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Redfern Legal Centre calls for compensation after withdrawal of 33,000 pandemic-era fines

New research suggests air pollution is linked to nearly 40 percent of stillbirths in 137 countries around the world.

Given the harms caused, lessons should be learned from China’s people, not its government.

In 2014 the United Nations set an ambitious goal: to end the AIDS pandemic by the year 2030.

Public health experts and social media researchers are concerned that the change could have serious consequences if it discourages vaccination and other efforts to combat the still-spreading virus.

Twenty-two attorneys general filed a petition on November 17, 2022, requesting the Biden administration to repeal the vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an interim final rule on November 5, 2021, requiring healthcare workers to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The interim rule…

London’s public health chief warns cases of the virus are ‘rising rapidly’

Almost three years into the pandemic, myths and misinformation remain widespread. Here we, a virologist and a public health researcher, debunk some common misconceptions about COVID.

Public Health Scotland stats show the NHS is continuing to struggle with A&E waiting times hitting another low.

Pot-smoking shops are illegal now that the Ministry of Public Health's announcement declaring the flowers of marijuana plants to be a herb requiring strict control has taken effect, the ministry warned on Tuesday.

The move comes a week after Mr Khan announced the extension of London’s ultra-low emission zone.