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Since health officials confirmed the first COVID-19 cases, misinformation has spread just as quickly as the virus. Social media may have made the amount, variety and speed of misinformation seem unprecedented, but COVID-19 isn’t the first pandemic where false and harmful information has set back public health.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — California’s third-largest city banished flavored tobacco products from store shelves this summer, joining scores of other cities and counties in the state in a public health push to reduce nicotine addiction among youths and young adults.

This isn’t the same as Covid, and it won’t be in the future. Here are the reasons why

There were 26 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,488 new patients admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Public Health on Monday defended a reduction of quarantine days from seven to five for asymptomatic Covid-19 patients, saying it was based on academic data and reviewed by relevant parties.

Joe Biden thanks Fauci, the US president’s chief medical adviser, for his decades of ‘dedicated’ public service.

Vitamin A deficiency is the leading cause of preventable childhood blindness. It also increases the risk of death from common childhood illnesses such as diarrhoea. There are several ways to fight this public health threat: giving children vitamin A supplements; promoting more diverse diets; fortifying food; and bio-fortifying crops. Nutrition…

Public Health Wales has seen as rise in cases in the past year

Scottish capital hit by 11-day garbage walk-out at heart of festival season