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There’s Still Time to Get Ahead of the Next Global Pandemic
1 week, 1 day ago

There’s Still Time to Get Ahead of the Next Global Pandemic

Wired  

Public health is under pressure. Across health care systems around the world, funding is declining, exhausted professionals are leaving the field, and in the US state legislatures are pulling back needed legal authorities. The Covid-19 pandemic was extraordinarily challenging for the public health workforce, which mounted a historic pandemic response. Public health, specifically epidemiology, is beginning to reorient away from …

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Kate Middleton makes biggest appearence since chemotherapy at Christmas carol service: ‘Didn’t know this year was…’
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Kate Middleton makes biggest appearence since chemotherapy at Christmas carol service: ‘Didn’t know this year was…’

Live Mint  

2024 ended for Kate Middleton with a heartwarming Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey last week. The Christmas story encourages us to consider the experiences: Kate Middleton This year’s concert is designed to celebrate the support people give to one another, especially as they struggle through difficult times, a theme that may have particular resonance for the princess after abdominal …

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Noida to tighten noose against those spitting in open
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Noida to tighten noose against those spitting in open

Hindustan Times  

NOIDA: The Noida authority is gearing up to tighten noose around people given to spitting in the open. As per the information from health department officials under Noida authority, works are underway to prepare and reimpose the plan and conduct inspections in the field, to nab offenders. On Sunday, the Noida authority, on Sunday, launched a special cleanliness drive in …

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Is distrust in politics linked to falling vaccination rates?
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Is distrust in politics linked to falling vaccination rates?

The Independent  

At a time of intense pressure on the NHS, falling rates of vaccination for whooping cough and measles, mumps and rubella have alarmed the UK Health Security Agency. With the relaxation of these rules, the “overdue” whopping cough peak seems to have arrived – and the impact of the pandemic also means there is reduced immunity to whooping cough in …

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Column: Anthony Fauci’s memoir strikes a crucial blow against the disinformation agents who imperil our health
6 months ago

Column: Anthony Fauci’s memoir strikes a crucial blow against the disinformation agents who imperil our health

LA Times  

Dr. Anthony Fauci, then director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical advisor to the president, testifies before a Senate committee about baseless attacks on his work. — Anthony S. Fauci Obama’s advice carried so much weight that Fauci, 83, has used it, in its original Latin, as the title of a chapter of his …

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California public school enrollment drops again, but transitional kindergarten is up
7 months, 2 weeks ago

California public school enrollment drops again, but transitional kindergarten is up

LA Times  

Transitional kindergarten students clap with teacher Matilde Lopez, right, and coach Claudia Mesa, left, on the first day of school at Weemes Elementary in Los Angeles. Enrollment at California’s public schools continued to decline this year, but by only.25%, or 15,000 students, state data showed, a much slower pace than the steep declines experienced during difficult pandemic years when classes …

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South Carolina’s top public health doctor warns senators wrong lessons being learned from COVID
9 months, 3 weeks ago

South Carolina’s top public health doctor warns senators wrong lessons being learned from COVID

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s top doctor came before a small group of state senators on Thursday to tell them he thinks a bill overhauling how public health emergencies are handled in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic has some bad ideas, concerns echoed by Gov. “There are a number of issues that we believe where this bill would cause …

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UK PM Rishi Sunak expresses deep regret for pandemic losses as he faces inquiry
1 year ago

UK PM Rishi Sunak expresses deep regret for pandemic losses as he faces inquiry

Firstpost  

Sunak faced queries at the public inquiry into the UK’s pandemic response, particularly regarding the impact of his ‘Eat Out to Help Out’ scheme on the spread of COVID-19 British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed profound regret on Monday for those who lost family members during the Covid pandemic, addressing questions about his actions as finance minister amid the global …

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Borrowers reassess their budgets as student loan payments resume after pandemic
1 year, 2 months ago

Borrowers reassess their budgets as student loan payments resume after pandemic

Live Mint  

Millions of Americans must start repaying their federal student loans again in October, with monthly payments averaging hundreds of dollars. “If they were forgiven out of the blue, I'd be ecstatic.” The Supreme Court in July rejected a plan by President Joe Biden's administration to wipe away $400 billion in student loan debt. On an earnings call last month, the …

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As public health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away
1 year, 7 months ago

As public health emergency ends, pandemic-era support programs have already been fading away

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The formal end of the national Public Health Emergency on Thursday is largely a symbolic and psychological step, representing the country’s formal emergence from the COVID-19 pandemic. “People are starting to get their jobs back, but it’s still not all the way back and everything is more expensive than before the pandemic,” said Radha Muthiah, president of the …

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The next pandemic is coming – and the world isn’t ready
1 year, 8 months ago

The next pandemic is coming – and the world isn’t ready

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One thing is clear – despite …

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California public school enrollment continues decline, still reeling from pandemic plunge
1 year, 9 months ago

California public school enrollment continues decline, still reeling from pandemic plunge

LA Times  

Enrollment at California public schools has continued to decline this academic year, without any recovery from the steep drops seen during the pandemic — although the pace of the decrease has slowed. “We haven’t seen — and are unlikely to see anytime in the near future — a bounce back from the substantial loss in public school enrollment that occurred …

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Fewer Medi-Cal patients got crucial treatment for hepatitis C amid pandemic
1 year, 11 months ago

Fewer Medi-Cal patients got crucial treatment for hepatitis C amid pandemic

LA Times  

This UCLA Health mobile clinic is part of a study that is assessing the effectiveness of a one-stop mobile unit to link people who inject drugs to health services, including treatment for hepatitis C. Fewer people have gotten crucial medication for hepatitis C under Medi-Cal in recent years, troubling advocates who have pushed to expand the lifesaving treatment. The California …

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A new L.A. mask mandate would have less value at this stage of the pandemic, some experts say
2 years, 5 months ago

A new L.A. mask mandate would have less value at this stage of the pandemic, some experts say

LA Times  

As successive waves of COVID-19 have swept across the Southland, Michael Matteo Rossi, a 35 year-old filmmaker who lives in Los Feliz, has gamely masked up whenever he shopped, ate out or visited with his parents, who are in their 70s. Barbara Ferrer, director of L.A. County Department of Health, announced plans to reinstate an indoor mask mandate if the …

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There Are Millions Of People Who Can't Just 'Move On' From COVID
2 years, 6 months ago

There Are Millions Of People Who Can't Just 'Move On' From COVID

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING A little more than two years after COVID-19 first entered our lives, most Americans are eager to get back to normal ― or at least “normal-ish.” As of today, 77.2% of Americans have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 66.1% are fully vaccinated, according to the Bloomberg News global vaccine tracker. “As a …

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Op-Ed: Will we get around COVID complacency even as the threat returns?
2 years, 6 months ago

Op-Ed: Will we get around COVID complacency even as the threat returns?

LA Times  

A few months ago, it seemed as though the country was finally poised to tame the pandemic, after two years of restrictions and tens of billions in government spending. Public health is fought without drama, good visuals and by ordinary people in lab coats or, more often, in street clothes, going door to door for things like vaccine distribution and …

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How many COVID deaths are ‘acceptable’? Answer is key to moving to a post-pandemic world
2 years, 9 months ago

How many COVID deaths are ‘acceptable’? Answer is key to moving to a post-pandemic world

LA Times  

In the post-pandemic world the United States is struggling to bring forth, how many people are we willing to let die of COVID-19 each year? “We really need a national consensus on what the acceptable number of deaths is” for COVID-19, said Michael Osterholm, who directs the University of Minnesota’s Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy. With that in …

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Football Violence Pandemic Spreads in Latin America
2 years, 9 months ago

Football Violence Pandemic Spreads in Latin America

News 18  

A string of outbreaks of violence, several deadly, suggest that fan unrest in Latin American football is spiralling out of control. “There is no way to end violence in football, that should be very clear,” Heloisa Reis, a professor at the Unicamp University of Sao Paulo, told AFP. ‘TOXIC MASCULINITY’ After the riot in Queretaro, Mexico banned travelling fans from …

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Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron: AP-NORC poll
2 years, 10 months ago

Pandemic fears are fading along with omicron: AP-NORC poll

Associated Press  

Omicron is fading away, and so are Americans’ worries about COVID-19. “I think it’s reasonable and appropriate for people to live their lives a little more as the risk of infection goes down but to do it in a way that recognizes that, at some point, we’re going to have another wave,” said Dr. David Dowdy, an epidemiologist at the …

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When the music stops: On scrutiny of Boris Johnson's leadership
2 years, 10 months ago

When the music stops: On scrutiny of Boris Johnson's leadership

The Hindu  

In the wake of the intensifying ‘Partygate’ scandal in the U.K., five close aides of Prime Minister Boris Johnson have resigned, putting the Conservative Party and its leadership in a tight spot over their handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and their adherence to the associated restrictions on public gatherings. The five senior members of Mr. Johnson’s office, including Chief of …

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Rhode Island’s top public health official to step down
2 years, 11 months ago

Rhode Island’s top public health official to step down

Associated Press  

Rhode Island’s top public health official, who has guided the state’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, is resigning, Gov. Democratic Rhode Island House Speaker K. Joseph Shekarchi said Alexander-Scott has “led our state with compassion, confidence and dignity” and in a phone call with her encouraged her to stay. Democratic Senate President Dominick Ruggerio said state residents “owe her a …

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As omicron spreads, health experts push for mask mandates. But few states have one
3 years ago

As omicron spreads, health experts push for mask mandates. But few states have one

NPR  

As omicron spreads, health experts push for mask mandates. At a moment when health authorities are warning of the fast spread of the highly infectious omicron variant, states with mask mandates — just nine according to the Kaiser Family Foundation — are outliers. She says, among states with similar vaccination rates, those with statewide mask mandates did better at containing …

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Women on the move
3 years, 1 month ago

Women on the move

Live Mint  

In the past nine months, Amrita Shary has become an inspiration for the women in her family. With package deliveries, they can plan their day,” says Pawani Khandelwal of Aatm Nirbhar, a Mathura-based organisation that teaches women to ride two-wheelers and train them to work with delivery jobs. The foundation has trained 50 women to become either self-reliant or as …

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Covid-19 travel: Sydney to further ease curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up
3 years, 1 month ago

Covid-19 travel: Sydney to further ease curbs on Monday as vaccinations pick up

Hindustan Times  

Australia's largest city of Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs on Monday, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90% of people have got both doses of vaccine, officials said. Patrons dine-in at a bar by the harbour in the wake of coronavirus disease regulations easing, following an extended lockdown …

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