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Is India’s health research aligned with India’s health needs?

Two scientists used the World Health Organisation’s 2000-2019 ‘Global Health Estimates’ on disability-adjusted life-years to estimate the burden of diseases and the number of scientific publications (from the Web of Science database) to evaluate research efforts. They found that in most countries, health research focuses on diseases other than those…

The Hindu

Thousands of vapes seized in Melbourne raid as police send ‘clear message’ to stores

Public health expert warns police are fighting an uphill battle to stamp out the illegal trade until federal reforms enacted

The Guardian - AU

'Excess deaths' tied to COVID have plummeted in America — what does that mean?

Data shows that America's excess death rates have mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the end of the public health crisis, experts say.

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Public health experts excoriate Canada Covid response and call for inquiry

Country failed to collect and share data, masking issues and inequalities, according to editorial in British Medical Journal

The Guardian - US

Young men making quartz countertops are facing lung damage. One state is taking action

Countertops made of the engineered stone "quartz" are incredibly popular, but public health experts say cutting this material unsafely can expose workers to deadly dust.

WEKU

‌Phoenix Encounters Most Severe Heat Wave In 128 Years

‌Public Health Concerns Rise as Record-Breaking Temperatures Pose Serious Risk to Growing Number of Residents‌

Zenger

Sadiq Khan tells men to say ‘maaate’ to friends to challenge sexism and misogyny

City Hall said the new anti-misogyny campaign forms part of a “refreshed strategy to tackle violence against women and girl that champions a public health approach”

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Amid a record heat wave, Texas construction workers lose their right to rest breaks

In June, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law undoing local protections that ensured breaks for laborers who spend their days in scorching heat. The law takes effect Sept. 1.

WEKU

Minnesota COVID-19 deaths reach lowest count since start of pandemic

Monthly COVID-19 deaths in Minnesota reached their lowest total since March 2020, when public health officials announced the state’s first confirmed coronavirus infection.

Tribune News Service

The dramatic rise of vaping in the UK

About 4.3 million people in Britain are now estimated to use e-cigarettes, up from 800,000 a decade ago.

The Week

How a combination of COVID lawsuits and media coverage keeps misinformation churning

Public health has had its day in court lately. And another day. And another day.

Tribune News Service

UK Covid inquiry hears call for more cash for public health

Science advisers demand creation of ‘cohort’ of community health workers to run test and trace

The Guardian - UK

Germans should emulate southern Europeans' siesta during heat waves, public health group says

Germans should emulate the southern European tradition of the siesta as a way to support workers during the country’s frequent hot spells, according to the head of an association representing public health officers

The Independent UK

Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible

Many scientists and public health officials were surprised that large swaths of the public were hesitant or outright hostile toward COVID-19 vaccines. “I never saw that coming,” Francis Collins, a former director of the National Institutes of Health, commented in 2022. Even today, three years after the start of the…

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Victoria cracks down on pokies but supporters fear interest groups could hold the winning hand

The centrepiece of the Andrews’ government pokie reform announcement is the introduction of a carded system for users of poker machines.

Inverse

This Disease Was The World’s Deadliest Infection Before Covid-19 — Now It's Back

Tuberculosis is on the rise for the first time in decades after Covid-19 interrupted public health interventions and increased inequality.

The Guardian - UK

NHS cannot afford to finance pay rises from existing budgets, hospitals say

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

The Conversation

Curing America's loneliness epidemic would make us healthier, fitter and less likely to abuse drugs

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.

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FDA approves first daily over-the-counter birth control pill, Opill – a pharmacist and public health expert explain this new era in contraception

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

We need new solutions to the crisis in youth mental health

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.

Dynamite News

Racial discrimination increases risk for childhood obesity: Study

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:

The Hindu

Superspecialty hospital to be set up for pets

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.

Bristol Post

Bin strikes causing 'public health crisis' in South Gloucestershire

Talks are ongoing between the union and waste firm bosses

The Conversation

The ethics of recruiting international health-care workers: Canada’s gains could mean another country’s pain

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,…

Belfast Live

Mid and East Antrim reviewing public health burial policy amid rise in 'paupers funerals'

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

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