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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.

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We need new solutions to the crisis in youth mental health

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Racial discrimination increases risk for childhood obesity: Study

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:

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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.

Bin strikes causing 'public health crisis' in South Gloucestershire

Talks are ongoing between the union and waste firm bosses

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,…

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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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Auditor-General should probe health record 'fiasco', Castley says

Auditor-General should probe health record 'fiasco', Castley says

The record means performance data cannot be reported.

The Canberra Times

Don’t waste the wastewater

Don’t waste the wastewater

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

Zafrullah Chowdhury obituary

Zafrullah Chowdhury obituary

Other lives: Public health activist who used his medical training in the UK to improve access to healthcare in rural Bangladesh

The Guardian - UK

Only one fresh case of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu

Only one fresh case of COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu

One person in Chennai tested positive for COVID 19 on Sunday according to the Directorate of Public Health officials

Thanks for 50 years of nothing, DEA

Thanks for 50 years of nothing, DEA

The Drug Enforcement Administration has spent half a century worsening public health. It should be abolished

Top tips to help you save money on your food shopping

Top tips to help you save money on your food shopping

The Public Health Dietitians Group has provided information to help people's money and food go further

NHS at 75: Top public health figure warns 'radical action' needed to save NHS

NHS at 75: Top public health figure warns 'radical action' needed to save NHS

Alice Wiseman - Gateshead Council's director of public health - says the Government needs to put a stop to the influence of "health harming industry"

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Will 'killer virus' sweeping Europe reach Ireland? Experts give verdict as symptoms listed

Cases of a disease described as 'the current biggest threat to public health' are spreading through Europe. Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has a fatality rate of between 10 and 40 percent.

Warning over raw milk trend with fears growing over dairy contaminated with deadly germs

Iowa was one of 19 states that prevented the sale of raw milk amid fears it can be "contaminated with harmful germs", according to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Symptoms of new 'killer virus' as it spreads across Europe and deaths reported

The Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever has been identified as the current biggest threat to public health

Symptoms of killer virus spreading across Europe - and it's 'highly likely' to reach UK

An urgent health warning has been issued for - what has been described as - the current biggest threat to public health over new cases of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

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

Before SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, spread across the world in 2020, tuberculosis was responsible for more deaths globally than any other infectious disease. But thanks to targeted public health efforts in the U.S. and globally, tuberculosis cases had been steadily falling for decades.

State’s annual battle with fever

Kerala is battling yet another epidemic season when dengue and leptospirosis cases soar and hospitals buckle under the sheer number of patients that fill up fever wards and crowd outpatient clinics.

Warning as deadly virus spreads across Europe creating 'threat to public health'

The potentially deadly tick-borne disease is spreading with experts stating it will reach Britain as the spread accelerated is by climate change.

Deadly virus spreading across Europe 'biggest threat to public health'

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is being spread by ticks across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, with scientists warning it is "highly likely" it will reach Britain

Politicians want cop crackdowns on drug dealers. Experts say tough tactics cost lives

As fentanyl deaths surge, lawmakers want more drug busts and arrests. But new research found tough police tactics might increase overdoses and drug deaths in communities.

U.S. is barred from combating disinformation on social media. Here's what it means

Under a judge's new ruling, much of the federal government is now barred from working with social media companies to address removing any content that might contain "protected free speech."

The Guardian - UK

UK Covid inquiry: public health bosses relied on media for information

Inquiry hears of communication problems and lack of preparedness for pandemic

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