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San Diego County pilot program aims to prevent childhood suicide

San Diego will be among a handful of counties statewide to test a new suicide-prevention program that takes a public health approach to identifying and helping those who have attempted to harm themselves.

Tribune News Service

Evaluation of UK’s pandemic preparedness was ‘simply wrong’, expert says

The World Health Organisation carried out a joint external evaluation of the UK’s ability to cope with public health risks prior to the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Merthyr's Trago Mills allowed to sell alcohol and play live music for longer despite opposition

The council's statutory licensing committee granted the change of licence

Wales Online

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After an Austin employee gave birth to a stillborn baby, she was disqualified from parental leave. Now, city leaders want change.

Two days after delivering a stillborn baby, an Austin Public Health employee was notified she would not qualify for the city’s eight weeks of paid parental leave.

The Texas Tribune

Loneliness is a public health crisis, comparable to smoking up to 15 cigarettes a day

The mental and physical health consequences of loneliness are grave.

Fortune

Measles and whooping cough outbreaks in South Africa: a sign of low vaccination coverage, experts warn

The concentrated global effort to use vaccination as a public health intervention began in 1974. Since then, vaccination has changed our lives. Worldwide, in the decades 2000-2020, childhood vaccination led to the reduction of deaths in children under 5 by 50% to 5.4 million deaths per year. Vaccination currently averts…

The Conversation

NBTC to install digital networks at border clinics

The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) plans to install telecom networks in sub-district hospitals in border areas, with a budget of up to 3.8 billion baht under its Universal Service Obligation (USO) scheme.

Bangkok Post

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Brexit is causing more problems with illegal alcohol, tobacco and drugs, says Public Health Wales

The report raises concern that Brexit is compounding the problems of illegal drugs, alcohol and tobacco

Wales Online

Former health minister Udomsilp Srisangnam dies

Professor Dr Udomsilp Srisangnam, an adviser to the Thai Health Promotion Foundation (ThaiHealth) and former public health minister, died on Tuesday aged 80, his daughter Ploypraew Srisaengnam announced on her Facebook page.

Bangkok Post

Safety vests and helmets make cyclists look ‘less human’ to other road users

Getting more people to ride bikes has been flagged as a simple and effective way to improve public health while tackling climate change. However, research has repeatedly found safety concerns deter people from cycling.

The Conversation

Mandy Cohen as CDC director? Republicans in Congress tell Biden she’s ‘unfit’

North Carolina Sen. Ted Budd, Rep. Dan Bishop and other Republicans are citing Dr. Mandy Cohen’s track record during the COVID-19 pandemic in opposing her as the next director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Tribune News Service

West Nile Virus found in Chicago-area mosquitoes

No humans have been infected by the virus in the state so far, but health officials are advising Chicagoans to take precautions throughout the summer months.

Chicago Sun-Times

Health chiefs learned of Covid guidance from TV early in pandemic, inquiry told

A picture of chaotic scenes and a general lack of preparedness was painted on day one of the Covid inquiry’s first public hearing.

The Independent UK

Britain less prepared for new pandemic than before Covid, scientists fear

Health bosses fear that the United Kingdom is less prepared for a new pandemic than before Covid-19 due to budget cuts.

Evening Standard

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The National (Scotland)

Public health expert names UK Government's 'largest failure' during Covid pandemic

A GLOBAL public health expert has named what she believes the UK Government’s “largest failure” was during the Covid pandemic.

Daily Mirror

Man dies from rare flesh-eating bacteria after eating raw oysters from food stand

The 54-year-old man from Missouri became infected after eating the popular dish bought from a food stand in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, the St. Louis County Public Health Department has said

The Guardian - UK

Don’t blame scientists for what went wrong with Covid – ministers were the ones calling the shots

As the UK inquiry kicks off, it’s the people in power who should be under the spotlight, says Devi Sridhar of the University of Edinburgh

Glasgow Live

Rats in Glasgow children's playground spark protest from residents

The vermin have been spotted in the playground sandbox in Govanhill Park, and the city council is urging people to stop feeing the birds there as it attracts the animals.

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Rates of gonorrhoea and chlamydia higher in Nottingham than rest of UK

A record number of sexually transmitted infections were recorded in the East Midlands

Bangkok Post

Take care of our doctors

Dr Napasorn "Puimek" Weerayuttvilai is known as an actress and singer, as well as an intern medical doctor at Rajburi Hospital. Earlier this month, after she shared on social media her decision to resign from the hospital, the issue of a shortage of doctors in Thailand became the talk of…

Bangkok Post

Diarrhoea HQ to probe local spate

The Public Health Ministry has opened an emergency operations centre (EOC) and ordered an investigation after more than 100 people across three districts in Phuket fell sick from an unidentified pathogen which left many suffering from severe diarrhoea.

Salon

Failure in New York's air quality crisis

"It’s been a lackluster, underwhelming, frankly problematic response."

Bangkok Post

Invest in our doctors

The shortage of medical personnel is not a new issue; indeed the problem has been part of the public health system for decades. Yet, the matter was brought up again this week following a viral Facebook post by actress Noppasorn "Puimek" Veerayuthawilai, who graduated from the faculty of medicine at…

Salon

Fox News downplays wildfire smoke

"We have this kind of air in India and China all the time, no public health emergency," one pundit declared

Roll Call

HHS' first national STI plan could face obstacles - Roll Call

The plan, which directs five departments and 15 agencies to implement more than 200 steps by 2030, comes as STDs reach record highs.

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