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Here are the facts about Canberra's health system lost in a fiery debate

Your questions on abortion, VAD, performance and culture answered.

The Canberra Times

Winter health plan ignores review advice

A review of last year's winter health response recommended ventilation be improved in a range of settings as part of the 2023 plan, but the Government has ignored that advice.

Newsroom.co.nz

How the end of the COVID health emergency affects your Medicare

The COVID-19 public health emergency that started in January 2020 ended on May 11, 2023

The Independent UK

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Thousands of identifiable NT patient health files sent to overseas-based software vendor in government data breach

A data "incident" report, obtained by the ABC through freedom of information, reveals the NT Government breached the privacy of thousands of public health patients.

ABC News

9 silent killers posing biggest threat to humanity revealed by world's top doctors

The World Health Organization (WHO) has a 'priority' list of diseases which they say pose the greatest public health risk and are being monitored and researched to prepare for the next potential public health emergency

Daily Mirror

'Brain-eating' infection alert as rare and deadly disease spreads across the US

Scientists are warning that a microbe named Naegleria fowleri amoeba, responsible for a deadly brain infection known as primary amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM), is spreading

Daily Mirror

Wastewater is a valuable source of information - Africa's scientists need to use it to find drug-resistant bacteria

People often think of wastewater as serving no purpose. But it can be a valuable source of information. Wastewater is increasingly recognised as a significant environmental reservoir for antimicrobial resistance – a growing global public health threat.

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Tories’ failure to tackle alcohol harm is causing public health crisis, say MPs

Problem drinking in England costs NHS £25bn a year, with deaths nearly doubling in two decades, Commons committee warns

The Guardian - UK

'Brain-eating' amoebas are a new concern in northern US states, health officials advise

Ohio public health officials raise concern about brain-eating amoeba in northern states.

LiveScience

Denmark to help Rajasthan in managing water sector

A memorandum of understanding signed by Rajasthan’s Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) with the City of Aarhus, Denmark, will help the desert State in the sustainable development of the urban water sector.

The Hindu

State board of education president Pamela Pugh launches US Senate bid

Michigan State Board of Education President Pamela Pugh is launching her campaign Tuesday for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow, hoping to change the fact that there's no Black women currently serving in the upper chamber.

Tribune News Service

Are healthcare workers ready to unmask?

Should your doctor still wear a mask? Not all medical experts agree

Salon

Academics with tobacco industry links are not declaring potential conflicts of interest in research

Exclusive: Study sparks calls for academic journals to consider penalties for inadequate declarations

The Guardian - AU

A trained, silent army of healthcare workers to keep outbreaks at bay

A silent, diligent army of epidemiologists, embedded in the public health division of the health department, works daily to collect information about diseases that helps to develop programmes and drive policy decisions.

The Hindu

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Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Here’s how the government can improve processing immigrants after the expiration of Title 42

Title 42 was implemented as a public health measure during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the health emergency ending, the rule has now expired. This means that those coming to the borders seeking asylum may no longer be turned away. What the federal government did and what it should have done…

The Week

Thousands of people in UK out of work due to long Covid

Nisreen Alwan, professor of public health at the University of Southampton and Daniel Ayoubkhani, principal statistician at the Office for National Statistics and the University of Leicester explain how the latest statistics on the Covid pandemic and jobs suggest long Covid could be causing high levels of economic inactivity.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: America should spearhead nonaggression treaties for biological labs in war zones

The conflict in Sudan suddenly drew new levels of alarm when hostile forces in the capital city of Khartoum seized a biological research lab containing lethal viruses such as cholera, measles and polio.

Newcastle Herald

'We need to build a public health system where everybody wants to work'

Some patients get tired of the waiting times in the public system and go private.

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Bangkok Post

Hajj-goers get health support team

The Public Health Ministry will send 42 medical personnel to accompany Thai Muslims joining the Hajj in Saudi Arabia this year.

The Guardian - UK

An exhibition about milk’s complicated history has me rethinking my morning cuppa

The Wellcome Collection’s show has art and history, biology and ecology, public health, politics – and the dangers of ice-cream

Bangkok Post

A probe too far

The Public Health Ministry's disciplinary probe against Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, director of Songkhla's Saba Yoi Hospital and president of the Rural Doctors Society (RDS), heightens suspicions about whether the move is politically motivated.

The Independent UK

Gun violence is top public health concern for Americans, study finds

More Americans believe access to guns is the number one public health concern over opioids or fentanyl

Chicago Tribune

Biden EPA pushes for federal regulation of toxic coal ash dumps threatening drinking water in Illinois, Indiana and other states

As energy companies shift away from burning coal to generate electricity, many are leaving behind toxic waste that could endanger public health and the environment for years to come.

The Guardian - US

Gun violence is top public health concern for quarter of Americans – poll

After several mass shootings this year, 26% of Americans believe guns are the number one public health threat

Salon

The CDC has stopped tracking COVID cases

Some experts worry this move will hinder public health in the event of a future infectious mutation

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