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How should an Australian 'centre for disease control' prepare us for the next pandemic?

Over the past two years, Australians have become familiar with the threat of infectious disease outbreaks. COVID won’t be the last pandemic to affect our lives.

The Conversation

Oakland, Calif., declares racism a public health crisis

Oakland City Council votes without opposition to declare the public health crisis and sets aside up to $350,000 for consulting and a data analyst.

WEKU

Young doctors spend a year caring for rural folks in Ecuador. Here's what they find

For millions in remote areas, health-care is barebones. The health-care team may be a long canoe ride away. Supplies are meager. Electricity comes and goes. And the pandemic made things worse.

WEKU

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End of airport thermoscans mooted as Covid fades

The Public Health Ministry is planning to propose the end of the body temperature scan for air travellers at airports due to the improving Covid-19 situation.

Bangkok Post

Explore Pennsylvania's culinary history via 4 themed trails

PITTSBURGH — As a registered dietitian and public health professional, Mary Miller has long been focused on bettering the well-being of her community. She’s equally passionate about history, especially as it relates to Pennsylvania’s culinary traditions, heritage and agricultural history.

Tribune News Service

Ahmedabad: Food lab detects 0% unsafe sample

AHMEDABAD: Why does the public health laboratory of the civic body, boasting of the most modern food-testing facilities, have a dismal record of almost a 0% when it comes to concluding that food samples are “unsafe”? The civic body collects thousands of samples from food outlets, vendors, and food processing…

The Times of India

1,801 new Covid cases, 13-month low

Confirmed daily Covid-19 cases fell to 1,801, the fewest since May 4, 2021, government figures showed on Monday. Deaths fell to 15, the fewest since Feb 7th this year.

Bangkok Post

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Longer lives, good health for all and the fight against a pandemic - Prof Kate Ardern's proud legacy for Wigan's public health

The Covid-19 figurehead will step down in July

Manchester Evening News

2,474 new Covid cases, 20 more deaths announced Sunday

The country registered 2,474 more Covid-19 cases and 20 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.

Bangkok Post

What about the UN? Coming down off that high

Kob, a university student, has grown cannabis plants in his room to make pressed dried cannabis for sale over the past two years.

Bangkok Post

Vaccinated elderly with comorbid conditions at higher risk: Study

CHENNAI: The antibodies acquired through vaccinations to protect people against Covid-19 ebb away early in people above 60 years of age, particularly those with comorbid conditions, increasing the risk of breakthrough infections by up to 15 times and risk of hospitalisation by up to 10 times, a study by scientists…

The Times of India

More than a dozen counties join those with high level for COVID-19 transmission

“The most effective way to prevent severe illness is for all to be up-to date with vaccinations and boosters,” said Amaal Tokars, the Illinois Department of Public Health’s acting director.

Chicago Sun-Times

2,501 new Covid cases, 28 more deaths

The country registered 2,501 more Covid-19 cases and 28 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox cases in Scotland reach 12 as two more patients with virus confirmed

Public Health Scotland have confirmed that two new cases have been discovered in Scotland, taking the total to 12 and the total for the whole of the UK reaching 366.

Edinburgh Live

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'Why do we tolerate this?': Ex-smoker who started in primary school and had cancer three times welcomes calls to change the law

South Shields' Sue Mountain has had cancer three times due to smoking - she's backing calls to raise the legal age for buying tobacco after a landmark report.

Manchester Evening News

'Signs of a rise in Covid-19' AGAIN as hospital admissions expected to go up - the latest figures for the North West

Greater Manchester public health chiefs have long highlighted the difficulties in judging coronavirus trends now free mass testing is no longer available

ABC News

Ombudsman criticises lack of communication with families that sparked disability mistreatment report

An investigation has found it was wrong to keep people with disabilities and their families in the dark for years following an inquiry into how their loved ones were mistreated — and in some cases died — in South Australia's public health system.

Tribune News Service

Climate change: Are reports of our doom making matters worse?

Even the most casual observer of current events has to admit there is much to be gloomy about. From public health (monkeypox and COVID-19 variants) to mass shootings (Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, among others) to the inability of opinion leaders to agree on basic facts (see the events…

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Hepatitis A vaccination blitz begins as cases confirmed at Gold Coast's Arundel State School

A Gold Coast school will host a hepatitis A vaccination clinic this weekend after four of its students caught the viral infection.

Bangkok Post

Ministry wants end to mask rule

The Ministry of Public Health will ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation (CCSA) to drop the mask rule in public places and lower the national Covid-19 alert to Level 2 next week.

Bangkok Post

Ministry set to ask for end to mask rule

The Ministry of Public Health will ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation's (CCSA) operations centre to drop the mask mandate in public places and lower the national Covid-19 alert to Level 2 next week.

Bangkok Post

2,836 new Covid cases, 24 more deaths

There were 24 more coronavirus-related deaths and 2,836 new cases confirmed on Thursday, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Friday.

The Hindu

Explained | The Indian patent regime and its clash with the U.S. norms

The U.S. Trade Representative highlighted IP challenges in India in its annual Special 301 report released last month

Los Angeles Times

As California coronavirus cases rise, Bay Area divided about imposing new mask rules

SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco and the greater Bay Area were pioneers in imposing the nation's first regional stay-at-home order in early 2020 when the coronavirus first hit. And the region takes pride in the relatively low cumulative death rate throughout the pandemic.

Belfast Live

Diesel cars still not tested for toxic emissions by Northern Ireland DVA

Charities are calling for action on cancer causing air pollution as children at exhaust level

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