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Memes, tweets, snark are the FDA’s new public health weapons

When Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed during a National Football League game in January, dozens of Twitter trolls quickly blamed it on COVID-19 shots.

Tribune News Service

Japanese encephalitis virus vaccine eligibility boosted in South Australia as flood clean-up continues

South Australia's Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier says all residents in the state's flood-hit Riverland and Murraylands regions will now be eligible for the free JEV vaccine.

ABC News

Spain health workers hold huge Madrid protest over state of health system

Hundreds of thousands of Spain's health workers protested in Madrid on Sunday over what they say is the destruction of the public health system by the conservative regional government.

Reuters

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Major work to tackle obesity in Nottingham as more than half of adults overweight

Work is continuing on a Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Nottingham, one of the main focuses of which is reducing the city's obesity levels.

Nottingham Post

First Thai team arrives in quake-hit Turkey

The first Thai rescue team arrived in Istanbul on Friday while the Public Health Ministry announced its readiness to send an army medical team on Saturday, said the ministry's deputy permanent secretary Dr Narong Apikulwanich.

Bangkok Post

Today's Interview: Dr. Steven Stack discusses measles and COVID vaccinations

An interview with Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack

WEKU

Editorial: Effectiveness of mask edicts? ‘Vanishingly small’

It may seem like long ago, but it was only last February that Nevada became one of the final states to lift its mask mandate as COVID cases waned. Defenders of the edict insisted it was vital to promote public health and to contain the pandemic. And they haven’t given…

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The New York Times Warns That Freedom of Speech 'Threatens Public Health' and 'Democracy Itself'

The paper is unfazed by First Amendment objections to the Biden administration's crusade against "misinformation" on social media.

Reason

City expands mental health services through private providers

A previously announced plan to partner with more community clinics and nonprofits is complete. Mental health services will be offered at some libraries and O’Hare.

Chicago Sun-Times

After Brexit, if Sunak really wants a ‘science superpower’, he must fix these three things

Science now has a cabinet seat, but Britain’s world-leading reputation is fading fast, says public health professor Devi Sridhar

The Guardian - UK

Commentary: Suppressing debate on COVID-19 policies leads to mistrust in public health

China has abandoned its "COVID-zero" campaign, and with the loosening of social restrictions, the country has shifted its focus from preventing COVID-19 infections to managing them. As part of that program, Li Guangxi, with China’s State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism, gave an interview last month encouraging people to…

Chicago Tribune

Kraken, Othrus subvariants 'more transmissible'

The new Covid-19 subvariants Kraken and Orthrus are considered highly transmissible and the Public Health Ministry is urging people with underlying conditions and the elderly to get vaccinated.

Bangkok Post

Will Litigation Over Title 42 "Public Health" Migrant Expulsions Soon Become Moot When Biden Ends the Covid Emergency?

If so, Title 42 expulsions might finally end. But it's not a done deal yet.

Reason

Speed limits to be cut to 20mph throughout Manchester

Manchester council says the decision to drop speed limits across the city is primarily for public health reasons, citing benefits such as less pollution, better fuel efficiency and fewer crashes

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The Conversation

The pandemic played into ageist stereotypes, but intergenerational contact and co-operation can overcome them

As the COVID-19 pandemic spread around the world, stringent public health regulations were imposed to protect vulnerable individuals, with older people seen as a particularly vulnerable group.

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Immigrant Detention Center Operator Faces Fines, Lawsuit Over Working Conditions

California has fined GEO Group over $100,000 for

WEKU

COVID test kits, treatments and vaccines won't be free to many consumers much longer

Insurers, employers, taxpayers and other consumers will all be affected as drugmakers move these products to the commercial market in May. How much you'll pay depends on your health insurance.

Roll Call

US tells Supreme Court that health policy will change border case - Roll Call

The Biden administration said plans to let COVID-19 public health emergencies expire would make it unnecessary to decide a border policy case.

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Reuters

Factbox-Details on Canadian government new healthcare funding

The Canadian government on Tuesday announced C$46.2 billion ($34.4 billion) in new funding for provinces and territories to tackle the country's strained public health system.

Zenger

In A New Study Found Electric Cars Reduce Air Pollution And Increases Public Health

Scientists said asthma attacks and other respiratory problems fall as more electric cars are on the road & drop in polution.

The Texas Tribune

Texans brace for the end of nearly three years of pandemic Medicaid coverage

Millions of Texans — mostly children, young adults and new moms — stayed on Medicaid for the duration of the pandemic. The state will soon start reevaluating eligibility.

Axios

Immunocompromised worry they're getting left behind again

The immunocompromised have largely been an afterthought throughout the pandemic, patient advocacy groups say.

Manchester Evening News

Trafford council's new director of public health to earn £105,000 a year

And new HR chief will get £92K

Bangkok Post

Scheme aims to give first-aid training to monks

The Ministry of Public Health and Praboromarajchanok Institute will work together to provide first-aid training to monks across the country under the "One Temple, One Caretaker Monk" scheme, to mark the Supreme Patriarch's 96th birthday this year.

Insider UK

Sturgeon vows to ‘carefully consider’ issues in alcohol advertising consultation

First minister insists there is evidence that adverts which glamorise drinking could lead to 'over-consumption of alcohol'

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