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Social care, prevention and public health services could be cut if government insists on funding 6% pay rise from health budget

A national health advisory issued by U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy on May 3, 2023, sheds light on the urgent public health issues of loneliness and isolation.

On July 13, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a drugmaker’s application for the first daily over-the-counter birth control pill for people seeking to prevent pregnancy.

Young people are spending more time on social media, and the resulting mental health problems are the “defining public health issue of our time,” according to a new surgeon general report.

According to a new study published in JAMA Network Open, children who suffer racial discrimination are more likely to have a higher BMI and a wider waistline later in life. Read further on Dynamite News:

KVAFSU to set up Veterinary Superspecialty Hospital, ornamental fish aquaculture, incubation centre for dairy products, Ph.D courses in Animal Nutrition, Masters in Public Health course, Pharmacology course, veterinary college in Gadag, fill 153 non-teaching posts, four-week training course, two-year diploma course, one-year post-grad course.

Talks are ongoing between the union and waste firm bosses

Canadians know we are facing a health workforce crisis, from the estimated 6.5 million who do not have a primary care provider, to those waiting months for medical imaging and hours in emergency rooms. While the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency over in May 2023,…

The council provides a section within cemeteries for burying those without next of kin and without the means to pay for their own burial

The record means performance data cannot be reported.

Wastewater surveillance for known or new health threats offers many benefits for enhancing public health efforts