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Where there's gender equality, people tend to live longer

Researchers used data from more than 150 countries to connect gender equality and life expectancy. They hope their findings can help policymakers set priorities in public health and other areas.

WEKU

Millions of Texans Are About to Lose Their Health Insurance

An estimated 2.7 million Texans are at risk of losing their Medicaid insurance after the public health emergency expires on March 31.

Texas Observer

Dr. Vinay Prasad: You're Right Not To Trust Public Health

The outspoken critic of the CDC and FDA explains what went wrong—and what went right—with COVID policy.

Reason

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Tragic faces of women killed at hands of men as experts declare health emergency

International Women's Day: Counting Dead Women has so far tallied at least 107 deaths by men or where a man is a primary suspect for 2022 - but there are at least 16 women who haven't been officially counted yet

Daily Mirror

Tranq, the new “zombie” drug that causes skin-rotting is fueling overdoses across the U.S.

People who use drugs sometimes don’t know it’s part of what they’re taking.

Fortune

Survey finds concern of political influence leads lack of trust in health agencies

The study sought to understand factors that led to higher or lower trust levels.

Axios

Study: 1 in 4 parents misled others about their child’s COVID status earlier in the pandemic

CHICAGO — Roughly 1 in 4 American parents lied to or misled others about their child’s COVID-19 status at the height of the pandemic, according to a study published Monday in JAMA Network Open, a journal of the Chicago-based American Medical Association.

Chicago Tribune

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Studies Link Marijuana Legalization to All Sorts of Positive Public Health Outcomes

Plus: San Francisco claims to have "significantly disrupted" sex trafficking, a nationwide injunction on abortion pills, and more...

Reason

Moderna eyes testing of mpox, bird flu vaccines in humans this year: 'They're really for public health'

A shot against mpox would be valuable in case outbreaks reemerge, and the company sees bird flu as a “clear threat,” the company's president said.

Fortune

Delays in health funding announcements mean local authorities forced to 'take risks' warn health leaders

Health leaders in the North East and beyond have hit out at how long it is taking the Government to tell them how much public health funding councils will get this year

Chronicle Live

Eyeing a run for president, Ron DeSantis wants to 'Make America Florida'

Florida Gov. DeSantis' pugnacious approach to issues involving race, sexual orientation and public health has pushed him to the front of the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

WEKU

No risk to public seen after Ohio derailment, officials say

Authorities in Ohio say there is no indication of any risk to public health from the derailment of a Norfolk Southern cargo train between Dayton and Columbus, the second derailment of a company train in the state in a month

The Independent UK

Thailand spent B444bn in 3 years to fight pandemic

Thailand spent a total of 444 billion baht ($12.8 billion) on public health during the three years of the pandemic to contain the spread of Covid-19 and vaccinate its population, according to the Ministry of Public Health.

Bangkok Post

A ‘super strain’ of an antibiotic-resistant stomach bug is on the rise in the U.S. Here are the symptoms to watch for

It’s never been more important for clinicians to ensure that the antibiotics they’re prescribing are appropriate, one expert tells Fortune—and for patients to understand that if their provider isn’t prescribing antibiotics, it may be for good reason.

Fortune

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‘This is an open secret’: In Haryana, ‘sewermen’ are forced to enter manholes and clean sewage

In September last year, Ravi, 32, climbed into a manhole on Jhind road in Haryana’s Rohtak district. Employed by a contractor at the state’s public health engineering department, he was tasked with unblocking a sewer line.

The Conversation

Oakeshott and Hancock: betraying a confidential source damages journalism and is a threat to public health

It is an iron rule of journalism – probably the first lesson that a rookie reporter learns on joining a professional newsroom: never betray a confidential source. A core principle of the National Union of Journalists code of conduct states that a journalist “protects the identity of sources who supply…

Chronicle Live

Health boss says alcohol problems are 'normalised' as North East councils get £25m to boost treatments

New funding will be a boost to capacity for the region's drugs and alcohol treatment services

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz tells CPAC that Fauci should be jailed over COVID-19 ‘lies’ and mandates

OXON HILL, Md. — Sen. Ted Cruz demanded prosecution for Dr. Anthony Fauci, telling conservative activists Thursday that the nation’s most prominent public health expert lied about COVID-19′s origin and “destroyed” lives by encouraging closure of schools and businesses and prodding Americans to wear masks and get vaccinated.

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The Conversation

Dangerous selfies aren't just foolish. We need to treat them like the public health hazard they really are

Selfies have been called everything from an artform to narcissistic and a sign of a dysfunctional society.

The Independent UK

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering rail operator Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins in the area where a train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio

Manchester Evening News

Council tax to rise after councillors agree budget plans at meeting where Tory described as 'Tameside Trump'

On Tuesday night, a majority of members of the full council voted in favour of the budget for 2023/24 which includes a maximum council tax rise of 4.99 pc and £15.776m in cuts

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Guns are the biggest public health threat kids face. Why aren’t we warning them?

I still remember the raspy voice of the wizened cancer patient with the hole in her throat. So addicted to the poison that was killing her ‌— cigarettes ‌‌— she interspersed her words of warning about the dangers of smoking with taking puffs of a cigarette through her tracheostomy hole‌‌.

The Guardian - UK

The UK has quietly done an incredible job of fighting mpox – but it’s no thanks to ministers

It took the LGBTQ+ community, educated by the trauma of HIV and Aids, to fill a vacuum left by government failure, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones

Wales Online

'Serious public health alert' in US over drug-resistant stomach bug

Shigella bacterial condition can result in a life-threatening blood infection in rare cases

Reason

Dr. Vinay Prasad: Stop Trusting the Public Health Establishment

Join Reason on YouTube at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of mRNA vaccines and America's public health establishment with UCSF's Vinay Prasad.

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