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Health secretary Thérèse Coffey gave leftover prescription drugs to a poorly friend – is this advisable or legal?

Thérèse Coffey, the health secretary for England, has admitted to giving her leftover antibiotics to friends and family who were feeling unwell. This led to the British Medical Association issuing a statement, describing her actions as “not only potentially dangerous, but also against the law”.

The Conversation

WHO advises using 1 dose of cholera vaccine due to shortage

The World Health Organization and its partners are recommending that countries temporarily switch to using a single dose of the cholera vaccine instead of two due to a global supply shortage

The Independent UK

WHO forced to ration vaccine as cholera cases surge worldwide

Health officials halve dose to eke out ‘extremely limited’ supply amid unprecedented rise in outbreaks

The Guardian - UK

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WHO says COVID-19 is still a global health emergency

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday that COVID-19 remains a global emergency, nearly three years after it was first declared as one.

Reuters

WHO to switch to one dose of two-dose cholera vaccine amid rising outbreaks

The World Health Organization said on Wednesday it will temporarily suspend the standard two-dose vaccination regimen for cholera, replacing it with a single dose due to vaccine shortages and rising outbreaks worldwide.

Reuters

Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official

A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed in Uganda in about “two weeks.”

The Independent UK

Inaction over lack of exercise will cost £24bn a year globally by 2030, WHO warns

Exercise could help prevent 500m new cases of diseases such as diabetes, cancer and stroke – but government policies are lagging behind

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Global leaders commit $4 billion in funding at World Health Summit to eradicate polio

The funding will go towards the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end the highly infectious viral disease.

ABC News

Contaminated cough syrup from India linked to 70 child deaths. It's happened before

The World Health Organization has issued an alert about the deaths in the West African nation of Gambia. For context, we speak to the authors of The Truth Pill: The Myth of Drug Regulation in India.

WEKU

‘Insulting’: shock as NHS uses offensive term for people with learning disability

Category of ‘mental retardation’ in NHS Digital’s annual statistics demeans patients, campaigners say

The Guardian - UK

New Omicron sub-variants detected

Two people who recently arrived in Thailand from abroad tested positive for Omicron's immune-evasive XBB sub-variant, according to the Department of Medical Science.

Bangkok Post

Uganda announces 3-week lockdown in desperate bid to stop spread of deadly Ebola virus

Places of worship, bars, gyms, saunas and other entertainment venues will close for the next three weeks, but schools will remain open in the areas affected by Ebola, the Ugandan government said

Daily Mirror

Gates pledges $1.2 billion to speed end of crippling poliovirus

Bill Gates says polio came tantalizingly close to being eradicated in the spring, before new outbreaks were seeded in Africa and a man was paralyzed in New York. Now the billionaire’s philanthropic foundation is pledging $1.2 billion to complete the mission.

Tribune News Service

What is Ebola and what are the symptoms as Uganda hit by deadly new outbreak

There have so far been 58 confirmed cases and 19 deaths since the first case was diagnosed

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The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on the dangers of assuming vaping is a safe alternative to smoking

E-cigarettes can carry serious risks, especially to the young, says the World Health Organization. We need to tighten up the regulations on their use

Zenger

To Fight Ebola, Uganda Closes Two Regions And Bars Funerals

While mines stay open, bars and churches and others without political connections have been closed by government order.

Salon

The monkeypox non-pandemic

Experts feared that monkeypox would cause a pandemic on the level of COVID-19. This is why that didn't come to pass

Daily Mirror

Cholera vaccine to be axed from production despite WHO warning of 'turbocharged' spread

The world is facing an “unprecedented” series of deadly outbreaks from the disease, with Haiti, Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Malawi and Ethiopia all fighting waves now

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Radio France Internationale

How Western countries could stop Africa making vaccines of the future

While Western donors have stumped up significant funding for a programme to make Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, activists say more support is needed to help poor countries secure the intellectual property rights they need to produce mRNA vaccines beyond the pandemic.

The Independent UK

9 students drown after river ferry capsizes in Cambodia

At least nine students in southern Cambodia who were crossing a river have died after the boat they were on capsized

Wales Online

Experts warn about deadly new strain of monkeypox after 120 deaths

There are fears it could spread beyond Africa as the previous strain has done

The Guardian - UK

Dismay as key cholera vaccine is discontinued

Exclusive: halt to production of Shanchol vaccine alarms WHO amid ‘unprecedented’ global outbreaks

The Independent UK

Finland runs low on iodine tablets as Ukraine war increases nuclear fears

Drug wholesalers also reported depleted stocks

Salon

Air pollution squirrels into the unborn

An alarming study finds that air pollution breathed in by pregnant women is making its way to the fetus

France 24

India halts production at factory linked to Gambia 'cough syrup' deaths

In tonight's edition: The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from suspected contaminated medicinal syrups sees Indian authorities shut down production at a pharmaceuticals company in Delhi. And the WHO hopes to start clinical trials for the strain of Ebola behind a deadly outbreak in Uganda. Finally, violent child…

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