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Kőrösi: Cholera in Lebanon Won’t Become Epidemic

The number of cholera cases in Lebanon has exceeded 1,400 with over 17 deaths according to the latest official figures, while the President of the United Nations General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi, said Wednesday in a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat he was very confident that cholera will not become a major…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Malaria in Africa: why most countries haven’t beaten it yet

Malaria remains one of the most devastating parasitic diseases affecting humans. In 2020 there were around 241 million cases and 672,000 malaria-related deaths. This is a sharp increase from 2019.

The Conversation

Conflict, crisis fuel cholera surge across Mideast hot spots

Thousands of cholera cases have swept across Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq in recent weeks

The Independent UK

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Should Queenslanders be worried about rising cases of new COVID-19 variants, BQ.1 and XBB, in Victoria and New South Wales?

Chief Health officer John Gerrard says "it is quite possible" Queensland would experience a wave "in the coming weeks" as other states record rising COVID-19 case numbers.

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From Centaurus to XBB: your handy guide to the latest COVID subvariants (and why some are more worrying than others)

The Omicron variant of concern has splintered into multiple subvariants. So we’ve had to get our heads around these mutated forms of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, including BA.1 and the more recent BA.5.

The Conversation

New Covid-19 wave to hit NSW within weeks, chief health officer says

Exclusive: Kerry Chant reiterates importance of vaccine boosters as Omicron subvariants BQ.1 and XBB tipped to become dominant

The Guardian - AU

New Covid variants are circulating. What do we know and will the Omicron-specific booster be effective?

WHO says the strains are not different enough to label them variants of concern but experts urge staying up to date with vaccines

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The WHO says monkeypox is still a global health emergency of concern, despite a 'promising' decline in cases

Despite a promising decline in global cases, the World Health Organization has determined that monkeypox should remain a "public health emergency of international concern". Here's why.

ABC News

WHO suspends senior manager after sexual assault complaint-sources

The World Health Organization (WHO) has suspended a senior manager at its Geneva headquarters after a British doctor publicly alleged she was sexually assaulted at a health conference last month, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Reuters

Low- and middle-income countries struggle to provide health care to some, while others get too much medicine

Access to quality health care is a fundamental human right. Yet more than half the world’s population can’t obtain even the most essential health care. Out-of-pocket costs drive hundreds of millions into extreme poverty

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Monkeypox remains global health emergency, says WHO

The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization's (WHO) highest level of alert, the United Nations (UN) agency's Emergency Committee said on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

WHO says monkeypox remains global health emergency

The monkeypox outbreak continues to represent a global health emergency, which is the World Health Organization's highest level of alert, the UN agency's Emergency Committee said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Study decodes how late-night eating leads to diabetes and weight gain OLD

Findings could inform care for patients fed at night while they sleep with gastric feeding tubes

The Independent UK

In Africa's monkeypox outbreak, sickness and death go undetected

At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one of hundreds of boils that trouble her delicate skin.

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Vaccines could be a game-changer in the fight against malaria in Africa

The development of an effective vaccine for malaria has proved to be far more challenging than developing a vaccine to protect people from COVID-19. Several different COVID-19 vaccines were developed and approved for use within a year of the disease’s emergence.

The Guardian - UK

The week in TV: Doctor Who; Jimmy Carr Destroys Art; The Pact; The Devil’s Hour – review

Jodie Whittaker’s sendoff as the Doctor was overstuffed with its own history, while Channel 4’s take on cancel culture missed its mark

Bangkok Post

Vaping ban fails to do its job

Despite Thailand's ban on e-cigarettes, they are easily available online. Worse, consumers are subject to heavy lobbying from the vaping industry, which spreads disinformation in its bid to end the ban. The government must put a stop to this dirty business.

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Deaths of Gambian children cast dark shadow over India’s drugs industry

The tragic demise of 66 children in the West African nation of Gambia as a result of the use of suspect cough remedies has brought into focus a dangerous aspect of India’s massive pharmaceutical industry.

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Ethiopia's Tigray runs out of medical supplies amid health crisis: WHO

Ethiopia's Tigray region has run out of medical supplies such as vaccines, antibiotics and insulin, World Health Organization officials said on Friday, warning that many deaths were probably going unrecorded from preventable and treatable diseases.

The Guardian - UK

Global tuberculosis cases increase for the first time in 20 years

Campaigners say diagnoses of TB – ‘the quintessential disease of poverty’ – have risen because of ‘neglect’ and lack of funding

The Conversation

Most older Australians aren't in aged care. Policy blind spots mean they live in communities that aren't age-friendly

In response to the horror stories of abuse and neglect from the Royal Commission into Aged Care, the new federal Labor government has made legislative changes. Prior to this, Australia’s most recent aged-care reforms were enacted a decade ago. The focus, however, is still largely on residential care homes, so…

Evening Standard

Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

The number of people with tuberculosis rose for the first time in years, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO).

The Independent UK

WHO: Tuberculosis cases rise for the first time in years

The World Health Organization says the number of people infected with tuberculosis, including the kind resistant to drugs, rose globally for the first time in years in 2021

The Guardian - UK

Long Covid: ‘fraction’ of sufferers getting NHS help in England

Only 60,000 of an estimated 277,000 people have been seen by specialist service, figures show

Bangkok Post

When health solidarity is health security

Kicking off the UN's second annual Sustainable Development Goals Moment last month, Unicef Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas emphasised the role of solidarity as a driver of change. "Global solidarity is more important than ever," she said. "Together, we have an extraordinary opportunity to change the world we live in."

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