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Skin cancer screening guidelines can seem confusing – three skin cancer researchers explain when to consider getting checked

Protecting oneself from the summer sun and its damaging ultraviolet rays is often not straightforward. And public health messaging around when and how to be screened for skin cancer has become somewhat confusing.

The Conversation

Maui wildfires strain health care system

Climate change is already testing our public health infrastructure, which could trigger thousands of deaths

Salon

Climate events and an umbrella for urban health

Given increasing exposure to unpredictable and extreme climatic events, there is a need to rebuild the urban primary health-care system and ensure its resilience

The Hindu

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There’s a mini ‘summer surge’ of Covid underway, but experts don’t yet know how bad it is

Public health officials say rise in cases is modest and not due to new variant

The Independent UK

Rapid survey highlights lack of access to free medicines in government hospitals

Patients visiting govt. hospitals in Karnataka spending avg. ₹433 per visit on medicines, found SAAK survey. Govt. urged to implement free access to medicines, strengthen public health system, provide nutritional support to HIV/TB patients & end privatisation of health care.

The Hindu

OPINION - Ulez countdown: Toxic air is London’s big public health risk | The Leader podcast

Can clean air zone cut pollution-linked deaths as doctors hope?

Evening Standard

Linking police and healthcare data could help better identify domestic abuse – new research

Identifying domestic abuse victims earlier could help to reduce future emergency medical admissions. Our new research shows how this could be done before a victim even involves the police by connecting information gathered by the police and hospitals.

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Catholic primary school at New Lambton struck by 180 cases of gastro

Public health experts hope the weekend will break the cycle of the infection.

Newcastle Herald

8 Habits You Should Take Up By 40 To Live Longer

Scientists have found eight habits to adopt before the age of 40 if you want to live for decades longer.

Zenger

How AI Bots Like ChatGPT Can Assist Victims And Prevent Suicide

In most cases, ChatGPT responses mirrored the type of support that a subject matter expert might give.

Zenger

The rows over ‘anti-motorist’ Ulez and LTNs lose sight of the truth: they save lives

While Rishi Sunak spouts pro-motorist rhetoric, Amsterdam, Paris and Edinburgh are leading the charge to be healthier cities, says Devi Sridhar, chair of global public health at Edinburgh University

The Guardian - UK

The illusion and implications of 'just following the science' COVID-19 messaging

In a recent special issue of the British Medical Journal (BMJ), commentators demanded accountability for Canada’s COVID-19 response in the form of an independent public inquiry. If such an inquiry is held, it must examine how — and with what consequences — politicians’ pandemic messaging deflected responsibility for controversial decisions…

The Conversation

The new CDC director outlines 3 steps to rebuild trust with the public

Mandy Cohen led North Carolina's department of Health & Human Services throughout the pandemic. Now, she's taking what she learned to the national level.

WEKU

A Mysterious Meat Allergy Caused By A Tick Bite Is Now “An Emerging Public Health Concern”

Alpha-gal syndrome is a tick-borne illness that many clinicians are familiar with, according to new CDC reports.

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Expert says overdiagnosis means Australian cancer screening tests must be ‘handled very carefully’

UK surgeon told the Public Health Association of Australia’s Cancer Screening Symposium screening is a ‘double-edged sword’

Newslaundry

Modi’s Jan Vishwas Bill gives the pharmaceutical industry a get-out-of-jail card

The Jan Vishwas Bill, which was recently passed by the Lok Sabha, has provoked a controversy regarding its implications for public health in India. This after the government put out a rather misleading press release in response to claims that one of us made on Twitter.

The Guardian - UK

We can see what happens when political posturing replaces public health: people die prematurely

Talk to those paid to protect us, and you hear the frustration of experts cynically denied resources they need by Westminster, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

The Hindu

Congress lodges ‘misconduct’ complaint against Telangana Director of Public Health

Yesterday, G.Srinivas Rao, in a meeting of GSR Trust, openly announced that he will contest the upcoming assembly elections on a BRS ticket, alleged Congress leaders.

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Edappadi Palaniswami stresses on organising medical camps to screen fever cases in T.N.

The Leader of Opposition and AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Sunday, July 30, 2023 flagged the spread of fever among children in Tamil Nadu and criticised the DMK government for failure to organise special medical camps to deal with the public health menace.

The Hindu

Threat of dengue fever escalates globally

The article discusses the alarming surge in dengue cases globally, with regions like America, Europe, and the Middle East reporting significant outbreaks in 2023. Dengue, caused by the dengue virus with four serotypes, poses a significant health challenge due to global warming favoring disease-transmitting mosquitoes. Efforts to control the disease…

Zenger

Professors Highlight Ultraviolet Air Disinfection As Key Solution For Covid-19 Spread In High-Risk Environments

Big Tech Suppressed Highly Effective Technology to Prevent Spread of Covid-19, Costing Countless Lives

The Conversation

Inquiry must assess how Canada’s fragmented COVID-19 response lost the public’s trust

Over the course of the pandemic, more than 53,000 Canadians died and nearly five million contracted COVID-19.

The Hindu

Is India’s health research aligned with India’s health needs?

Two scientists used the World Health Organisation’s 2000-2019 ‘Global Health Estimates’ on disability-adjusted life-years to estimate the burden of diseases and the number of scientific publications (from the Web of Science database) to evaluate research efforts. They found that in most countries, health research focuses on diseases other than those…

The Guardian - AU

Thousands of vapes seized in Melbourne raid as police send ‘clear message’ to stores

Public health expert warns police are fighting an uphill battle to stamp out the illegal trade until federal reforms enacted

LiveScience

'Excess deaths' tied to COVID have plummeted in America — what does that mean?

Data shows that America's excess death rates have mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the end of the public health crisis, experts say.

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