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Balancing a budget and a pandemic, Labor must reboot public expectations

The problem for the Albanese government is the politics of pivoting away from emergency support won’t get any easier

The Guardian - AU

Nearly 1,500 monkeypox cases identified across the US: CDC reveals

US public health system caught flat-footed by outbreak

The Independent UK

Colorado stops publicly reporting COVID outbreaks at K-12 schools, looks to 'normalize' process

DENVER — Colorado’s health department stopped publicly sharing data on COVID-19 outbreaks at K-12 schools this week, roughly a month before many students and teachers return to the classroom.

The Denver Post

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School closures considered amid heat warning for Wales

Most schools want to stay open and councils are monitoring the situation

Wales Online

Is monkeypox a pandemic? An epidemiologist explains why it isn’t likely to become as widespread as COVID-19, but is worth watching

Monkeypox is the latest global public health threat to make headlines. Most people who contract the monkeypox virus experience flu-like symptoms and a blistery rash that lasts two to four weeks, but a small percentage of infected people develop sepsis or other severe and potentially fatal complications.

The Conversation

In monkeypox failures, echoes of COVID

The first monkeypox case in the United States was confirmed in mid-May

Salon

Editorial: Biden should make reopening of Friendship Park a priority, not an afterthought

Last year, a Politico headline summarized President Joe Biden's immigration problem succinctly: "It's not just Republicans. Everyone's mad at Biden over migration." In the 2020 campaign, Biden promised a fair and humane immigration system and offered unrelenting criticism of then-President Donald Trump for his cruel rhetoric about and policies toward…

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Central team rushed as Kerala reports first monkeypox case

Central team has been rushed to the State to adopt appropriate public health interventions

The Hindu

1,795 new Covid cases, 23 more deaths

There were 23 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,795 new cases admitted to hospitals on Thursday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Friday.

Bangkok Post

LA County on verge of indoor mask mandate as deaths, hospitalizations rise: ‘There is need to worry’

LOS ANGELES — Sustained jumps in cases and hospitalizations fueled by the hyper-infectious BA.5 subvariant pushed Los Angeles County into the high COVID-19 community level Thursday, a shift that could trigger a new public indoor mask mandate by the end of this month unless conditions improve.

Los Angeles Times

50k daily cases 'more likely'

The actual number of new daily Covid-19 infections may be as high as 50,000 compared with the official Ministry of Public Health figures, Nitipatana Chierakul, a respiratory disease expert with Siriraj Hospital, said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

‘All eligible beneficiaries to be vaccinated free of cost’

All eligible beneficiaries aged between 18 and 59 should be given free vaccine at the government facilities, says Directorate of Public Health

The Hindu

Kerala reports India’s first confirmed monkeypox case

Man who arrived in Thiruvananthapuram from UAE tests positive

The Hindu

Tom Watson: I used to weigh 22 stone. Trust me, exercise matters

The recent report from London Sports shows half of Londoners are cutting their spending on sport and exercise. The impact of the economic crisis on public health should be ringing alarm bells in Whitehall and Westminster.

Evening Standard

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Daily Record

Dumfries and Galloway health and social care staffing levels impacted by coronavirus cases

Director of public health Valerie White revealed there has been an increase in patients in hospital testing positive for Covid-19

Tribune News Service

As NYC runs out of monkeypox vaccine, Mayor Adams presses top Biden aides

Mayor Eric Adams raised alarm about New York City’s monkeypox vaccine “supply constraints” in a phone call with two of President Biden’s top public health officials late Tuesday as the city once again ran out of shots against the viral disease.

Bangkok Post

2,257 new Covid cases, 28 more deaths

There were another 28 Covid-19 fatalities and 2,257 new cases were admitted to hospitals on Wednesday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Thursday.

The Conversation

We lost the plot on COVID messaging – now governments will have to be bold to get us back on track

Overall, Australian governments managed the first two years of the COVID pandemic well. Border closures and state actions such as lockdowns averted 18,000 deaths in 2020 and 2021.

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The New Daily

We lost the plot on COVID messaging – now governments must be bold to get us back on track

We are in the grip of a fresh COVID wave, but governments are more reluctant to introduce measures to curb its spread. How did it come to this?

Daily Record

Covid cases are on the increase again in Renfrewshire

Public Health Scotland figures reveal 666 confirmed cases in seven days

Daily Record

Health experts warn of high reinfection rates in Covid omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants

Public Health Scotland says 20.5 percent of all BA.4 and BA.5 Covid cases were determined to be reinfections in a recent report.

The Independent UK

With 30% jump in Covid cases in two weeks, WHO says pandemic ‘nowhere near over’

Covid pandemic remains a public health emergency of international concern, says WHO

Bristol Post

Wales to introduce 20mph default speed limit for drivers

There have been pilot schemes running across the country

ABC News

Doctors call for COVID mask mandates to return in Victoria after Chief Health Officer's advice rejected

The Victorian Rural Doctors Association says "personal responsibility is not an effective public health strategy" and that the state's hospital system is at risk of becoming swamped.

The Guardian - AU

If you want to be healthy in Australia today, be born to rich parents

No amount of social restrictions will fix healthcare until we address underlying inequality

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