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With flu season here, health officials urge communities of color to get vaccinated

LOS ANGELES — When Sandy Sandoval tries to encourage her family members to get the flu vaccine, they usually tell her that the shot does not work and the vitamins they're taking are enough to protect them through the season.

Los Angeles Times

Just 1 in 20 people in the US have dodged COVID infection so far, study says

An estimated 94% of people in the U.S. have been infected with the COVID-19 virus at least once, according to according to a new paper from researchers at Harvard’s School of Public Health.

Tribune News Service

Moms against the war on drugs

A growing number of parents see the war on drugs as an abject failure that harmed their kids

Salon

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Attacks on women 'still a major worry'

More than 8,500 women experience either physical or sexual violence each year, mostly in domestic or family environments, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post

Rising numbers of lonely old people present NHS challenges

Older people are at greater risk of social isolation, depression and ill health

Liverpool Echo

COVID risk could rise again as federal funding drains, Chicago’s top doc warns

The city will soon lose hundreds of millions of dollars in public health funding as federal pandemic aid runs out. That, combined with low booster shot participation, could spell another surge in COVID, Dr. Allison Arwady says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Masks advised in crowded places as Covid cases rise

The Ministry of Public Health is advising people to wear face masks in crowded places as the number of daily Covid-19 cases has risen by 10-20%.

Bangkok Post

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Glasgow taxis facing 'a number of challenges' over Low Emission Zone

The new rules started on May 31 but enforcement won't be carried out until June 1 next year. Taxi reps have warned it could force drivers off the road.

Glasgow Live

School pupils diagnosed with meningitis as close contacts given antibiotics

Public Health Wales is working with Cardiff and Vale University Health Board to offer antibiotics and vaccines to pupils in years 12 and 13 at Bishop of Llandaff Church in Wales High School in Cardiff

Wales Online

4 recipients win this year's prize

Four recipients from the US and Australia have been named as winners of the Prince Mahidol Award this year in the fields of medicine and public health, the Prince Mahidol Award Foundation announced on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Pediatrician who survived Illinois parade shooting wants to reframe gun violence as a public health crisis

CHICAGO — When Emily Lieberman heard the gunshots, her first instinct was to grab her then-5-year-old daughter.

Chicago Tribune

Measles now an imminent global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC

There is now an imminent threat of measles spreading in various regions globally, as COVID-19 led to a steady decline in vaccination coverage and weakened surveillance of the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. public health agency said on Wednesday.

Reuters

California’s ‘tripledemic’ of viruses is on the rise. Here’s how to care for a sick loved one

Trying to avert a heavy surge in respiratory illnesses, California’s leading public health officials once again stressed on Tuesday that state residents should do all they can to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, as they gather for the holidays.

Tribune News Service

World Cup gatherings may fuel Brazil's latest COVID wave, experts warn

Brazil faces a new wave of COVID cases just as the soccer-crazed nation is gathering en masse to follow the World Cup, with new coronavirus sub-variants and delayed vaccine boosters raising alarms among public health specialists.

Reuters

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Reason

The Pandemic Is Over, Except When Politicians Need It To Justify Their Plans

Plus: A questionable consensus on autism treatment, Fauci to be deposed in social media case, and more...

Tribune News Service

As STDs proliferate, companies rush to market at-home test kits. But are they reliable?

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a public health crisis.

Tribune News Service

Mistrust and polarization steer rural governments to reject federal public health funding

ELKO, Nev. — When Elko County commissioners rejected a $500,000 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that could have helped the county create a health department or health district, Kayla Hopkins pleaded with them to reconsider.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Medical Community Frets over Fate of Twitter

For days, doctors, scientists and public health experts have been telling their Twitter followers where to find them on other platforms if Elon Musk's newly-acquired company tanks. The social media giant symbolized by the blue bird has laid off half of its 7,500 employees, while several hundred others have resigned,…

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Healthy streets for people, not just cars, says UK public health expert taking pulse of Perth streets

A UK public health and transport expert says Perth needs to design streets for people to walk and cycle, not just for cars.

Chicago Sun-Times

Be prepared: Surge of winter sickness likely on its way, city’s top doc says

If you haven’t had your COVID-19 fall 2022 booster, now is the time, Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.

The Independent UK

States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

A coalition of conservative-leaning states is trying to keep in place a Trump-era public health rule that allows many asylum seekers to be turned away at the southern U.S. border

The Conversation

Scientists uncovered the structure of the key protein for a future hepatitis C vaccine – here's how they did it

The hepatitis C virus, or HCV, causes a chronic liver infection that can lead to permanent liver scarring and, in dire cases, cancer. It affects around 71 million people worldwide and causes approximately 400,000 deaths each year. While treatments are available for HCV-related infections, they are expensive, hard to access…

WEKU

Kentucky public health officials encourage people to stay safe at holiday gatherings

Kentucky public health officials warn people to stay safe at holiday gatherings

Salon

The COVID death "gap" between US states

More than 122,000 lives would have been saved if all states had the same vaccination rates as the most vaccinated

Daily Record

Alcohol minimum unit pricing does help to cut drink consumption in Scotland, report finds

Scotland's public health minister Maree Todd insisted minimum unit pricing is 'achieving what it set out to do'.

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