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Don't be fooled by Big Tobacco's sustainability awards

Tobacco companies want you to know they are great corporate citizens. But it’s all a fig leaf for their environmental offences.

360info

Bhutan banned smoking and it didn’t go so well

The world watched as Bhutan enforced a blanket ban on tobacco: could the solution be as effective as it was simple?

360info

Dengue vaccine pioneer in search of salvation

It is a combination of boundless scientific curiosity and an unflagging desire to save lives that has kept Prof Emeritus Dr Sutee Yoksan, 72, working on research and development of vaccines against mosquito-borne diseases for more than 40 years.

Bangkok Post

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Will mask-wearing remain a fixture?

As the Ministry of Public Health plans to ease more Covid-19 measures in June, are we ready to take the masks off?

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox presents moderate risk to global public health, WHO says

The World Health Organization said on Sunday that monkey pox constitutes a "moderate risk" to overall public health at global level after cases were reported in countries where the disease is not typically found.

Reuters

How worried should you be about monkeypox?

Almost 180 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

The Independent UK

Monkeypox: What we know about rare virus as more cases confirmed around globe

Tropical disease now detected in 23 countries including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK

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Signs and symptoms of Monkeypox: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease now detected in 23 countries outside of Africa including UK, US, Spain and Portugal

The Independent UK

Deadly Nose-bleed Fever Shocks Iraq as Cases Surge

Spraying a cow with pesticides, health workers target blood-sucking ticks at the heart of Iraq's worst detected outbreak of a fever that causes people to bleed to death. The sight of the health workers, dressed in full protective kit, is one that has become common in the Iraqi countryside, as…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Jharkhand to get WHO award for tobacco control

National Tobacco Control Programme was launched in Jharkhand in 2012 when the tobacco prevalence rate in the State was 51.1 per cent

The Hindu

Do wood burners add to air pollution in cities? Yes, say citizen scientists

Pioneering Bristol study blames the solid-fuel burners in people’s homes for breaches of World Health Organisation guidelines

The Guardian - UK

No monkeypox cases in India so far, say officials

Monitoring spread of pox and WHO alert on acute hepatitis of unknown aetiology in children: official

The Hindu

How worried should you be about monkeypox?

More than 20 cases of rare tropical virus now confirmed in UK

The Independent UK

Explained | All about India’s ASHA workers, recipients of WHO’s Global Leaders Award

Currently, there are around ten lakh ASHA workers across the country

The Hindu

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The Independent UK

Monkeypox: What we know about rare virus as more cases confirmed around globe

Tropical disease now detected in UK, US, Canada, Australia Spain and Portugal

Evening Standard

Monkeypox cases reported could be peak of the iceberg, warns WHO

Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, WHO says

The Independent UK

Signs and symptoms of Monkeypox: What to look for and how it spreads

Tropical disease is now detected in UK, US, Spain and Portugal

Chronicle Live

Monkeypox outbreak only at the 'very beginning', WHO warns with more cases predicted

At least one monkeypox patient since the start of the UK outbreak has been sent to Newcastle's RVI

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Wales Online

Monkeypox outbreak could be just the beginning, warns WHO

'We are still at the very, very beginning of this event'

Wales Online

Mysterious fever outbreak grips tropical island nation as WHO informed

It is the first time in São Tomé and Príncipe's history that an outbreak of this type has been reported in the country

Irish Mirror

All we know so far about the monkeypox vaccine and who will be offered protection

The HSE confirmed today that it has secured an order of vaccines against monkeypox which is expected to be delivered very soon

Daily Mirror

Mystery virus spreads across remote island as health officials issue warning

More than 100 cases have been reported in just four weeks, prompting a warning from health officials

Al Jazeera

No need for mass vaccination against monkeypox now: WHO

UN health body says outbreak of virus in non-endemic countries can be contained ‘easily’ if swift action is taken.

Reuters

First steps in reforming global health emergency rules agreed at WHO meeting - sources

Countries have agreed to an initial U.S.-led push to reform of the rules around disease outbreaks, known as the International Health Regulations, after early opposition from Africa and others was overcome this week, sources told Reuters on Friday.

The Independent UK

WHO: Nearly 200 cases of monkeypox in more than 20 countries

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide

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