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3 Georgia children diagnosed with monkeypox, according to health officials

ATLANTA — Three children in Georgia have been diagnosed with monkeypox, including one child who lives in metro Atlanta, according to the Georgia Department of Public Health.

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New York counties gear up to fight a polio outbreak among the unvaccinated

Polio is spreading in a few New York counties with low vaccination rates. Experts warn that other places in the U.S. could face the same challenge.

WEKU

Misinformation is a common thread between the COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS pandemics – with deadly consequences

Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety and speed of misinformation seem unprecedented, but COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic where false and harmful information has set back public health.

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More communities are giving flavored tobacco the boot. Will California follow?

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California’s third-largest city banished flavored tobacco products from store shelves this summer, joining scores of other cities and counties in the state in a public health push to reduce nicotine addiction among youths and young adults.

Tribune News Service

Ministers tour ganja plantation

PATHUM THANI: Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Tuesday accompanied his Malaysian counterpart Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar on a visit to a Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) cannabis plantation to discuss the comprehensive medical usage of the plant.

Bangkok Post

Thai pandemic centre gets nod

Thailand has been chosen by Asean members to establish an Asean Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases.

Bangkok Post

2,062 new Covid inpatients, 28 more deaths

There were 28 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,062 new patients admitted to hospitals on Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

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How will Fauci be remembered by history?

The chief medical advisor became a household name during the COVID years, while being vilified by many on the right

Salon

Voices: I’m an expert on infectious diseases. Here’s the truth about monkeypox

This isn’t the same as Covid, and it won’t be in the future. Here are the reasons why

The Independent UK

1,488 new Covid inpatients, 26 more deaths

There were 26 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,488 new patients admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Health ministry defends new Covid 5+5 policy

The Ministry of Public Health on Monday defended a reduction of quarantine days from seven to five for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, saying it was based on academic data and reviewed by relevant parties.

Bangkok Post

Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service.

Al Jazeera

Uganda's efforts to address vitamin A deficiency miss the mark

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. It also increases the risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea. There are several ways to fight this public health threat: giving children vitamin A supplements; promoting more diverse diets; fortifying food; and bio-fortifying crops. Nutrition…

The Conversation

Warning issued to hot tub owners after spike in Legionnaires' disease cases

Public Health Wales has seen as rise in cases in the past year

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The Independent UK

Rubbish piling up on streets of Edinburgh amid bin strike as ‘massive public health problem’ feared

Scottish capital hit by 11-day garbage walk-out at heart of festival season

Bangkok Post

1,531 new Covid inpatients, 28 more deaths

There were 28 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,531 new patients admitted to hospitals on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday.

The Guardian - UK

Take our quiz: how much do you remember about the UK’s Covid restrictions?

The public health measures Britons lived under dominated our lives but have since faded from memory

Bangkok Post

1,968 new Covid inpatients, 21 more deaths

The country registered 1,968 new patients admitted for treatment and 21 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.

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Reuters

Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived from Italy this week.

Bangkok Post

'Few hurdles' likely for revised cannabis law

The bill to amend the present cannabis and hemp laws has been completed and will go before the House of Representatives for a second reading next week, said Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Bangkok Post

Apec meet to find 'balance' in post-Covid recovery

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expects the upcoming 12th Apec High‐Level Meeting on Health and the Economy to serve as a global forum to discuss medical innovations and measures to strike a balance between public health security and economic recovery.

Los Angeles Times

As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn't

Vanquishing disease is in the DNA of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency that in its first decade of existence oversaw the eradication of smallpox, the elimination of malaria and the stamping out of polio as threats to Americans' health.

Daily Mirror

Brits will be urged to avoid A&E this winter in bid to reduce NHS pressure

The head of the health service has told hospitals to prepare public health campaigns to help "minimise" pressure on A&E departments over the winter

Radio France Internationale

Cameroon’s health minister says he was threatened after banning skin whitening products

Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health said in an interview this week with a local television channel that he had received threats after banning skin bleaching products.

Los Angeles Times

Monkeypox cases more than double in LA County. One region is hit particularly hard

LOS ANGELES — The number of cumulative monkeypox cases has more than doubled in Los Angeles County in the last two weeks as officials race to better track the virus and more widely vaccinate more vulnerable communities.

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