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Parents told son would be only baby to die of rare illness for years - now 15 babies are infected

"Just to think that your baby has died of basically a common cold is hard to get your head around"

Bristol Post

Axios-Ipsos poll: Gun violence soars as public health concern

More than one in four Americans now say it's the number one threat to public health.

Axios

Health Ministry to probe RDS leader

The Public Health Ministry has formed an investigation committee against Dr Supat Hasuwannakit, the Rural Doctors Society (RDS) president, for alleged purchasing irregularities when he was the director of Chana Hospital in Songkhla from 1999-2022.

Bangkok Post

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The Climate Crisis Is a Health Crisis

How to follow the heat to the next disease; and how following the science got a researcher in trouble.

Capital & Main

The End Of Title 42 Puts Immigration In A Debate In Congress That Expired On Midnight On Thursday

Title 42 was part of the provision of the Public Health Service Act of 1944 to keep migrants in Mexico as a pandemic-era policy.

Zenger

Progress, but not enough: Why blindness remains a public health challenge in India

How many people in India are blind?

Newslaundry

Half of pizzas on sale in the UK contain a whole day’s allowance of salt

Manufacturers showing ‘complete disregard for public health’, campaigners say, with some pizzas containing three days’ worth of salt

The Guardian - UK

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Bird flu could become the next human pandemic – and politicians aren’t paying attention

We have the tools to prepare, but post-Covid fatigue and a lack of political will mean they aren’t being used, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

The Guardian - UK

Parents seek answers from doctors after baby dies from 'common cold'

Elijah Edwards died over a year ago and his parents were told he had been suffering from a rare infection.

Daily Record

Doctors said baby died of rare illness before parents found out tragic truth

Joann and Christian Edwards lost baby Elijah when he was just 12 days old, with doctors telling them he died of an infection so rare he was the only one in the country to die from it in years

Daily Mirror

'Doctors said our baby died from a rare infection, then we discovered the truth'

Elijah Edwards died from a virus that attacked his heart, but he is not the only one

Wales Online

Think the COVID threat is over? It's not for these people

Declarations and loosened restrictions aside, for the immunocompromised or chronically ill, COVID is still a major concern.

WEKU

Why the US may never recover from COVID

WHO says the pandemic is over. A disaster resilience professor says otherwise

Salon

Houston-area chemical fire highlights gaps in Texas environmental enforcement

A fire broke out at a Deer Park Shell plant the day after a public hearing on renewing the permit for ITC, a nearby facility that caught fire in 2019, sparking a Texas Tribune/Public Health Watch investigation that documented failures in state and federal oversight.

The Texas Tribune

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WEKU

Hip-hop turns 50: Here's a part of its history that doesn't always make headlines

For decades, the genre has had a stealth mission: promoting public health. It started with Doug E. Fresh's "Stroke Ain't No Joke."

The Conversation

Learning from COVID-19: The global health emergency has ended. Here's what is needed to prepare for the next one

When the World Health Organization formally declared an end to the COVID-19 pandemic’s designation as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC), it may seem to have hadlittle, if any, perceivable impact on the daily lives of most people.

The Conversation

Why we’ll keep finding meaning in the 'Oedipus Rex' plague drama far beyond COVID-19

Now that the World Health Organization has said COVID-19 “no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern” but is instead “an ongoing health issue,” how will theatre makers and audiences read plague- and pandemic-themed plays?

The Hindu

Diagnostic imaging of the Rajasthan Right to Health Act

Governments and the medical community should sensitise themselves to the broader social dimensions of health and health legislation

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Fortune

What Medicare beneficiaries need to know about the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency rules

Whether Medicare will or won’t cover certain health care costs may now depend on whether you are in Traditional Medicare or a private insurer’s Medicare Advantage plan.

WEKU

Coronavirus FAQ: 'Emergency' over! Do we unmask and grin? Or adjust our worries?

Now that official COVID emergency declarations have ended, how should people evaluate their risk of SARS-CoV-2? That's the subject of our frequently asked questions offering.

The Texas Tribune

Border didn’t see a “major influx” of migrants when Title 42 ended, federal official says

Although migrants lined up by the hundreds in El Paso and other border crossings as the public health order was winding down, a Biden administration official said there wasn’t a rush to the border when Title 42 was lifted.

The Independent UK

Title 42 explained: Has the policy expired – and when did it pass?

The Trump-era Covid policy expired last night at 11:59pm EST

WEKU

One way to prevent gun violence? Treat it as a public health issue

Dr. Deborah Prothrow-Stith has spent decades framing violence as a public health issue. She spoke to Morning Edition about how guns fit into that picture and what prevention would look like.

The Independent UK

What comes next after Title 42?

The end of a Trump-era public health order brings new barriers for people seeking asylum in the US

Al Jazeera

Three years, 1.1 million deaths: COVID emergency ending in US

As US public health emergency declaration comes to an end, Al Jazeera looks at the pandemic’s heavy toll on the country.

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