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India's female ASHA workers form backbone of country's healthcare system

In India, over a million female healthcare workers known as "ASHA" ("hope" in Hindi) work tirelessly to help the country's poorest. Last month, the WHO honoured their hard work with its Global Leaders Award. Over the last 16 years, these women have become the backbone of India's healthcare system, especially…

France 24

Polio: we're developing a safer vaccine that uses no genetic material from the virus

Recent reports of poliovirus detected in samples from a sewage treatment works in London have rightly generated significant concern among public health agencies and medical staff. The poliovirus detected is what is called vaccine-derived poliovirus – this is not “wild poliovirus”.

The Conversation

What is polio, what are the symptoms and should we be worried about the discovery of poliovirus in London?

It is the first time since 1984 that the virus has been found to be spreading in the community in the UK.

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Covid Vaccines Saved 20 Million Lives in First Year

Covid vaccines prevented nearly 20 million deaths in the first year after they were introduced, according to the first large modelling study on the topic released Friday. The study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, is based on data from 185 countries and territories collected from December 8, 2020 to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Monkeypox and the Perils of Vaccine Nationalism

Rich Countries and the WHO Must Heed the Lessons of COVID-19

Foreign Affairs

Old killer could be latest medical risk to UK as typhoid strains build up resistance to antibiotics

Experts say the developments mean that measures to prevent the spread of the disease are urgently needed

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Cardiff Council's new climate change cabinet member on city's 'startling' air pollution figures

The cabinet member for the newly created post, Caro Wild, said tackling air pollution will be a top priority

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Cardiff Council's new cabinet member for climate change Caro Wild on pollution and congestion charges

Caro Wild said addressing air quality issues in the city is a top priority

Birmingham Post

Polio: Where have there been outbreaks recently?

Virus carries ‘continuous risk of international spread,’ WHO says

The Independent UK

WHO considers declaring monkeypox a global health emergency

As the World Health Organization convenes its emergency committee Thursday to consider if the spiraling outbreak of monkeypox warrants being declared a global emergency, some experts say WHO’s decision to act only after the disease spilled into the West could entrench the inequities that arose between rich and poor countries…

The Independent UK

Factbox-Health emergencies: WHO's highest form of alert

World Health Organization (WHO) experts meet on Thursday to evaluate whether monkeypox constitutes an international emergency, its highest form of alert.

Reuters

WHO eyes decision on monkeypox 'emergency', Africa says it's long overdue

The World Health Organization will decide on Thursday whether to declare monkeypox a global health emergency, stirring criticism from leading African scientists who say it has been a crisis in their region for years.

Reuters

Europe hit with big rise in admissions

What should you know about the two new Omicron subvariants of the coronavirus?

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The Conversation

Metaphors matter: Why changing the name 'monkeypox' may help curb the discriminatory language used to discuss it

As we pass the one-month milestone of the current monkeypox outbreak, reports are emerging that the World Health Organization (WHO) intends to change the name of the monkeypox virus to avoid stigma and discrimination. While this is an important step, more than a name change may be needed.

The Hindu

Heal the nation before healing the rest of the world

Political or geopolitical expediency or cultural chauvinism should not be allowed to undercut India’s health interests

Bristol Post

Marvin Rees signs clean air pledge days after announcing Clean Air Zone delay

This latest pledge is on another harmful pollutant

The Conversation

At what point is a disease deemed to be a global threat? Here's the answer

Whenever there is an outbreak of a disease in the world – such as monkeypox – it is up to the World Health Organization (WHO) to consider what sort of weight to give it, including whether or not it constitutes a public health emergency of international concern.

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Nicola Sturgeon pens foreword for WHO report highlighting minimum alcohol pricing success

NICOLA Sturgeon has pledged Scotland will share “right and wrong” experiences of minimum alcohol pricing in a major report examining the…

Daily Record

Polio spreads in Britain for first time in decades as national incident declared

The UKHSA has declared a national incident and alerted the WHO, which could strip Britain of its current polio-free status.

Manchester Evening News

Monkeypox slammed as 'completely inappropriate term' in Manchester as World Health Organisation vows name change

Cases have risen by more than five times in just two weeks in North West

Dynamite News

Study reveals reducing air pollution helps build strong brain development in children

Having a portable air cleaner at home can help in reducing the impact of air pollution on children's brain development, according to a recent study.

Bangkok Post

Singapore's first monkeypox case confirmed

Singapore’s health authorities have confirmed the country’s first imported case of monkeypox since 2019, joining at least 42 countries that have reported such infections this year.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Monkeypox is not our next pandemic, but it has lessons for us

Monkeypox is a viral disease, distantly related to its far more deadly cousin, smallpox. So far this year, it has been discovered in dozens of countries that are generally not familiar with monkeypox, with about 113 cases in the U.S., 15 of them in Illinois.

Belfast Live

The Earth's Corr: 'Gold diggers' now have access to a quarter of Northern Ireland

Department for Economy has issued 13 prospecting licences since 2016 with another four under consideration

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