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Texans to vote on right to farm, ranch, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management in November

The Texas State Legislature voted to send a constitutional amendment establishing a right to farm, ranch, timber production, horticulture, and wildlife management on a person’s owned or leased property to the Nov. 2023 ballot. The amendment states that the right does not preclude the state legislature from passing laws to…

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Alabama violated civil rights with poor sanitation, Biden administration finds

Report finds state discriminated against Black residents with ‘consistent pattern of inaction and/or neglect’ over health risks of raw sewage

The Guardian - US

Why loneliness is as deadly as smoking

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued a startling public health warning about America's epidemic of isolation

Salon

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COVID-19 is no longer a global health emergency, WHO says

The World Health Organization no longer considers COVID-19 a public health emergency of international concern and has brought an end to an emergency declaration that has been in place since January 2020.

LiveScience

Rochelle Walensky, who led the CDC during the pandemic, resigns

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced her exit on the same day the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 is no longer a global public health emergency.

WEKU

WHO Declares Global COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Over

It's been over for most Americans for a long time already.

Reason

COVID is officially no longer a global health emergency – here's what that means (and what we've learned along the way)

World Health Organisation (WHO) experts have officially declared that COVID no longer constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (Pheic). This coincides with the WHO’s new strategy to transition from an emergency response to longer-term sustained COVID disease management.

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CDC director to depart in June - Roll Call

CDC Director Rochelle Walensky will leave her post at the end of June, the agency announced on Friday, after two years of leading the agency.

Roll Call

CDC to stop reporting new COVID infections as public health emergency winds down

The CDC says the coming end of the public health emergency means the agency will be scaling back the data it routinely collects and releases about the pandemic.

WEKU

WHO ends global health emergency declaration for COVID-19

The World Health Organization today lifted its Public Health Emergency of International Concern for COVID-19. That declaration went into effect three years ago on Jan. 30, 2020.

WEKU

Research monkey shortage undermines US readiness, panel says

A new report says a shortage of monkeys available for medical research undermines U.S. readiness to respond to public health emergencies

The Independent UK

Senators introduce bill to continue border expulsions post-Title 42 - Roll Call

Senantors announced bipartisan legislation Thursday that would allow border agents to turn away migrants who cross the border.

Roll Call

Measles cases on the rise in England, say public health experts

Parents and guardians urged to ensure children are vaccinated against potentially deadly disease, with adults also eligible for jabs

The Guardian - UK

Fears killer virus is spreading after man suddenly falls ill with severe rash

Director of the South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit Dr Vicky Sheppeard told gay, bisexual and other men to be cautious if they present with symptoms and to get vaccinated if they haven’t already

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Daily Record

Humza Yousaf commits to tackling youth violence epidemic by using public health approach

The First Minister hailed the Record's Our Kids ... Our Future campaign in Holyrood today.

WEKU

As the pandemic winds down, anti-vaccine activists are building a legal network

They're aiming to bring together lawyers who have brought COVID-19 and vaccine-related cases to court with experts and build a body of law to combat future public health orders.

WEKU

As fentanyl deaths surge, some state lawmakers push back against 'harm reduction'

The Biden administration is embracing health care efforts designed to reduce the deadly impact of fentanyl addiction, but many state legislatures are resisting the "harm reduction" approach.

Reason

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy Refuses To Acknowledge the Government's Misrepresentation of Mask Research

Recent comments by former COVID-19 adviser Anthony Fauci contradict what public health officials told us during the pandemic.

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IRD applies to liquidate large aged care provider

An aged care provider with nearly 300 beds in six rest homes across the country is in financial difficulty and facing insolvency proceedings later this month.

The Independent UK

McDonald’s fined £500,000 after customer finds mouse droppings in cheeseburger

Authorities uncover infestation that posed an ‘imminent risk’ to public health at branch in east London

The Times of India

US ends COVID vaccine requirement for international travellers from this date

The United States has announced removing the COVID vaccine requirement for international travellers. This will be brought into effect from May 11 as per the statement issued by the White House, which also added that the COVID-19 public health emergency will also end on the same day.

The Independent UK

Vapes are ‘public health ticking time bomb’ for under-18s, MPs told

Conservative MP Neil Hudson pressed the Government to go further, including considering plans to hide the devices from view in shops.

The Independent UK

US to lift most federal Covid-19 vaccine mandates next week

The Biden administration will end the last remaining federal COVID-19 vaccine requirements next week when the national public health emergency for the coronavirus ends

The Guardian - UK

Calls for 11,000 more school nurses in UK as children’s needs grow

Survey finds exhaustion and low morale among school nurses as they face increasingly complex caseloads

Bangkok Post

New centre to help kids with heart disease

A centre for percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI) has been established through an alliance of seven medical institutes, to make the treatment more efficient and lower the mortality rate among children with congenital heart disease, the Public Health Ministry said.

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