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Japan steps up push to get public buy-in to digital IDs

Japan has stepped up its push to catch up on digitization by telling a reluctant public they have to sign on or possibly lose access to their public health insurance

The Independent UK

Welsh parents urged to get their children vaccinated after polio virus found in UK waste water

Polio can cause temporary or permanent paralysis and can be life-threatening

Wales Online

Ian Russell obituary

Other lives: Innovative health services researcher and founding professor of public health at Bangor University

The Guardian - UK

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New regulations for CBD in food items

The Public Health Ministry has issued three announcements regulating the use of cannabidiol (CBD) as an ingredient in food products.

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox kills 2 in Chicago’s first fatal cases, health department announces

CHICAGO — The first two monkeypox deaths in Chicago were announced Friday by the Chicago Department of Public Health.

Chicago Tribune

Full list of potential Covid restrictions - from the return of masks to new testing rules

The winter months are approaching and many experts are predicting a new wave of the virus as hospitals brace themselves for an influx of patients

Irish Mirror

GCC Health Ministers Inaugurate Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Health Ministers inaugurated on Saturday the "Gulf Center for Disease Prevention and Control" in Riyadh to strength coordination, build knowledge and produce evidence to enable the prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases, mitigate public health emergencies, and promote healthy communities across the Gulf. The event was…

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Chicago public health officials announce 2 monkeypox deaths

Health officials say that death from the monkeypox virus remains an extremely rare event, with only 32 deaths occurring out of more than 75,000 global cases during the 2022 outbreak.

Chicago Sun-Times

Wales records sharp rise in the number of people testing positive for Covid

Public Health Wales has warned that Wales is showing 'early signs of a possible autumn wave' of Covid following a rise hospitalisations and deaths

Wales Online

Face mask rules to be cancelled soon

The Ministry of Public Health Ministry is expected to cancel face mask-wearing regulations and related fines in two or three weeks, according to the Department of Disease Control (DDC).

Bangkok Post

Babies kept dying in this city. People worked together to understand why

BALTIMORE — Nine women, some mothers, some expecting, sit chattering at a U-shaped table in a church hall on an October morning, happy to be out of the downpour outside. A few have young children underfoot. Guadalupe Franco, a community health worker, once as hungry for good parenting tips as…

Tribune News Service

Survivors 'steadily recovering'

Residents of tambon Uthai Sawan in Nong Bua Lam Phu's Na Klang district are making steady progress in their recovery following the Oct 6 mass shooting which claimed 37 lives, the Ministry of Public Health said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

LA County gives COVID shots at home. Advocates fear 'people just don't know about this'

LOS ANGELES — Inside their Glassell Park home, Louis Salazar Jr. gently rubbed the foot of his elderly mother, who lay in bed as a nurse prepared her COVID-19 booster shot.

Los Angeles Times

They inhaled asbestos for decades on the job. Now, workers break their silence

While the U.S. considers finally banning the carcinogen, a group of men have come forward, saying they were exposed repeatedly while working at a chemical plant in New York.

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Bangkok Post

Over 1,000 cannabis clinics have opened this year

Over 1,000 clinics offering cannabis-based treatments have opened since the start of the year, promising better public access to the medicinal plant, according to the Public Health Ministry.

ABC News

Darwin study finds badly injured e-scooter users are adding to the public health system's workload

Injured and often intoxicated e-scooter users are adding to the Northern Territory public health system's workload and costing hundreds of thousands of dollars each year, medical researchers say.

Tribune News Service

Will COVID spike again this fall? 6 tips to help you stay safe

Last year, the emergence of the highly transmissible omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus caught many people by surprise and led to a surge in cases that overwhelmed hospitals and drove up fatalities. Now we’re learning that omicron is mutating to better evade the immune system.

Reason

Gavin Newsom Cites Dubious Evidence That His Lockdowns Saved California's Economy

The governor made these claims on Monday while also putting a February 2023 end date on the state's emergency public health order.

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The Independent UK

House investigation reveals how Trump aides bullied CDC staff to downplay Covid-19 threat

Trump aides ’usurped control of CDC communications and blocked public health officials from providing accurate information about the coronavirus to the American people,’ report claims

The Guardian - UK

I’m a Tory MP, but I think Thérèse Coffey is putting ideology above the nation’s health

The libertarian health secretary is in danger of casting herself as unwilling to tackle smoking and obesity, says NHS doctor Dan Poulter

Tribune News Service

Proliferating wildfires poison public health across the country

As wildfires continue to burn in parts of the United States, state public health officials and experts are increasingly concerned about residents’ chronic exposure to toxin-filled smoke.

Daily Record

Humza Yousaf accused of going 'AWOL' as people waiting over 8 hours at A&E soars to record levels

Statistics from Public Health Scotland released on Tuesday show that some 3,553 people waiting more than eight hours at emergency departments in the week up to October 9.

Bangkok Post

Sathit denies he's leaving Democrat Party

Sathit Pitutecha, deputy public health minister and deputy leader of the Democrat Party, has denied speculation he is defecting to the Bhumjaithai Party, or any other party.

Tribune News Service

Trump’s CDC changed COVID reports under political pressure, panel finds

The CDC bowed to the Trump administration’s demands to change the editorial process of its weekly scientific journal after warnings from then health secretary Alex Azar to “get in line,” a House investigation found.

Los Angeles Times

Ebola outbreak in Uganda puts California doctors on alert

LOS ANGELES — California officials are urging doctors to be on alert for any signs of Ebola symptoms among people who have recently traveled to Uganda, the East African nation currently undergoing a significant outbreak.

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