The Latest Breaking News from Public Health

Health groups challenge Keir Starmer to ban firms behind ‘unhealthy products’ from lobbying by giving gifts

Public health experts warn ‘overinflated view of abilities’ and restrictive laws could make next outbreak more lethal

Public health organizations call for a ceasefire to distribute humanitarian aid and to address growing health risks

Breathless episode 1 shows a public healthcare system suffering and a notable patient.

Senegal has suspended mining activities along the Falémé river, which forms part of its southeastern border with Mali, in a bid to preserve the environment and protect public health. However, enforcing the ban won’t be easy.

“Chasing these unreasonable expectations has left many families feeling exhausted, burned out, and perpetually behind,” Dr. Vivek Murthy says.

A conservative law firm is suing Massachusetts Gov_ Maura Healey over an initiative the state launched earlier this summer targeting “crisis pregnancy centers” that Healey calls strictly “anti-abortion.”

Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week

The United States’ most senior public health official, surgeon-general Vivek Murthy, believes social media platforms should come with warning labels. The United Nations’ education, science and culture agency says smartphones should be banned in schools. Chinese regulators are pushing to limit children’s smartphone use to just two hours a day.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced its second public health emergency of International concern due to Monkey Pox. Read further on Dynamite News:

Barely over a year after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that mpox was no longer a public health issue of international concern, it is back in the news. This time with a diversity of variants, new modes of transmission and new populations infected.