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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.

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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.

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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...

Reason

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.

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

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.

ABC News

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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 Independent UK

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…

The Conversation

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

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

WEKU

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

Salon

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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The National (Scotland)

Minimum unit pricing cuts alcohol consumption, according to new report

MINIMUM unit pricing (MUP) has been effective in reducing alcohol consumption in Scotland in the three years since it was implemented, according to…

Wales Online

Minimum pricing ‘effective’ in reducing alcohol consumption, study finds

Public Health Scotland says their strategy is achieving what it was meant to do

Bangkok Post

Narcotics board 'has no sway' over cannabis orders: Wissanu

The Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has no authority to alter or reverse any ministerial announcements signed by Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul concerning the decriminalisation of cannabis, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Monday.

Tribune News Service

Here’s how to stay healthy as respiratory illnesses spread this holiday season

DALLAS — The holidays are back to their pre-pandemic glories, with the airline industry already expecting record-breaking travel days. But your loved ones aren’t the only ones coming to town this season: A team of highly-contagious respiratory viruses may also visit, and they likely have no plans to leave anytime…

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McDonald’s and Walmart beef suppliers criticised for ‘reckless’ antibiotics use

Exclusive: Most important antibiotics for human health still used in supply chains of major US food companies, risking spread of superbugs

Bangkok Post

Researchers support cannabis bill

The Association of Researchers of Thailand (ART) on Monday submitted a letter to Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul showing support for the Cannabis and Hemp Bill and a ministerial announcement on cannabis.

Bangkok Post

Review Covid drug policy

Covid-19 cases have been surging over the past few weeks including a rise in the number of new cases which is likely to last until early next year.

Salon

Stopping the Medicaid churn

Multiple states are rethinking their enrollment policies for the youngest Medicaid members

The Independent UK

Nine children have been hospitalised in an Ohio measles outbreak that’s infected more than a dozen

Almost all of the cases reported have been in children under the age of 5, local health officials said

Los Angeles Times

NFL games during 2020 season led to significant COVID-19 spikes, study says

As the NFL sought to resume play during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some teams choosing to allow fans into stadiums, league officials insisted that football crowds had no negative impact on public health.

Reason

Never Lock Down Again? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund

Stanford's Jay Bhattacharya debates Yale's Sten Vermund on COVID-19 lockdowns, focused protection, and the Great Barrington Declaration.

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