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A ‘super strain’ of gonorrhea circulating in the U.S. is so powerful that it can evade many antibiotics used to treat it, experts say

The case comes amid “a rising epidemic of sexually transmitted disease” in the U.S., a public health expert told Fortune.

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China's COVID surge prompts CDC to expand a hunt for new variants among air travelers

It would make more sense to screen a plane's wastewater to look for new variants than to screen individual passenger volunteers, some researchers say. Others say any information is helpful.

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Exclusive-U.S. considers airline wastewater testing as COVID surges in China

As COVID-19 infections surge in China, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering sampling wastewater taken from international aircraft to track any emerging new variants, the agency told Reuters.

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Faye Flam: The real reasons your family is sick right now

Something is altering the normal seasonal currents of cold and flu viruses. They slowed to a trickle during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic only to blast through human populations this year. Some public health experts have called it a “tripledemic,” but it might even be described as a…

Tribune News Service

Three dead from mysterious virus outbreak as WHO on alert

All three people who died had other health conditions.

Irish Mirror

World Health Organization to probe mystery pneumonia outbreak that has left three dead

There have so far been 10 cases of a mysterious strain of pneumonia in Argentina, with three people dying, and the UK's top scientists are monitoring the situation

Daily Mirror

Creative skills will be crucial to the future of work. They should take centre stage at the jobs summit

This article is part of The Conversation’s series looking at Labor’s jobs summit. Read the other articles in the series here.

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Editorial: Reforms vital after CDC's fumbling

A North Dakota native has been named to a new and vital health care post. The nation ought to wish her well because the task before her is daunting: overseeing the overhaul of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) after its frustrating response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tribune News Service

As COVID deaths in Minnesota surpass 13,000, the risk profile has a twist

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota surpassed 13,000 COVID-19 deaths earlier this month with the toll still falling hardest on the elderly, unhealthy and unvaccinated.

Tribune News Service

White House Tries to Make Biden’s COVID a ‘Teachable Moment’

For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds. When he finally did test positive, the White House was ready. It set out to turn the diagnosis into a "teachable moment" and dispel any notion of a crisis. "The president does…

Asharq Al-Awsat

White House tries to make Biden's COVID a 'teachable moment'

For more than a year, President Joe Biden’s ability to avoid the coronavirus seemed to defy the odds

The Independent UK

The BA.5 Covid variant is causing US cases to rise – should you be worried? All you need to know

The newest challenge hits the nation at a time the leadership has largely moved on from the coronavirus discourse

The Guardian - US

From one July Fourth to the next, a steep slide for Biden

President Joe Biden is set to mark his second Fourth of July since taking office, and he's finding a far different political atmosphere today than a year ago

The Independent UK

How many COVID-19 deaths are ‘acceptable’? Decision necessary to move to post-pandemic world

LOS ANGELES — In the post-pandemic world the United States is struggling to bring forth, how many people are we willing to let die of COVID-19 each year?

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Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich asked "are we dying?" after terrifying 'poisoning'

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich was reportedly fearing for his life and falling ill of suspected poisoning at peace talks between Russia and Ukraine earlier this month

Daily Mirror

Worse to come from Putin after peace talk delegates poisoned, expert warns

Professor Michael Osterholm has warned Western leaders to 'bolster' their preparations for a biological and chemical attack after Roman Abramovich and two members of the Ukraine peace talks were allegedly poisoned

The Guardian - US

As Covid precautions fall away across US, some experts advise against ‘wishful thinking’

Public health authorities suggest Americans need to prepare to pivot back even as they tire of the forever pandemic

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