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With overdoses rising, a push for syringe service programs

WASHINGTON — Experts say the spike in overdoses and diseases related to sharing needles means it’s time to revoke a longtime ban restricting federal funds for syringe exchanges. But lawmakers in both parties remain resistant to allowing taxpayer dollars to go to clean needles and syringes for drug use.

Tribune News Service

Biden: Pandemic "is over." Experts: Hmm

An economist, a public health scholar and an education expert all agree: Whatever you call it, it's still with us

Salon

806 new Covid inpatients, 15 more deaths

The country registered 15 more Covid-19 fatalities and 806 new cases admitted to hospitals during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.

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With overdoses rising, a push for syringe service programs - Roll Call

Public health officials say that syringe service programs are a key part of the toolbox used for harm reduction for people who use drugs.

Roll Call

Edinburgh Royal Infirmary hospital A&E waiting times branded 'unacceptable'

NHS Lothian has ranked among the worst health systems in Scotland for A&E response times. Nearly 40 percent of emergency department attendees waited more than four hours for care for the week ending September 11.

Edinburgh Live

Andhra Pradesh: I have more respect and admiration for NTR, says Jagan

‘Decision to rename UHS after YSR is intended to acknowledge his role in furthering the cause of public health and not to belittle NTR’

The Hindu

Is the pandemic over? We asked an economist, an education expert and a public health scholar their views

President Joe Biden’s declaration that “the pandemic is over” raised eyebrows and the hackles of some experts who think such messaging could be premature and counterproductive.

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Vulnerable Covid patients to get ready-to-use antibodies

The Public Health Ministry plans to treat Covid-19 patients at risk of complications with long-acting antibodies (LAAB), according to the Department of Disease Control.

Bangkok Post

1,129 new Covid inpatients, 13 more deaths

There were 13 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,129 new patients admitted to hospitals on Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Cannabis Reg. News: Is Cannabis Considered A Narcotic In Thailand? Missouri Weed Legalization Update

Thailand: Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul On Cannabis As A Narcotic Plant

Benzinga

Medicaid enrollment soared by 25% during the COVID-19 pandemic – but a big decline could happen soon

Medicaid, the government-funded U.S. health insurer for people with low incomes, grew by about 25% between February 2020 and May 2022 as policies adopted at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic expanded the program’s reach.

The Conversation

Forth Valley pain patients face six-month wait for treatment over backlog

More than two-thirds of patients seen at chronic pain clinics in Forth Valley in the three months up to June had been waiting six months or more. The startling figures have been revealed in a new Public Health Scotland report charting the state of s

Daily Record

How Biden's declaring the pandemic 'over' complicates efforts to fight COVID

Biden's comments — made as officials try to convince Americans to get a new booster shot and the White House seeks $22 billion in new COVID funding — were "unfortunate," several epidemiologists said.

WEKU

774 new Covid inpatients, 15 more deaths

There were 15 more Covid-19 fatalities and 774 new patients admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

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Anutin slams call to re-list cannabis as narcotic plant

Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday slammed the proposal to re-list some parts of the cannabis plant as a narcotic, saying there is no evidence of improper use of cannabis under existing laws as claimed by the policy's critics.

The Independent UK

Joe Biden says the Covid pandemic is ‘over’. Is he right?

President’s comments on 60 Minutes draw concern from advocates for public health guidelines

Roll Call

COVID-19 response is not ‘over’ even if Biden says pandemic is - Roll Call

His optimistic remarks about COVID-19 will not lead to any immediate change in the administration's public health posture.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Reflecting on the missed opportunities of the COVID-19 pandemic

With 2 ½ years of COVID-19 experience behind us, we can now identify the missed opportunities the medical and public health communities had to control the pandemic. There are three well-established areas where the virus caught the world unprepared: asymptomatic viral transmission from the infected to the uninfected; airborne spread…

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242 new Covid inpatients, 11 more deaths

There were 11 more Covid-19 fatalities and 242 new patients admitted to hospitals on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday.

Bangkok Post

477 new Covid inpatients, 12 more deaths

The country registered 477 new coronavirus patients admitted to hospitals and 12 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health announced on Sunday.

Los Angeles Times

It’s very easy to get a COVID-19 omicron booster in California. Here’s how

Updated COVID-19 omicron boosters are abundant in Los Angeles County, and officials are urging people to get the latest offering ahead of the fall-and-winter holidays.

Bangkok Post

764 new Covid inpatients, 14 more deaths

The country registered 764 new inpatients admitted to hospitals and 14 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.

Tribune News Service

California and New York aim to curb diet pill sales to minors

California and New York are on the cusp of going further than the FDA in restricting the sale of non-prescription diet pills to minors as pediatricians and public health advocates try to protect kids from extreme weight-loss gimmicks online.

Bangkok Post

837 new Covid inpatients, 12 more deaths

There were 12 more Covid-19 fatalities and 837 new patients admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Former health minister Witthaya Buranasiri dies

AYUTTHAYA: Witthaya Buranasiri, a former public health minister during the Yingluck Shinawatra administration, died after falling unconscious at his home in Bang Pa-in district on Thursday morning. He was 63 years old.

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