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In an exclusive interview with Io Dodds, Dr Anthony Fauci looks back on his decades-long career in public health

THERE have now been 13 cases of monkeypox reported in Scotland, public health officials say.

The WHO said it will rename the virus after researchers complained that the current name is "stigmatizing" and "discriminatory."

The population-wide application of the pandemic response can be transitioned to be focused on individual protection

The World Health Organisation will determine whether the outbreak presents a public health emergency of international concern

After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.

Last week, the Department of Health deemed Monkeypox a notifiable disease in Northern Ireland.

The World Health Organisation said some 1,160 confirmed cases have been reported in 22 countries in the European Economic Area.

The Tasmanian government has announced mask mandates for schools and public transport will be dropped on June 25.

There were 2,263 more confirmed Covid-19 cases and 18 related fatalities on Tuesday, the Public Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.

The new Pae Ora (Healthy Futures) Act, due to take effect from July 1, will be a once-in-a-generation chance to reset New Zealand’s public health system. It’s a welcome effort to protect, promote and improve the health of all New Zealanders, reduce health disparities (in particular for Māori) and give…