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WHO maintains highest alert over COVID, but sees hope ahead

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday that COVID-19 continues to constitute a public health emergency of international concern, its highest form of alert.

Reuters

Anutin: More than one meth pill, you're a dealer

A ministerial regulation is being amended so that anyone with more than one methamphetamine pill in possession, instead of 15, will be regarded as having them with intent to sell, not for personal use as at present, Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Monday.

Bangkok Post

Health bosses issue warning over new pills that could supercharge Scotland's drug death rate

Public Health Scotland issued the warning on Nitazenes which can be many times stronger than heroin.

Daily Record

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Experts urge better opioid rescue drug access to save lives

Access has improved across the U.S. to a rescue drug that reverses opioid overdoses, but advocates say naloxone — commonly known by its brand name Narcan — still isn't getting to everyone who needs it

The Independent UK

Why Brazil's Yanomami are being devastated by disease and gold mining

Many in Brazil were left wondering how the public health emergency gripping the Yanomami indigenous population could materialise so quickly, but this is no sudden disaster.

ABC News

Drop in air quality due next week

The Public Health Ministry warns of a drop in air quality in Bangkok next week and urges people -- especially vulnerable groups -- to step up their protection against harmful ultra-fine dust particles.

Bangkok Post

Activist medico objects to transfer

The transfer of government critic Dr Supat Hasuwannakit to a southern border town has sparked controversy, with some alleging it is being done due to his outspoken role with the Rural Doctor Society.

Bangkok Post

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Dozens of Yanomami children hospitalized in northern Brazil amid health crisis

Dozens of indigenous children suffering from malnutrition and acute diseases have been hospitalized in northern Brazil, with relatives in hammocks holding their emaciated frames in scenes that underscore the gravity of a public health crisis.

Reuters

Why Brazil's Yanomami are being decimated by disease, mining

Severe malnutrition and disease, particularly malaria, are decimating the Yanomami population in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest, and on Jan. 20 the federal government declared a public health emergency

The Independent UK

'Inadequate' response to TB outbreak in Welsh village with cases found a decade later

It is estimated that 31 cases of active TB and 300 cases of latent TB were linked to the first outbreak in Llwynhendy in 2010

Wales Online

Heinecke uneasy about vaccines offered to visitors

A hotel tycoon is disappointed with the government's tight control over Covid vaccinations, suggesting more tourists coming to Thailand aren't comfortable visiting public healthcare centres.

Bangkok Post

Gov. Greg Abbott says he won’t give up COVID-era power until Texas lawmakers ban vaccine mandates, strengthen border

Abbott doubles down on his long-standing call to lawmakers to prohibit local governments from enacting mask and vaccine mandates.

The Texas Tribune

15 wishes for 2023: Trailblazers tell how they'd make life on Earth a bit better

We asked for a wish from expert wishers around the globe — from Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai to MacArthur "genius" grantee Gregg Gonsalves to Melva Acostaa, who runs a soup kitchen in Peru.

WEKU

Two more Strep A fatalities in Scotland over last week as death toll rises to 19

Public Health Scotland say there has been an increase in cases of the seasonal infection this year.

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Bangkok Post

Tax deduction period extended for health foundation donations

The cabinet has extended the double tax deduction period for another two years for contributions made to 13 public health foundations via E-donation.

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'Housing, employment and skills for all' - North East figure says investment in healthy lives 'will pay dividends'

A leading public health figure has said inequality and poor living conditions underpin the NHS crisis we see in the headlines.

Daily Mirror

Steve Barclay accused of being 'part man, part ostrich' over inaction on excess deaths

Shadow Public Health Minister Andrew Gwynne accused the Government of 'denial and buck-passing' as he suggested the Health Secretary is burying his head in the sand like an 'ostrich'

Fortune

WHO head ‘very concerned’ about rising COVID deaths ahead of meeting to end—or extend—global public health emergency

“While clearly we’re in better shape than we were three years ago when the pandemic hit, the global collective response is once again under strain,” he said at a Tuesday news conference.

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Los Angeles Times

Fewer Medi-Cal patients got crucial treatment for hepatitis C amid pandemic

LOS ANGELES — Fewer people have gotten crucial medication for hepatitis C under Medi-Cal in recent years, troubling advocates who have pushed to expand the lifesaving treatment.

The Independent UK

Suspected drug deaths in Scotland increase in October and November

Public Health Scotland also released an alert for a new synthetic opioid being found on Scotland’s streets and in prisons.

The Independent UK

Emily Atack says it’s ‘important’ to make catcalling a ‘public health issue’

‘That can be very damaging over a period of time,’ actor said

Bangkok Post

Covid-19 vaccine available for foreigners nationwide

The Public Health Ministry plans for at least one Covid-19 vaccination centre per province for foreign tourists paying for shots, while foreign residents will continue to get free jabs.

Los Angeles Times

Has California avoided another devastating winter COVID wave?

LOS ANGELES — In the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, winter holidays were marred by a pair of devastating waves that ripped through California, sending case counts soaring, residents to the hospital in droves and, ultimately, leaving thousands dead.

Daily Mirror

'Super-gonorrhea' warning as people urged to reduce number of sexual partners

The new strain of the sexually transmitted disease proved resistant to five different antibiotics leading scientists to become concerned of the possibilites of a wider outbreak

Chicago Sun-Times

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic can make Illinois healthier than ever

In the three years since the first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Illinois, public health experts have gained invaluable knowledge to improve our health care system.

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