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Colorado Recorded More Than 250 Salmonella Cases This Month, About a Hundred Above Normal, with No Food Identified

Colorado reported over 250 Salmonella cases in July, more than 100 above average. No source has been identified.

Medical Daily

Brown promises ‘future-focused’ pandemic plan while relitigating the past

Comment: In the collective obsession to avoid every little mistake from the Covid-19 response, we risk failing to learn from what went right.

Newsroom.co.nz

Canada’s gender-based violence laws are improving. Frontline worker conditions are not

When it comes to gender-based violence (GBV) Canada has made legal and policy strides over the past decades, and indeed the past few years. Once viewed as a domestic matter, GBV is increasingly recognized as a public safety, public health and human rights issue.

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At Senate Hearing, Fauci Takes the Fifth To Avoid Accounting for Inconsistent Statements About a Lab Leak

Diary entries show the former public health official acknowledged that U.S.-supported researchers were conducting gain-of-function research in Wuhan that could have caused the pandemic.

Reason

Wildfire smoke: A health emergency beyond the flames, WHO warns

Wildfire smoke from southern Europe's fires is a growing health emergency, WHO warns, and public health authorities need to do more to inform and protect the most vulnerable.

Euronews

After Venezuela's quakes, experts say environmental and health risks have just begun

More than a month after Venezuela's devastating earthquakes, public health experts tell The Associated Press the coming weeks are critical to prevent secondary crises from contaminants

The Independent UK

Public Health Experts Say the Record Cyclospora Outbreak Exposed a Communications Failure, Not an Investigative One

A public health scientist argues the record Cyclospora outbreak was a communications failure, not an investigative one. Here is the case she makes.

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Trump uses Truth Social to rip Fauci’s athletic skills via a six-year-old video

Trump called the former public health official a ‘terrible’ athlete and a ‘phony’

The Independent UK

Tarrant County's First West Nile Patient of the Year Has the Severe Neuroinvasive Form of the Illness

Tarrant County confirmed its first 2026 West Nile case, and it is the severe neuroinvasive form. What Fort Worth area families should watch for now.

Medical Daily

Contentious Democratic Senate contest dominates Michigan’s primary season

Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary has been among the most contentious elections so far this year. With a week to go until the Aug. 4 primary, the matchup that pits Rep. Haley Stevens and former Wayne County public health official Abdul El-Sayed highlights the ongoing tension between the party’s moderate and…

Roll Call

Three Central Valley Counties Confirm Their First West Nile Cases as Mosquito Samples Test Positive Statewide

Fresno, Kings and Tulare counties confirmed their first 2026 West Nile cases as California logged 670 positive mosquito samples.

Medical Daily

Trump administration needs to stop ‘public harassment’ of Fauci and scientists, open letter says

Letter, published before Anthony Fauci will appear before Congress, accuses Republicans of ‘waging a war on individual scientists’

The Guardian - US

Cyclosporiasis cases show ‘vulnerabilities’ in US food safety system, experts say

US states and federal government tracking cases as outbreak comes amid cuts to public health funding

The Guardian - US

Vaccine mis- and disinformation isn’t just a threat to public health, but also to our autonomy

A previously eliminated disease — measles — is resurgent in Canada amid declining vaccination rates

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Delaware Declares a Measles Outbreak in Kent County as Arizona and Wyoming Track Separate Clusters

Delaware declared a measles outbreak with four Kent County cases. Arizona and Wyoming are tracking separate clusters. What declaring an outbreak triggers.

The Economic Times

In 2005, researchers revealed why plain soap outperformed waterless sanitizers in keeping hands clean

Hand sanitizer is a valuable tool that can reduce many germs quickly, but it does not physically remove dirt and debris the way soap does. Washing with plain soap combines chemistry, friction, and running water to clean the skin more completely in many everyday situations. For millions of people, that…

The Conversation

How vaccine skeptics use storytelling effectively to create powerful but medically inaccurate messaging

As long as there have been vaccines, there have been people who doubted their science and safety.

Medical Daily

Los Angeles County Will Push Local Health Alerts to Doctors Through an AI Clinical Search Tool

LA County Public Health will surface local outbreak alerts inside an AI clinical search tool used by doctors. What it means for patients and oversight.

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LA County Cites Boyle Heights Warehouse Operator After Inspectors Find Fly Larvae and Decaying Food Waste

LA County Public Health cited Lineage Logistics after post-fire inspections found flies, larvae and decaying waste. What Boyle Heights families should know.

Benzinga

Richard Blumenthal Questions Whether Taylor Farms' Trump Donations Weakened CDC Response to Cyclospora Outbreak

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Sunday accused Taylor Farms of impeding public health efforts to contain the Cyclospora outbreak and questioned whether the company’s political contributions to President Donald Trump‘s campaign contributed to CDC staffing cuts that weakened disease surveillance.

Bangkok Post

HIV cases continue to rise in Chiang Mai

HIV remains a significant public health concern in Chiang Mai, with health authorities reporting approximately 23,900 cumulative infections and about 700 new cases each year - almost two new infections a day on average.

Times Life

Ten Years of Veterinary Science Discoveries Changing How We Care for Dogs and Cats

Animals Hide Pain Better Than We Thought, And We Now Know How to Find ItFor decades, the standard assumption was that a quiet pet was a comfortable pet. A 2016 study published in PLOS ONE, and subsequent research from the University of Lincoln, changed that. Cats in particular suppress pain…

Bangkok Post

Ministry of Public Health Unites All Sectors to Advance Lung Health in Thailand

The Department of Medical Services, Ministry of Public Health, has joined forces with all parties to advance Thailand’s lung health agenda through the “Lung Health Policy Forum: Breathing Matters - A Policy Vision for Stronger Lung Health for Thai People”. The forum aims to accelerate action on lung cancer and…

The Conversation

Public health advice tells us to buy local. Can Canada’s food system keep up?

The cyclosporiasis outbreak linked to fresh produce in the United States is raising concerns in Canada about the safety of imported food. While Canada has seen some recent cases of cyclosporiasis, officials say there is no link with the U.S. outbreak.

The Economic Times

Over half of PM CARES, CSR-funded oxygen plants in Bengal remained non-functional after Covid: CAG

A CAG report found many Covid-era oxygen plants in West Bengal uncommissioned or non-functional. Ventilators and oxygen concentrators also remained idle at two government hospitals. Significant funds allocated for Covid response remained unspent as of March 2022. The report examined infrastructure created during the pandemic for public healthcare. Deficiencies in…

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