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Dr Anthony Fauci, face of US pandemic response, to step down

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service.

Al Jazeera

Uganda's efforts to address vitamin A deficiency miss the mark

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. It also increases the risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea. There are several ways to fight this public health threat: giving children vitamin A supplements; promoting more diverse diets; fortifying food; and bio-fortifying crops. Nutrition…

The Conversation

Warning issued to hot tub owners after spike in Legionnaires' disease cases

Public Health Wales has seen as rise in cases in the past year

Wales Online

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Rubbish piling up on streets of Edinburgh amid bin strike as ‘massive public health problem’ feared

Scottish capital hit by 11-day garbage walk-out at heart of festival season

The Independent UK

1,531 new Covid inpatients, 28 more deaths

There were 28 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,531 new patients admitted to hospitals on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Take our quiz: how much do you remember about the UK’s Covid restrictions?

The public health measures Britons lived under dominated our lives but have since faded from memory

The Guardian - UK

1,968 new Covid inpatients, 21 more deaths

The country registered 1,968 new patients admitted for treatment and 21 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.

Bangkok Post

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Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy

Cuba confirmed its first case of monkeypox late on Saturday, the country's Public Health ministry said, after detecting the viral disease in a tourist who had arrived from Italy this week.

Reuters

'Few hurdles' likely for revised cannabis law

The bill to amend the present cannabis and hemp laws has been completed and will go before the House of Representatives for a second reading next week, said Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul.

Bangkok Post

Apec meet to find 'balance' in post-Covid recovery

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expects the upcoming 12th Apec High‐Level Meeting on Health and the Economy to serve as a global forum to discuss medical innovations and measures to strike a balance between public health security and economic recovery.

Bangkok Post

As global health threats evolved, the CDC didn't

Vanquishing disease is in the DNA of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the federal agency that in its first decade of existence oversaw the eradication of smallpox, the elimination of malaria and the stamping out of polio as threats to Americans' health.

Los Angeles Times

Brits will be urged to avoid A&E this winter in bid to reduce NHS pressure

The head of the health service has told hospitals to prepare public health campaigns to help "minimise" pressure on A&E departments over the winter

Daily Mirror

Cameroon’s health minister says he was threatened after banning skin whitening products

Cameroon’s Minister of Public Health said in an interview this week with a local television channel that he had received threats after banning skin bleaching products.

Radio France Internationale

Monkeypox cases more than double in LA County. One region is hit particularly hard

LOS ANGELES — The number of cumulative monkeypox cases has more than doubled in Los Angeles County in the last two weeks as officials race to better track the virus and more widely vaccinate more vulnerable communities.

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1,902 new Covid inpatients, 29 more deaths

There were 29 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,902 new patients admitted to hospitals on Friday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Saturday.

The Independent UK

Patients to be asked to minimise use of A&E units over winter

The head of the NHS has told hospitals to prepare public health campaigns to direct people to other services.

Los Angeles Times

Monkeypox cases more than double in LA County. One region is hit particularly hard

The Guardian - UK

UK energy bills crisis could set back health equality by decades, say experts

Chancellor told failure to act would hit services as poverty, cold and missed meals increase sickness rates

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The Conversation

How African countries coordinated the response to COVID-19: lessons for public health

The COVID-19 pandemic spread much slower on the African continent than in the rest of the world, contrary to predictions.

WEKU

The new U.S. monkeypox vaccine strategy offers more doses — and uncertainty

Missteps and delays have hampered the U.S. effort to vaccinate people against monkeypox. Now state health officials and community members are trying to adapt to a controversial "dose sparing" plan.

The Independent UK

NHS bosses make rare appeal to ministers as UK faces ‘public health emergency’

Leaders warn that unless the Government takes action on rising energy prices, fuel poverty will put additional pressure on an already overwhelmed NHS.

Bangkok Post

2,110 new Covid inpatients, 27 more deaths

The country registered 27 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,110 new cases admitted to hospitals during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Friday morning.

Los Angeles Times

Wastewater testing, vital in COVID-19 tracking, could help identify monkeypox spread

As wastewater testing continues to prove useful in estimating the spread of the coronavirus, scientists again are using sewage to track the latest public health emergency: monkeypox.

Reason

Maine May Mandate Vaccines for Health Care Workers with No Religious Exemption (but with Medical Exemption)

So Judge Jon Levy (D. Me.) held today in Lowe v. Mills. An excerpt: In this case, the amended complaint and the properly considered documents, information, and facts before me show that the purpose of requiring COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers is solely to protect public health. Exempting individuals whose…

The Independent UK

Africa CDC says renaming of monkeypox variants curbs stigma

The head of Africa’s public health agency says he’s “really pleased” that the World Health Organization is renaming the strains of the monkeypox disease to remove references to African regions to reduce concerns of stigmatization

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