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Pregnant woman’s death causes outrage over crisis-hit Portugal health service

Health minister quit this week after woman, 34, died while being moved from hospital due to lack of space

The Guardian - UK

Qld to move away from public health orders

The Queensland government says it will move away from managing the COVID-19 pandemic with public health orders "unless it is absolutely necessary".

AAP

Court case challenges some COVID fines

A test case has been launched in the NSW Supreme Court challenging COVID-19 fines handed to people who gathered to protest in breach of public health orders.

AAP

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Health or economy? Making the best impossible decision in the face of COVID-19

When Indonesia, Southeast Asia’s largest economy, first began grappling with COVID in 2020, its government was widely criticised for choosing to save the economy over people’s lives in its COVID-19 policies.

The Conversation

2,004 new Covid inpatients, 25 more deaths

The country registered 25 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,004 new cases admitted to hospitals during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Thursday morning.

Bangkok Post

Abortion providers get funding boost from Chicago officials

Two Chicago-based organizations that help individuals who are seeking an abortion will split $500,000 from the Chicago Department of Public Health to help those traveling to Illinois for the medical procedure.

Chicago Sun-Times

Strike three: Nurses and midwives walk out

Nurses union says NSW public health system surviving on "goodwill".

Newcastle Herald

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Taweesilp tops reshuffle of senior health officials

The cabinet on Tuesday appointed Taweesilp Visanuyothin, an inspector-general at the Public Health Ministry, as the ministry's deputy permanent secretary as part of the reassignment of senior officials proposed by the ministry which will take effect on Oct 1.

Bangkok Post

2,240 new Covid inpatients, 28 more deaths

The country registered 28 more Covid-19 fatalities and 2,240 new cases admitted to hospitals during the previous 24 hours, the Public Health Ministry announced on Wednesday morning.

Bangkok Post

Aaron Rodgers goes anti-vax on "Rogan"

Public health experts horrified as the Packers quarterback repeats COVID misinformation on Rogan's popular podcast

Salon

BBC’s Jeremy Bowen tweets video of swarm of rats in south London park

Broadcaster’s international editor said swarm of vermin at Camberwell Green was ‘not a good look, not good for public health’

Evening Standard

COVID has exposed gaps in health system: PHFI president

Cardiologist highlights the importance of improving primary health care and public health management

The Hindu

With more sizzling summers, Colorado changes how heat advisories are issued

For all the images of ski resorts and snow-capped peaks, Colorado is experiencing shorter winters and hotter summers that are increasingly putting people at risk for heat-related illnesses. Yet until this year, the National Weather Service hadn’t issued a heat advisory for the Denver metropolitan area in 13 years.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Pot is now more prevalent than cigarettes, but federal law remains outmoded

Consider this for an illustration of just how much society has changed in the past few generations: New data shows that, for the first time ever, more Americans use marijuana than tobacco. It’s positive news from a public health standpoint. Whatever the legitimate concerns about the U.S. becoming a pot-head…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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The Conversation

Monkeypox – the next global vaccine equity failure?

Inequitable access to COVID-19 vaccines has turned out to be the catastrophic moral failure the World Health Organization’s director-general warned about at the beginning of 2021.

Bangkok Post

994 new Covid inpatients, 27 more deaths

There were 27 more Covid-19 fatalities and 994 patients admitted to hospitals on Monday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Tuesday.

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak’s self-serving Covid rhetoric should fool no one

Letters: Calum Paton, Alan Clark and Dr John Cookson condemn the Tory leadership contender’s attempt to rewrite pandemic history. Plus Dr Peter Hindley on the need to re-examine a public health policy that was driven by a small group of experts

Miami Herald

Cruise ship COVID rules are changing as unvaccinated passengers now allowed

The biggest changes to public health protocols on cruise ships since cruising restarted last summer during the pandemic are taking effect in early September, when most cruise lines leaving from U.S. ports will allow unvaccinated passengers. Many of them also are loosening coronavirus preboarding testing requirements.

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Manchester Evening News

Greater Manchester braces for 'deaths' and NHS could be taken to 'brink of collapse' as energy bills skyrocket

"With excess winter deaths, cold homes and people having to pay for fuel over food are all risks," says one public health chief as alarm bells sound that people may be pushed into mental health crisis by skyrocketing energy prices

Bangkok Post

1,273 new Covid inpatients, 26 more deaths

The country registered 1,273 new patients admitted to hospitals and 26 more Covid-19 related fatalities on Sunday, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Monday.

Glasgow Live

Glasgow bin strikes could be 'risk to human health' as crisis deepens

Public Health Scotland has told local authorities that some areas where bins have overflowed may have to be decontaminated, and warned that piles of rubbish could also present a fire hazard.

Bangkok Post

1,769 new Covid inpatients, 27 more deaths

The country registered 1,769 new inpatients admitted to hosptials and 27 more Covid-19 related fatalities, the Ministry of Public Health reported on Sunday.

Glasgow Live

Scotland monkeypox cases on the rise with 'limited' vaccine supply

Public Health Scotland (PHS) said there have now been 79 laboratory confirmed cases of monkeypox in Scotland, and there is a reported 'limited global supply' of the smallpox vaccine to protect against the disease.

Salon

The next pandemic is of long COVID

The latest COVID-19 surge is waning — but long COVID will be the next public health crisis

Daily Record

Monkeypox cases in Scotland increase as health chiefs battle to get more vaccines

Public Health Scotland (PHS) said there have now been 79 laboratory confirmed cases of the disease.

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