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It has been almost a month since over 3,700 persons who were recruited on contract for Tamil Nadu’s health department were told their services were no longer required. While their protests at being made redundant were vehement, when they did enter, they were fully aware that contractual recruitments come with a…

The Hindu

Faye Flam: As at-home rapid tests replace PCRs, we need better guidance

Rapid antigen tests have been among the tools many public health experts and politicians have to ease into “living with COVID.” But many people are still skeptical about the tests’ reliability.

Tribune News Service

Rally for the Cali: hundreds take to the streets of Singleton for pub's roof flag

The Cali's flag issues were prefaced by their renown as the "Freedom Pub", which came about last year through "repeated and continued breaches of the Public Health Order".

Newcastle Herald

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More people are struggling with loneliness than diabetes, US surgeon general says

MIAMI — The link between loneliness and public health may not be readily apparent to many, but it is to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, who visited his Miami hometown Friday with a broad agenda — meeting with health care workers about pandemic-related burnout, speaking with LGBTQ students about mental…

Miami Herald

20,052 new Covid-19 cases, 129 more deaths

The country registered 20,052 more Covid-19 cases and 129 new fatalities during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Saturday morning.

Bangkok Post

COVID-19 risk level increases to ‘medium’ in DuPage County as cases rise statewide

Three other Illinois counties have also seen their risk level elevated from “low” to “medium” under the latest CDC guidelines. The entire state was in the “low” category until about a month ago when coronavirus cases began to rebound.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fauci Says CDC Mandates 'Should Not Be a Court Issue'

That's a fundamentally anti-democratic attitude.

Reason

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World Health Organization (WHO) monitoring hepatitis surge affecting children in Tayside

Public Health Scotland (PHS) chiefs were also made aware of the cases of hepatitis – an inflammation of the liver – identified in children aged between one and five years old who have been admitted to hospital across the central belt

Daily Record

Gay man from NI on being 'turned away from donating blood at school'

The ‘humiliating’ experience motivated Rory McGill to carve out a successful career in public health, not only for himself, but for others in the LGBTQ+ community

Belfast Live

Child hepatitis cases: Signs and symptoms as cases rise to 108

Eight children had to receive a liver transplant

Liverpool Echo

Mysterious hepatitis outbreak sees more than 100 children affected

A number of children have needed liver transplants

Wales Online

21,808 new Covid cases, 128 more deaths

There were 128 more coronavirus-related fatalities and 21,808 confirmed new cases on Thursday, the Public Health Ministry reported on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Prescribed burning near Perth 'critical' to lower bushfire risk but many feel smoke health effects

As state and private landowners take advantage of mild autumn conditions to conduct controlled burns, public health experts warn of the risks posed by smoke and the need to protect lungs.

ABC News

Karnataka govt owes its hospitals Rs 316 crore for 2 lakh+ procedures in 3 years

BENGALURU: Government hospitals in Karnataka which have conducted over two lakh procedures under the Ayushman Bharat Arogya Karnataka (AB-ArK) scheme since 2019 are still awaiting clearance of bills totalling a whopping Rs 316 crore, including the reimbursement of treatment cost and incentives for doctors and operating staff.

The Times of India

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Bangkok Post

Govt receives 200k Covovax dose lift

The Ministry of Public Health will distribute 200,000 coronavirus protein-based vaccine doses donated by India and its partners to state-owned hospitals across Thailand with the target of inoculating those unvaccinated people.

The Hindu

Is India heading towards a possible fourth wave of COVID-19?

Masking and vaccination, the best tools available today, are the need of the hour

Belfast Live

Covid testing in Northern Ireland set to change from April 22

You will no longer need to take a PCR test if you have symptoms

Daily Record

Child hepatitis cases rise as experts say 'mystery spate could be linked to lockdown'

There are 108 confirmed UK cases of hepatitis cases in children aged 10 and under.

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Liverpool Echo

Gay man told 'we don't want your blood here'

Rory McGill was left determined to make a change for LGBTQ+ community

The Conversation

The pandemic's gardening boom shows how gardens can cultivate public health

As lockdowns went into effect in the spring of 2020 to slow the spread of the coronavirus, reports emerged of a global gardening boom, with plants, flowers, vegetables and herbs sprouting in backyards and on balconies around the world.

The Independent UK

Number of cases of hepatitis in children being investigated rises to 108

The UK Health Security Agency said a further 34 cases had been identified.

Newslaundry

Respecting women’s rights is a guarantee to reduce maternal and child mortality: Dr Michelle Bachelet

Dr Michelle Bachelet, (left-wing revolutionary imprisoned by the military dictator Augusto Pinochet), two-time president of Chile (2006-2010, 2014-2018), first Executive Director of UN Women, took over as the Chair of the Board of Partnership for Maternal, New Born and Child Health (PMNCH) speaks to ICFJ Fellow Biraj Swain on the…

Newslaundry

The Bedaquiline Question

One of the increasingly contentious public health issues in India is the manner in which clinical trials are conducted for new drugs and the manner in which these new drugs are subsequently approved for use on Indian patients.

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