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Cannabis Use 10 Times More Common Among Cigarette Smokers, Study Shows

Does the legalization of recreational cannabis increase overall consumption? Researchers from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and The City University of New York found that it does.

Benzinga

It’s a myth that sunscreen prevents melanoma in people of color – a dermatologist explains

Melanoma is a potentially deadly form of skin cancer that effects people of every racial and ethnic group. The risk factor most closely linked to developing melanoma is exposure to ultraviolet, or UV, rays from the sun. In fact, sunburns have been associated with doubling one’s risk of melanoma.

The Conversation

Fighting monkeypox, sexual health clinics are underfunded and ill-equipped

Clinics that treat sexually transmitted diseases — already struggling to contain an explosive increase in infections such as syphilis and gonorrhea — now find themselves on the front lines in the nation’s fight to control the rapidly growing monkeypox outbreak.

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You just tested yourself for COVID-19. Should you report the results to health officials?

The latest surge in COVID-19 infections in California may surpass last winter’s tidal wave, health officials say. And judging by wastewater tests, infections may be even more widespread than the official numbers indicate.

Los Angeles Times

2,886 new Covid cases, 19 more deaths

There were 19 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,886 new cases admitted to hospitals on Tuesday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Wednesday.

Bangkok Post

Novavax COVID shot for adults gains CDC advisers’ backing

Novavax Inc.’s shares surged after its COVID-19 vaccine won backing from a panel of U.S. public health advisers, a crucial step in providing officials with another tool against the virus as cases start to rise again.

Tribune News Service

Mask mandates back on the agenda as Tasmanian COVID-19 hospitalisations spike

While Tasmania's COVID-19 health emergency declaration officially ended on June 30, a recent spike in hospitalisations and deaths has left some considering whether mask mandates should return.

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Indigenous Australians losing driving licences and face crushing debts over NSW Covid fines, lawyers say

Aboriginal Legal Service NSW urges fines for public health rule breaches be withdrawn or converted to cautions

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Monkeypox concern grows as virus spreads in Chicago: ‘They need to get loud about this’

CHICAGO — Chicago public health officials reported 173 monkeypox cases on Monday — up from 105 last week — and with vaccines scarce and hard to find, alarm is growing among doctors and those in the gay community that the city is not doing enough to address the spread.

Chicago Tribune

Georgia's abortion rate continues to rise as state awaits decision on new law

ATLANTA — The number of abortions performed in Georgia jumped by nearly 4,000 in 2021 — about 12% — over the previous year, according to the latest count from the state Department of Public Health.

Tribune News Service

Why sexual and reproductive law for east African countries is being resisted

Six of the countries of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania – recently concluded public hearings on a new sexual and reproductive health bill. Proponents of the bill argue that it will improve access to sexual and reproductive health which, in turn, will…

The Conversation

Anutin: Don't be too concerned about cannabis

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the House of Representatives on Tuesday that being overly concerned with cannabis use would only delay national development.

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox cases rise in Wales again

Leading sexual health professionals have warned about a shortage of vaccines used to protect groups from the disease

Wales Online

Daily Covid hospitalisations, deaths rise

There were 18 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,125 new cases admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

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Public health and pickleball: How cities are spending COVID money

Republicans are scrutinizing cities' use of American Rescue Plan money.

WEKU

Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

Bangkok Post

Opposition slams cannabis decriminalisation without controls

The opposition accused Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of causing social problems and violating local and international laws by decriminalising cannabis without proper controls.

ABC News

South Australian Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier has COVID-19

South Australia's top public health doctor has tested positive to COVID-19 after meeting with the state's emergency management committee

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Private clinics to be allowed to prescribe molnupiravir for Covid-19

The Public Health Ministry plans to allow private clinics to purchase and prescribe the antiviral medication molnupiravir for Covid-19 patients, as private hospitals already do.

Bangkok Post

Cannabis studies have boosted search for new treatments

Over 60 cannabis-related studies have been successfully launched since the plant was legalised for medical use three years ago, bolstering efforts to find alternative ways to treat cancer, insomnia and other health problems, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post

Daily Covid hospitalisations rise to 2,125, deaths to 18

There were 18 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,125 new cases admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

Newcastle Herald

Growing COVID numbers add to stress of economic headwinds

Pandemic planning for the long haul

Bangkok Post

Bhumjaithai's cannabis legalisation policy has backfired

Cannabis legalisation -- a policy platform of the Bhumjaithai Party (BJP) -- was groundbreaking in many ways. The BJP should be proud of fulfilling its electoral promise to voters regarding the legalisation.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: COVID surge shows why Biden administration needs updated vaccines, big new booster push

As COVID-19 killed thousands of Americans every day in late 2020 and early 2021, the U.S. government's rapid success in shepherding the creation, emergency approval and initial rollout of safe, effective, free vaccines was a major public health victory — one made all the more amazing because it came under…

WEKU

Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

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