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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

The Guardian - UK

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

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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.

Bangkok Post

Stopping the Medicaid churn

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

Salon

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

The Independent UK

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.

Los Angeles Times

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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.

Reason

Were COVID lockdowns a deadly mistake? Jay Bhattacharya vs. Sten Vermund

Two public health experts debate the merits of lockdowns and focused protection

Reason

Glasgow woman whose dog died after eating 'poison' furious as substance still on path - 9 days later

Jane Rainey's four-year-old golden retriever Oakley ate the toxic substance on November 7 and died the following day. Nine days after being reported to Public Health Scotland, the 'poison' remains at the scene.

Glasgow Live

What the world would lose with the demise of Twitter: Valuable eyewitness accounts and raw data on human behavior, as well as a habitat for trolls

What do a cybersecurity researcher building a system to generate alerts for detecting security threats and vulnerabilities, a wildfire watcher who tracks the spread of forest fires, and public health professionals trying to predict enrollment in health insurance exchanges have in common?

The Conversation

Mass public health specialist layoffs

As COVID-19 funds run out, the majority of 4,000 public health specialist contractors are being laid off

Salon

Michael Hiltzik: The right wing gets its knives out for California's new medical misinformation law

Painfully aware of how attacks on COVID vaccines and anti-pandemic policies have undermined public health, California enacted a law this year that makes spreading medical misinformation and disinformation about the pandemic grounds for revoking a doctor's license.

Los Angeles Times

There is a hidden epidemic of missed cancer cases – here’s how we save lives now

With up to a million missed diagnoses across Europe as a result of the pandemic, it’s time to put cancer back on the agenda, says Edinburgh University chair of global public health Prof Devi Sridhar

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Sun-Times CEO Nykia Wright honored as outstanding business leader by YWCA Chicago

The YWCA honors Nykia Wright of the Chicago Sun-Times, Natalie Moore of WBEZ and Dr. Allison Arwady of the Chicago Department of Public Health for their efforts to empower women, fight racism, build community.

ABC News

What does the COVID-19 'variant soup' mean for the Asia-Pacific region as travel ramps up?

As sub-variants vie for dominance, how is COVID-19 playing out in different countries across our region?

The Independent UK

Africa CDC chief urges more COVID-19 testing as cases rise

The head of Africa’s top public health institute is urging authorities across the continent to step up COVID-19 testing amid a concerning rise in new cases in some countries

Bangkok Post

Anutin calls for patience on cannabis bill

A recent announcement categorising flowers or buds of the cannabis plant as "controlled herbs" is a temporary measure to slow recreational use while deliberation in parliament continues, Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Wednesday.

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Los Angeles Times

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington on Tuesday vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked by the Trump administration during the pandemic that had allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

Los Angeles Times

Controversial Title 42 border policy vacated by federal judge

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., vacated a controversial border policy known as Title 42, a public health law invoked during the pandemic that allowed border agents to quickly turn back migrants.

Reuters

Big-power rivalry overshadows Biden-Xi cooperation pledge

Their photo op looked good for U.S. and Chinese leaders Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, but the superpowers remain driven by geopolitical rivalry despite their pledge to cooperate on global issues like climate change and public health.

The Independent UK

Canada is suffering a worrying shortage of children’s fever medication

‘Canadians should buy only what they need, so that other parents and caregivers can access medication so we can meet the needs of sick children,’ public health agency says

The National (Scotland)

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.

WEKU

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.

The Guardian - AU

‘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

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