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“Chasing these unreasonable expectations has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind,” Dr. Vivek Murthy says.

A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov_ Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this summer targeting “crisis pregnancy centers” that Healey calls strictly “anti-abortion.”

Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week

The United States’ most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations’ education, science and culture agency says smartphones should be banned in schools. Chinese regulators are pushing to limit children’s smartphone use to just two hours a day.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced its second public health emergency of International concern due to Monkey Pox. Read further on Dynamite News:

Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a diversity of variants, new modes of transmission and new populations infected.

Dr Fauci, a longtime public health official who became a household name as part of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has now returned home to recover

The Chips and Science Act has led to a production boom but experts say it could generate huge amounts of toxic waste

Western Australia and Victoria both issued health alerts this week over cases of mpox. WA has seen two cases, while Victoria has recorded 125 cases so far this year. New South Wales, which has had 135 cases, also published a public health notice on mpox this month.

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Researchers say public health officials not doing enough to share warnings and safety information with health workers