Medicaid — no need to have an adult re-enroll them every year. But that may end soon, and many kids could lose their coverage.

WEKU

Texans' COVID-19 vaccine records might eventually be destroyed because of state law

FORT WORTH, Texas — The COVID-19 vaccination records of at least 9.6 million Texans will be destroyed five years after the statewide public health disaster ends, unless state officials manage to contact all vaccine recipients and ask whether they want the records preserved.

Tribune News Service

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Cough syrup deaths: Why is India’s drug regulator going after Dinesh Thakur and T Prashant Reddy?

It’s been over a week since public health activists Dinesh Thakur and T Prashant Reddy received an ominous notice from India’s Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation, warning them to stop “maligning the image of the institution and the nation at large”.

Newslaundry

'National scandal' as poorest Scots 74 per cent more likely to die from cancer

Cancer remains the main cause of death in Scotland, with 16,438 deaths caused by the disease in 2021, according to the latest figures from Public Health Scotland.

Daily Record

Airports put on alert for Ebola cases

The Public Health Ministry is beefing up health checks on incoming travellers from Africa in a bid to prevent the spread of the Ebola virus in the country.

Bangkok Post

Number of children being vaccinated still yet to reach pre-covid levels in one Greater Manchester borough

Public health bosses in Wigan have also expressed concerns over the effect of the cost of living crisis

Manchester Evening News

Fungal disease spiked during Covid pandemic and pathogens spreading due to climate crisis, WHO says

World Health Organization identifies priority pathogens of greatest threat to public health as diseases grow resistant to antifungal treatments

The Guardian - AU

Japan steps up push to get public buy-in to digital IDs

Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign on or possibly lose access to their public health insurance

The Independent UK

Welsh parents urged to get their children vaccinated after polio virus found in UK waste water

Polio can cause temporary or permanent paralysis and can be life-threatening

Wales Online

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The Guardian - UK

Ian Russell obituary

Other lives: Innovative health services researcher and founding professor of public health at Bangor University

Bangkok Post

New regulations for CBD in food items

The Public Health Ministry has issued three announcements regulating the use of cannabidiol (CBD) as an ingredient in food products.

Chicago Tribune

Monkeypox kills 2 in Chicago’s first fatal cases, health department announces

CHICAGO — The first two monkeypox deaths in Chicago were announced Friday by the Chicago Department of Public Health.

Irish Mirror

Full list of potential Covid restrictions - from the return of masks to new testing rules

The winter months are approaching and many experts are predicting a new wave of the virus as hospitals brace themselves for an influx of patients

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GCC Health Ministers Inaugurate Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Health Ministers inaugurated on Saturday the "Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control" in Riyadh to strength coordination, build knowledge and produce evidence to enable the prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases, mitigate public health emergencies, and promote healthy communities across the Gulf. The event was…

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago public health officials announce 2 monkeypox deaths

Health officials say that death from the monkeypox virus remains an extremely rare event, with only 32 deaths occurring out of more than 75,000 global cases during the 2022 outbreak.

Wales Online

Wales records sharp rise in the number of people testing positive for Covid

Public Health Wales has warned that Wales is showing 'early signs of a possible autumn wave' of Covid following a rise hospitalisations and deaths

Bangkok Post

Face mask rules to be cancelled soon

The Ministry of Public Health Ministry is expected to cancel face mask-wearing regulations and related fines in two or three weeks, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).

Tribune News Service

Babies kept dying in this city. People worked together to understand why

BALTIMORE — Nine women, some mothers, some expecting, sit chattering at a U-shaped table in a church hall on an October morning, happy to be out of the downpour outside. A few have young children underfoot. Guadalupe Franco, a community health worker, once as hungry for good parenting tips as…

Bangkok Post

Survivors 'steadily recovering'

Residents of tambon Uthai Sawan in Nong Bua Lam Phu's Na Klang district are making steady progress in their recovery following the Oct 6 mass shooting which claimed 37 lives, the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday.

Los Angeles Times

LA County gives COVID shots at home. Advocates fear 'people just don't know about this'

LOS ANGELES — Inside their Glassell Park home, Louis Salazar Jr. gently rubbed the foot of his elderly mother, who lay in bed as a nurse prepared her COVID-19 booster shot.

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