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Monkeypox concern grows as virus spreads in Chicago: ‘They need to get loud about this’

CHICAGO — Chicago public health officials reported 173 monkeypox cases on Monday — up from 105 last week — and with vaccines scarce and hard to find, alarm is growing among doctors and those in the gay community that the city is not doing enough to address the spread.

Chicago Tribune

Georgia's abortion rate continues to rise as state awaits decision on new law

ATLANTA — The number of abortions performed in Georgia jumped by nearly 4,000 in 2021 — about 12% — over the previous year, according to the latest count from the state Department of Public Health.

Tribune News Service

Why sexual and reproductive law for east African countries is being resisted

Six of the countries of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania – recently concluded public hearings on a new sexual and reproductive health bill. Proponents of the bill argue that it will improve access to sexual and reproductive health which, in turn, will…

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Anutin: Don't be too concerned about cannabis

Deputy Prime Minister and Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul told the House of Representatives on Tuesday that being overly concerned with cannabis use would only delay national development.

Bangkok Post

Monkeypox cases rise in Wales again

Leading sexual health professionals have warned about a shortage of vaccines used to protect groups from the disease

Wales Online

Daily Covid hospitalisations, deaths rise

There were 18 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,125 new cases admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Public health and pickleball: How cities are spending COVID money

Republicans are scrutinizing cities' use of American Rescue Plan money.

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Monkeypox keeps spreading. Here's what authorities are doing to stop it

Public health experts know what it takes to control a disease outbreak: access to testing and vaccines. But in the last two months of the monkeypox outbreak, the response has not met the need.

WEKU

Opposition slams cannabis decriminalisation without controls

The opposition accused Public Health Minister Anutin Charnvirakul of causing social problems and violating local and international laws by decriminalising cannabis without proper controls.

Bangkok Post

South Australian Chief Public Health Officer Nicola Spurrier has COVID-19

South Australia's top public health doctor has tested positive to COVID-19 after meeting with the state's emergency management committee

ABC News

Private clinics to be allowed to prescribe molnupiravir for Covid-19

The Public Health Ministry plans to allow private clinics to purchase and prescribe the antiviral medication molnupiravir for Covid-19 patients, as private hospitals already do.

Bangkok Post

Cannabis studies have boosted search for new treatments

Over 60 cannabis-related studies have been successfully launched since the plant was legalised for medical use three years ago, bolstering efforts to find alternative ways to treat cancer, insomnia and other health problems, according to the Public Health Ministry.

Bangkok Post

Daily Covid hospitalisations rise to 2,125, deaths to 18

There were 18 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,125 new cases admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

Bangkok Post

Growing COVID numbers add to stress of economic headwinds

Pandemic planning for the long haul

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Bangkok Post

Bhumjaithai's cannabis legalisation policy has backfired

Cannabis legalisation -- a policy platform of the Bhumjaithai Party (BJP) -- was groundbreaking in many ways. The BJP should be proud of fulfilling its electoral promise to voters regarding the legalisation.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: COVID surge shows why Biden administration needs updated vaccines, big new booster push

As COVID-19 killed thousands of Americans every day in late 2020 and early 2021, the U.S. government's rapid success in shepherding the creation, emergency approval and initial rollout of safe, effective, free vaccines was a major public health victory — one made all the more amazing because it came under…

WEKU

Conservative blocs unleash wave of litigation to curb public health powers

A coalition of religious groups, conservative think tanks, and Republican attorneys general have chipped away at local and state authority, altering how the nation can respond during health crises.

Bangkok Post

1,814 new Covid cases, 17 more deaths

There were 17 more Covid-19 fatalities and 1,814 new cases admitted to hospitals on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday.

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NHS 24 'cannot cope with crisis' as almost a quarter of calls go unanswered

Scottish Labour’s public health spokesman said: 'It’s clear NHS 24 still cannot cope with the crisis engulfing our NHS.'

Bangkok Post

Govt warns Bangkok governor to curb activities to prevent Covid spread

The Public Health Ministry will on Monday tell Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt to limit public activities to minimise a possible coronavirus resurgence.

Tribune News Service

California’s public health tax is dead for the year

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on California millionaires and billionaires to fund public health programs and pandemic prevention is dead — at least for this year.

The Independent UK

Biden's realism approach runs head-on into liberal pressure

When it comes to the thorniest issues confronting his administration, the instinct from Biden and his White House is to often speak about what he can’t do, citing constraints imposed by the courts or insufficient support in a Congress that is controlled by his own party

The Guardian - UK

Chinese vaping giant flouting UK advertising rules on selling to children

Observer investigation finds Chinese-owned brand Elf Bar is fuelling the boom in e-cigarettes among young people as social media influencers on TikTok promote its goods in an apparent breach of advertising rules

Edinburgh Live

Covid Scotland: Edinburgh's worst infection hotspots as cases remain high

In the last seven days, over 1,500 new Edinburgh infections have been reported by Public Health Scotland, despite there now being no restrictions surrounding the virus.

Daily Record

NHS 24 'cannot cope with crisis' as almost a quarter of Scots calls abandoned, stats show

Scottish Labour’s public health spokesman said: 'It’s clear NHS 24 still cannot cope with the crisis engulfing our NHS.'

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