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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.

Daily Record

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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…

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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

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.

Tribune News Service

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…

Bangkok Post

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

The Independent UK

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

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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

Wales Online

Strep A symptoms, how long it's contagious for and how it spreads

Parents have been reminded that the Strep A infection is still incredibly rare but these are the symptoms, signs and other things you need to know about the illness

The Conversation

Why women sometimes stay with abusers: insights from a Nigerian study

Domestic violence is a public health problem in most parts of the world. A 2021 United Nations report showed that one in three women aged 15-49 years in sub-Saharan Africa had experienced one form of violence or another by an intimate partner.

The Conversation

Pharma's expensive gaming of the drug patent system is successfully countered by the Medicines Patent Pool, which increases global access and rewards innovation

Biomedical innovation reached a new era during the COVID-19 pandemic as drug development went into overdrive. But the ways that brand companies license their patented drugs grant them market monopoly, preventing other entities from making generics so they can exclusively profit. This significantly limits the reach of lifesaving drugs, especially…

Edinburgh Live

Strep A cases surge in Scotland as parents and doctors urged to be more vigilant

Public Health Scotland has recorded 437 cases in the past two weeks as Professor Hugh Pennington tells parents the virus is easily treatable with penicillin on prescription.

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