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Authorities move to reassure parents as Strep A confirmed in child’s death

Public health staff are supporting the family of the four-year-old child, the HSE said.

The Independent UK

Paxlovid free so far, but sticker shock awaits next year if you need the COVID treatment

Within months, the government plans to stop footing the bill — and millions of the uninsured and seniors might have to pay full price. Experts say that means fewer people will get the potentially life-saving treatments.

Chicago Sun-Times

CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is running out of ways to be creative with its limited pandemic funds and needs more flexibility from Congress, Director Rochelle Walensky told CQ Roll Call in an exclusive interview Wednesday.

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Nottingham parents facing NHS 111 waits due to "sheer volume" of Strep A calls

Nottingham's director of public health says there are no cases of invasive Strep A in the city and that the illness is usually mild

Nottingham Post

Data shows 13 cases of invasive Strep A in under-10s in Scotland

THERE have been 13 reports of invasive Strep A in children aged under 10 in Scotland since the start of October, according to latest data.

The National (Scotland)

CDC head asks for COVID-19 funding, data as Hill interest fades - Roll Call

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky says her agency needs more authority to gather data to fight public health threats such as COVID-19, mpox.

Roll Call

Scots children with Strep A hits 13 cases after 9 deaths in UK

Public Health Scotland said that infections caused by Group A Streptococcus have been increasing since the beginning of October.

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13 cases of invasive Strep A in under-10s – Public Health Scotland

Scotland’s health secretary said the country’s health service is ‘adequately able’ to deal with Strep A infections.

The Independent UK

Breast cancer patients in South Africa are battling to maintain treatment because of high transport costs

South Africa has a two-tiered health system. Public health services – which are largely provided free of charge – are run and funded by the state. Private healthcare is owned and run by the private sector. Patients have to pay themselves or via medical insurance to access private care.

The Conversation

Two pupils taken to hospital as more than 20 scarlet fever cases reported at school

Education leaders in Carmarthenshire say they are working very closely with Public Health Wales

Wales Online

Much of the CDC is working remotely. That could make changing the agency difficult

ATLANTA — Earlier this year, top leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention began a monumental task: turning the sprawling, labyrinthine organization known for its highly specialized, academically focused scientific research into a sleek, flexible public health response agency primed to serve the American public. It’s an attempt…

Tribune News Service

Health experts in conundrum over best way to avoid winter ‘tripledemic’

RSV, Covid-19 and flu cases are exploding, but many health officials aren’t forcing masks or discouraging in-person gatherings

The Guardian - US

Anthony Fauci on the lessons that must be learned from the COVID-19 pandemic

As Anthony Fauci prepares to leave his role as chief medical adviser at the White House, the world is in a much better place in the fight against COVID-19. But the infectious disease expert is warning against complacency and says the virus still poses a threat.

ABC News

Liverpool health boss tells parents when to take kids to A&E over Strep A fears

Public Health Director answers key questions after rise in cases

Liverpool Echo

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California hospitals running low on beds for children as flu activity surges

Flu activity has reached high levels all around the state of California at a time when hospitals already are admitting a large number of children suffering from that illness, COVID-19 and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, state public health officials announced Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Climate crisis also a health threat

The latest Lancet Countdown report, which monitors the health consequences of climate change, highlights the need to prepare for future calamities. Even as Covid-19 continues to spread, a recent study suggests that the likelihood of another pandemic increases by 2% each year. In the coming decades, the interplay between the…

The Independent UK

Father’s tribute to ‘bright and talented’ girl, 5, who died after catching Strep A

Stella-Lily McCorkindale was a ‘beautiful, sweet, loving and funny little girl who fought so hard to stay with us’, aunt says

Reason

California Law Strips Licenses from 'Misinformation'-Spreading Doctors

"You have this looming power over you that essentially can end your career," says Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya.

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Monkeypox gets a rebrand as mpox

The thorny cultural politics of naming a virus loomed large for the global public health agency

Wales Online

Heartbroken family's tribute to 'popular' five-year-old who died from Strep A

Stella-Lily McCorkindale passed away in hospital from the infection that has already claimed the lives of eight youngsters recently

The Independent UK

Tributes paid as girl, five, dies after Strep A case reported at Belfast school

Eight children in Great Britain have died with a form of Strep A.

The Guardian - UK

Strep A is circulating in the UK – and so are myths about what’s causing that

We don’t know yet what’s behind the spate of strep A deaths, but we can do more to protect children, says Edinburgh University chair of global public health Prof Devi Sridhar

Tribune News Service

A new use for dating apps: Chasing STIs

Heather Meador and Anna Herber-Downey use dating apps on the job — and their boss knows it.

Liverpool Echo

Warning to shoppers after faeces and vomit inducing bugs found on self service screens

Health chiefs are warning people shopping this festive season

Wales Online

Nursery warns parents to look out for symptoms of Strep A and scarlet fever after rise in cases

Nurseries in Wales have been advised by Public Health Wales to be vigilant of the signs and sympoms of scarlet fever and strep throat

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