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Suspected drug deaths in Scotland increase in October and November

Public Health Scotland also released an alert for a new synthetic opioid being found on Scotland’s streets and in prisons.

The Independent UK

Emily Atack says it’s ‘important’ to make catcalling a ‘public health issue’

‘That can be very damaging over a period of time,’ actor said

The Independent UK

Covid-19 vaccine available for foreigners nationwide

The Public Health Ministry plans for at least one Covid-19 vaccination centre per province for foreign tourists paying for shots, while foreign residents will continue to get free jabs.

Bangkok Post

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Has California avoided another devastating winter COVID wave?

LOS ANGELES — In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, winter holidays were marred by a pair of devastating waves that ripped through California, sending case counts soaring, residents to the hospital in droves and, ultimately, leaving thousands dead.

Los Angeles Times

'Super-gonorrhea' warning as people urged to reduce number of sexual partners

The new strain of the sexually transmitted disease proved resistant to five different antibiotics leading scientists to become concerned of the possibilites of a wider outbreak

Daily Mirror

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can make Illinois healthier than ever

In the three years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois, public health experts have gained invaluable knowledge to improve our health care system.

Chicago Sun-Times

Yellen in Zambia to discuss debt to China, public health

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Zambia on the second leg on her African tour

The Independent UK

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Activists urge HIV policy reversal

Aids activists are urging the government to revise a new Ministry of Health policy that bars clinics operated by civil society groups from providing HIV treatments to the public.

Bangkok Post

‘We were kindred spirits:’ As seniors battle a loneliness epidemic, the friendship of a 76 and 17-year-old shows connection has no limits

Loneliness is a public health issue. Intergenerational friendship is one solution.

Fortune

Brazil declares public health emergency for Yanomami people

Brazil’s government has declared a public health emergency for the Yanomami people in the Amazon who are suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as malaria as a consequence of illegal mining

The Independent UK

Gas stoves became part of the culture war in less than a week. Here's why

An interview with a federal safety regulator quickly became fodder for outrage, viral social media content and political fundraising.

WEKU

Canberrans waiting to see specialists or undergo surgery through public health system face lengthy delays

Canberrans waiting to see medical specialists or undergo surgery through the public health system are facing lengthy delays.

ABC News

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.

Fortune

How scientists trained computers to forecast COVID-19 outbreaks weeks ahead

Imagine a time when your virus-blocking face covering is like an umbrella. Most days, it stays in your closet or is stowed somewhere in your car. But when a COVID-19 outbreak is in the forecast, you can put it to use.

Los Angeles Times

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Ministers set to consider banning disposable vapes

Public Health Scotland is examining the impact of vaping, with an action plan due in the autumn

The Independent UK

‘Understaffed and underpaid’ nurses in America’s largest public health system rally after historic strikes

New York City’s public hospital nurses cannot legally strike in their fight for stronger wages and staffing levels. But frontline health workers warn an already-stressed system can’t afford to wait much longer

Tribune News Service

Commentary: Here comes Mr. Jordan

As one of its first acts after taking control of the House of Representatives, Republicans chose not to attack inflation, public health needs, a drought that threatens farmland in the rural West, or even the immigration crisis at the southern border, but rather “approved a GOP resolution to create a…

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Researchers say the legalization of marijuana comes at a hidden cost to our young people

The Biden administration recently declared that no one should be in jail for using or possessing marijuana and that individuals convicted of simple possession at the federal level shall be pardoned. This ruling is consistent with the decades of scientific studies that have established the need for serious reform of…

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The Independent UK

Flavored cannabis marketing is criticized for targeting kids

As New York opens more legal outlets for recreational marijuana, some public health advocates want more scrutiny on how marijuana products are being marketed to teens and young adults

Chicago Sun-Times

City health official defends denial of Southeast Side metal shredder’s permit

A health department official says the city considered many issues, including air quality and health in the surrounding community, in nixing a scrap business along Calumet River.

Fortune

‘Hybrid’ COVID immunity from vaccination and infection is superior to that from infection alone, new WHO-backed study finds

The study shows "the advantages of vaccination even after people have had COVID-19," the international public health organization says.

The Conversation

The costly lesson from COVID: why elimination should be the default global strategy for future pandemics

Imagine it is 2030. Doctors in a regional hospital in country X note an expanding cluster of individuals with severe respiratory disease. Rapid whole-genome sequencing identifies the disease-causing agent as a novel coronavirus.

The Independent UK

Spaniards spending record high on private health insurance

New data show that Spaniards spent a record high amount on private health insurance last year, amid growing discontent with the country’s once-prized public health system

France 24

'A job I love, but I need to pay bills': Thousands of British nurses strike over healthcare crisis

Tens of thousands of nurses across England and Wales walked out Wednesday in a new protest over pay and patient safety, with no end in sight to a wave of strikes that has piled pressure on the overburdened public health system.

Tribune News Service

NIH missing top leadership at start of a divided Congress

WASHINGTON — The departure of two key public health leaders at the National Institutes of Health has created vacancies some worry could present a hurdle to NIH’s agenda in the new Congress.

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