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Sales of Buckfast and Tennent's Super lager soared following minimum unit pricing

SALES of a Buckfast and Tennent’s Super lager soared following the introduction of minimum unit pricing, a new report has found.

The National (Scotland)

Earth welcomes its 8 billionth baby. Is that good or bad news... or a bit of both?

Sometime today, the global population is forecast to hit 8 billion. The U.N. calls it a milestone for humanity, made possible by advances in public health and medicine. But there are also challenges.

WEKU

‘I would have had my own house by now’: the devastating effects of a life in thrall to the pokies

Aaron Perkins-Kemp-Berger spent nearly 50 years gambling before he found a way out. Advocates say it’s time to make the problem a public health issue rather than blaming individuals

The Guardian - AU

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'Eco-anxiety' in France: How climate change can impact mental health

As concern grows over the climate crisis, so does its toll on our mental well-being. Public health officials have coined the term "eco-anxiety" to describe the fear of environmental doom. They warn that the phenomenon could have damaging long-term effects and amplify health and social inequalities for the most vulnerable.…

France 24

Sexual health services at ‘breaking point’ as demand among over 65s soars

The number of over 65s contracting STIs increased by 20 per cent

The Independent UK

Demand from over 65s pushing sexual health services to brink of collapse

There are fears there could be a surge in sexually transmitted diseases

Wales Online

Scots booze prices rise faster under minimum pricing but cost of Buckfast tumbles

The cost of Scotland's favourite tonic actually fell after the Scottish Government's flagship minimum unit pricing (MUP) laws were introduced in 2018.

Daily Record

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Sexual health services on brink as demand soars – particularly among over 65s

Councils have condemned cuts to sexual health spend as demand for care has increased.

The Independent UK

Thousands of experts hired to aid public health departments are losing their jobs

As COVID-19 raged, roughly 4,000 highly skilled epidemiologists, communication specialists and public health nurses were hired by a nonprofit tied to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to plug the holes at battered public health departments on the front lines.

Tribune News Service

Chicago voters oppose cutting down thousands of trees in Jackson Park and South Shore for Obama Center, golf project

CHICAGO — Residents of Chicago’s South Side overwhelmingly voted to oppose the removal of thousands of trees because of construction around the Obama Presidential Center and a proposed golf course project.

Chicago Tribune

Doctors warn health spending cuts in deprived areas will cause 'downward spiral'

Ahead of the Autumn budget this week, the new president of the British Medical Association warns that “perverse” public health cuts have hit poorer areas hardest in the last decade so many people are too sick to work by their 50s

Daily Mirror

Thousands protest in support of public health care in Madrid

Tens of thousands of public health workers and their supporters are demonstrating in the Spanish capital to demand more staff in primary health care centers

The Independent UK

LA County coronavirus cases, hospitalizations rising as Thanksgiving nears

LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are starting to increase in Los Angeles County amid the wider circulation of newer Omicron subvariants.

Los Angeles Times

‘This industry will stop at nothing’: big soda’s fight to ban taxes on sugary drinks

The soda industry has long lobbied against soda taxes in the US but recent evidence shows these extra charges have a positive effect

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Stopping the churn: Why some states want to guarantee Medicaid coverage from birth to age 6

Before the COVID-19 public health emergency began in 2020, millions of children churned on and off Medicaid each year — an indication that many were losing coverage because of administrative problems, rather than because their family’s income had increased and made them ineligible.

Wales Online

Health issue linked to 22% greater risk of severe Covid

'This is now a major public health problem and needs to be addressed urgently'

The Conversation

8 billion people: Four ways climate change and population growth combine to threaten public health, with global consequences

There are questions that worry me profoundly as a population- and environmental-health scientist.

WEKU

Uganda ends school year early as it tries to contain growing Ebola outbreak

Since the outbreak began in September, eight children have died — and there is no approved vaccine. But doctors are hopeful that public health measures may be enough to stop the spread.

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Ky Health Commissioner talks COVID, flu, and RSV viruses

Influenza is definitely making its presence known in school classrooms and in communities across the state. Kentucky's public health commissioner, Dr. Steven Stack, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls it the quickest and sharpest uprise of flu in a decade.

Bangkok Post

Global population to hit 8 billion

The world's population will reach 8 billion in the middle of November -- a testament to scientific breakthroughs and improvements in nutrition, public health and sanitation. But as our human family grows larger, it is also growing more divided.

Salon

Wastewater monitoring and public health

Officials are testing wastewater for insight into a community's health, but most are unaware of it

Radio France Internationale

French hospitals struggle with worst bronchiolitis epidemic in 10 years

French hospitals are facing a new epidemic as bronchiolitis infections soar to their highest level in a decade - leading public health authorities to issue a nationwide alert.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: RSV is packing hospitals with sick kids, but it can be contained

Another fall season, another virus in the news: The respiratory syncytial virus, commonly known as RSV, is filling up emergency rooms and hospital beds in many parts of the country.

The Guardian - UK

Bird flu is a huge problem now – but we’re just one mutation away from it getting much worse

If bird flu jumps into the human population and more dangerous strains emerge, it could set off a new pandemic, says Prof Devi Sridhar, the chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh

Los Angeles Times

COVID-19 still a leading cause of death in LA County, even amid ‘milder’ omicron surge

LOS ANGELES — The coronavirus continues to play an outsized role in the mortality rate in Los Angeles County, new data from the Department of Public Health show.

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