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Australian parliamentary inquiry recommends levy but some public health experts warn it could be ineffective unless carefully designed

Walking enhances connections within and between three different brain networks, including one linked to Alzheimer's disease, according to a recent study from the University of Maryland School of Public Health, adding to the growing body of research showing that exercise is beneficial for brain health. Read further on Dynamite News:

Extreme heat is fast becoming a serious public health crisis in India, with more than 150 people dying during a severe heat wave that blasted the country earlier in June

The Public Health Ministry has launched the first mobile renal dialysis unit in Thailand in a bid to help bedridden patients in remote areas.

Further research is needed to investigate the clinical and public health implications of the findings.

Deaths and injuries from guns in the U.S. have increased for years, mirroring the 1990s - the last time gun violence was considered an epidemic.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky is preparing for life after the pandemic. She announced her plans to step down as head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on May 5, just six days before the federal government declared the end of the public health emergency.

Families of severely disabled children across the country are worried about the future of crucial Medicaid payments they started receiving to provide care during the COVID-19 pandemic

GSK Plc’s experimental gonorrhea vaccine got fast-track designation from U.S. regulators, putting the shot in position to become the first preventive for a common, often-undetected infection that’s gaining resistance to treatment.

The poisoning of the unregulated drug supply, especially in Canada, is a public health crisis that deserves a high priority for the integration of evidence into policy and practice.

San Francisco could become the first city in the country to require every pharmacy within its boundaries to always carry naloxone, a drug that reverses overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids