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SCOTLAND has “blazed a trail” in areas of health policy, chief medical officer for England Sir Chris Whitty has said.

LOS ANGELES — Black and Latino children in Los Angeles County younger than 5 have COVID-19 vaccination rates in the single digits, reflecting a broad trend nationwide that has public health experts concerned and seeking ways to boost those figures.

The group has tabled budget amendments to help save Jubilee Pool and invest in local parks

The graduates will join the system following a tumultuous few years.

All appropriate public health measures are in action

Used vehicles contribute greatly to transport emissions, undermining public health and the environment. In the US, Europe and parts of Asia, clunkers programmes – exchanging older, polluting used vehicles for cash – are becoming a popular approach for reducing the vehicles’ socio-environmental harms.

Responding to COVID-19 has taken so much attention and energy that some public health workers believe it pushed tuberculosis off people’s radar.

In the State of the Union, President Joe Biden stated that “we have broken COVID’s grip on us.” Indeed, COVID-19 deaths are down about 75% since last year’s speech. Consistent with that progress, the Biden administration announced in January that it will end the public health emergency (and national emergency)…

Black Britons have ‘disproportionally high rates’ of various STI diagnoses compared to white Britons

TOBACCO companies have intensified their lobbying efforts at Holyrood ahead of a potential tightening of smoking legislation and met with MSPs at…

The move makes it more likely that Title 42 expulsions of migrants will end in the near future.