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Elective surgery delays likely to be faced over winter as flu, COVID spreads

Health Minister Rachel Stephen-Smith said it was unclear how long delays on elective surgery would last, saying it would be managed on a day-to-day basis.

The Canberra Times

‘Don’t talk about Covid’: major parties accused of virus complacency during election campaign

Experts say there is a lack of political urgency on vaccines and public health plans as deaths rise and winter approaches

The Guardian - AU

Joy Division joins call for suicide to become public health emergency, 42 years after Ian Curtis death

‘Mental health needs to be treated on a par with physical health,’ say band members Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris

The Independent UK

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Why is the FDA seeking to ban menthol cigarettes? 4 questions answered

The FDA has opened the public comment period for the agency’s proposed ban on menthol cigarettes. Epidemiology and global health professor Rafael Meza studies data modeling in disease prevention and cancer risk. David Mendez, who studies smoking cessation and tobacco control policies, is an associate professor of health management and…

The Conversation

A million have died of Covid-19 in America. How did this happen?

One million people should never have to die from another pandemic. Not in America, a country built to do so much better

The Guardian - US

5,633 new Covid cases, 45 more deaths

The number of confirmed new cases rose on Tuesday after five days of steady decreases, and the coronavirus-related death toll was also up, the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Mayorkas tours border to prepare for asylum limits to end

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says authorities are prepared for an expected increase in migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border amid plans to lift a public health order that has been used to turn away migrants nearly 2 million times without a chance to seek asylum

The Independent UK

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A lot of Canberra's public health staff say they are leaving - and soon

Mental health nurses and midwives have had the highest number of resignations in nursing.

The Canberra Times

Nicola Sturgeon advisor gives 'concerning' Monkeypox warning as new cases found

Professor Devi Sridhar, who appeared numerous times on TV throughout the pandemic, and is the Chair of Global Public Health at Edinburgh University, has said that it is "worrying" that the cases are not originating from the same source

Edinburgh Live

Government strikes deal with Greens and SA Best to end COVID-19 emergency declaration

A deal has been struck to pass law changes through the state parliament's upper house that will modify how COVID will be managed in South Australia.

ABC News

Daily Covid cases, deaths plummet, govt says Tuesday

New Covid-19 cases declined for the fifth consecutive day, the government announced on Tuesday morning. The daily caseload of 3,893 - down 1,345 from the day before - was the lowest since Jan 4th, before the Omicron wave of the coronavirus pandemic began.

Bangkok Post

Focusing on public health engineering

Expanding the cadre of sanitation engineers will help us confront water-related public health challenges

The Hindu

FDA Warns About THC Copycat Edibles, Children In Serious Danger

About a month after a study led by researchers at NYU School of Global Public Health, revealed that “copycat” edibles can have levels of tetrahydrocannabinol or THC “that

Benzinga

Health ministry clarifies ATK tests only for high-risk and symptomatic students

The Ministry of Public Health has confirmed that antigen tests for Covid-19 are not required for students returning to school for the new semester but should be administered to children considered high risk or showing mild symptoms.

Bangkok Post

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Roll Call

COVID-19 wastewater efforts confront long-term questions - Roll Call

Public health experts hope the technology will help monitor threats beyond COVID-19 — like opioids and the flu.

Axios

What the end of America's public health emergency could mean

The decision will have far-reaching impacts.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong Un blames ‘irresponsible’ officials for COVID outbreak

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held an emergency meeting over a COVID-19 outbreak sweeping the unvaccinated country and causing one of the biggest crises under his rule, reprimanding cadres for failing to execute his public health orders.

Bangkok Post

5,238 new Covid cases, 40 more deaths

The country registered 5,238 more Covid-19 cases and 40 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Monday morning.

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Salon

Gov won't say if Paxlovid is accessible

Officials won't say how many people have received antiviral pills, or if they're being equitably distributed

The Guardian - US

‘Failure of an American ideology’: why Covid has an outsized impact on the US

As the US records 1 million Covid deaths, experts note underinvestment in long-term care, primary care and public health all contributed to the toll

Bangkok Post

Fewest daily Covid cases since Jan 6 announced Sunday

The country registered 6,094 more Covid-19 cases - the fewest since Jan 6 - and 51 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Sunday morning.

Bangkok Post

Thais vie to open Asean health emergency hub

Thailand is vying to be the spot chosen for the new Asean Centre for Public Health Emergencies and Emerging Diseases (ACPHEED), said Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Saturday.

Bangkok Post

6,736 new Covid cases, 54 more deaths

The country registered 54 more Covid-19 fatalities and 6,736 new cases during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Tribune News Service

Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly vetoes GOP bill aimed at banning all future mask mandates

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A Kansas bill that would ban mask mandates from any government institution on any public health matter is circling the drain following a veto from Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly.

Chicago Sun-Times

Bare your arm, cover your face: Officials push COVID-19 boosters, masking as cases hit 3-month high

With cases on the rise statewide, only about 41% of eligible Chicagoans have gotten their recommended COVID-19 booster shot. And almost a quarter of Illinois counties are now at the CDC risk level in which older people and the immunocompromised are urged to mask up indoors.

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