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5 years on, true counts of COVID-19 deaths remain elusive − and research is hobbled by lack of data

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers struggled to grasp the rate of the virus’s spread and the number of related deaths. While hospitals tracked cases and deaths within their walls, the broader picture of mortality across communities remained frustratingly incomplete.

The Conversation

Trump administration weighs deep cuts to CDC’s HIV prevention program

LGBT+ groups and public health advocates warn against potential threats that could jeopardize progress and ‘set us back decades’

The Independent UK

Measles cases are on the rise − here’s how to make sure you’re protected

The measles outbreak that started in Texas in late January continues to grow. As of March 18, 2025, confirmed cases in the outbreak, which now spans Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma, reached 321, surpassing the number of confirmed cases recorded for all of the U.S. in 2024. The vast majority…

The Conversation

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Trump’s EPA aims to cut pollution rules projected to save nearly 200,000 lives: ‘People will be hurt’

Moves to roll back 31 pollution regulations risk public health and big annual healthcare savings, Guardian analysis shows

The Guardian - US

While Australia is aggressively taxing tobacco, the black market flourishes

The relationship between cigarette prices and smoking rates appears far more complex than the simplistic models on which tax policy is based

The Guardian - AU

TribCast: Measles, COVID and the state of our public health system

On the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID pandemic, we discuss the measles outbreak and the state’s ability to respond to health crises.

The Texas Tribune

GPs and clinics to ease demand on emergency, ambulances

Doctors say Australia's largest public health system is struggling to cope with demand as non-urgent patients are encouraged to seek alternatives to emergency.

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After COVID, Texas is less prepared for the next pandemic

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

The Texas Tribune

White House removes advisory defining gun violence as a public health issue

Webpage listing statistics and information on shootings taken down as Trump seeks to protect second amendment

The Guardian - US

Pandemic Lockdowns Made the World Ruder

The new, coarser world will likely be with us for years to come.

Reason

Covid restrictions five years on: How the pandemic brought the world’s leading travel industry to its knees

Pandemic panic led to ‘millions of taxpayers’ cash blown on measures with no apparent plan or proof that it was working to protect public health’

The Independent UK

Facts, not fear: Inside Mexico's pioneering drug harm reduction programs

Since the mid-1980s, a number of organizations, primarily in northern Mexico, have launched informational campaigns and community-oriented interventions aimed at addressing drug use from a public health and social justice perspective, rather than a security one

The Independent UK

France urges meningitis vaccination amid warning of 'particularly high' number of cases

Public Health France said vaccinating infants and young people against certain serotypes of the serious infection was important for preventing it.

Euronews

Birmingham bin collection strike offers ‘banquet’ for rats, pest expert says

Uncollected food waste ‘poses public health danger’ as 400 workers take indefinite action over pay and conditions

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Rats and other rodents posing ‘huge’ public health risk amid ongoing bin strike

The National Pest Technicians Association is urging residents in Birmingham to protect themselves from disease.

The Independent UK

Birmingham bin strike: Public health warning as rodents ‘feast’ on rotting trash

Experts warn public health risks are mounting as the rubbish piles up

Salon

The lessons we didn't learn from COVID

The pandemic accelerated economic disparity, revealing a disturbing acceptance of mass death. Did we learn nothing?

The Independent UK

US aid cuts are hurting Africa's ability to respond to disease outbreaks, health chief says

Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers to discuss other financing options

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Roll Call

On COVID-19 anniversary, concerns about the lessons unlearned - Roll Call

Public health experts say the United States learned some things from COVID-19, but gaps remain in the public health infrastructure.

The Conversation

America’s clean air rules boost health and the economy − here’s what EPA’s new deregulation plans ignore

The Trump administration announced on March 12, 2025, that it is “reconsidering” more than 30 air pollution regulations in a series of moves that could impact air quality across the United States.

The Conversation

Myopia is a disease, not a refractive error — here’s what that means

Myopia is a refractive error (blurred vision at a given distance) that affects around 30 per cent of the world’s population. This proportion is increasing so quickly that it is estimated it will reach 50 per cent by 2050.

The Guardian - US

At least a dozen US states rush to ban common food dyes, citing health risks

RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ giving fresh momentum to longtime efforts to outlaw additives, which is now a bipartisan movement

The Conversation

5 years of COVID-19 underscore value of coordinated efforts to manage disease – while CDC, NIH and WHO face threats to their ability to respond to a crisis

Five years ago, on March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak of COVID-19 a global pandemic. The novel coronavirus, dubbed SARS-CoV-2, began as a “cluster of severe pneumonia cases of unknown cause” reported in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. It had spread to 118,000 cases reported in…

The Conversation

From TB to HIV/AIDS to cancer, disease tracking has always had a political dimension, but it’s the foundation of public health

Federal datasets began disappearing from public view on Jan. 31, 2025, in response to executive orders from President Donald Trump. Among those were the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which asks respondents about their gender identity and sexual orientation and tracks behaviors like smoking and…

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Five years ago, the pandemic began. The world is poorly prepared for another one

In Europe ten people died from measles in 2024, and the US has had several major outbreaks. Bird flu has affected dairy herds in 17 US states from North Carolina to California and has just been reported in cats. So far, it is reluctant to spread among people, although people…

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