Parents in UK urged to ensure children get measles jab before new school term Health agency warns of surge in cases of potentially serious disease as MMR vaccination uptake falls below 95% The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2024
Equity program for COVID vaccines ending Congress slashed pandemic funding in May. Soon uninsured people will lose access to free COVID vaccines Salon · Aug 28, 2024
Doctors rarely understand how influence really works. The result: an NHS bowing to the needs of big pharma There must be transparency over funding to medics from the pharmaceutical industry – and that’s only the start, says the GP and writer Margaret McCartney The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
Long Covid: Women and ethnic minorities experience more intense symptoms , study finds Exclusive: Research finds that pain and anxiety are most common symptoms of condition Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2024
Communicate risks of not getting Covid vaccine to boost uptake, study suggests Focus on potential harms from staying unvaccinated found to be more effective than messaging on jab’s benefits The Guardian - UK · Aug 28, 2024
Africa has almost 4,000 new mpox cases in a week, but the wait for vaccines continues Africa's public health body is seeing a rapid increase in mpox cases, with almost 4,000 reported on the continent in the last week The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2024
Mpox outbreak: What are the symptoms and how worried should I be about the new variant in the UK? A new variant of the disease is mutating more rapidly than expected, scientists say The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2024
Common drugs being laced with deadly potent synthetics Extremely potent synthetics drugs that have already caused dozens of overdose deaths in 2024 are being found in vaping liquid, ecstasy and depressants. AAP · Aug 27, 2024
Another Round of Free COVID Tests Is Coming The government is once again providing free COVID tests to American households this fall. Kiplinger · Aug 26, 2024
GP suspended for prescribing pills to addicted patient A general practitioner has been suspended after he increased the dose of sleeping pills to a patient addicted to them. AAP · Aug 26, 2024
Africa to finally receive first batch of vaccines for deadly mpox virus The continent will belatedly get 10,000 shots amid criticism of delays to the process caused by WHO red tape The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
‘Real hope’ for cystic fibrosis patients as NHS rolls out life-changing drug Campaigners hail decision to give thousands of sufferers access to new set of drugs known as ‘modulators’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 25, 2024
Here’s why Covid cases are spiking again and how it could affect you The FDA announced Thursday that it has approved new Covid vaccine shots The Independent UK · Aug 23, 2024
US health authorities expect similar or better respiratory virus season this fall Officials caveat that forecast depends on Americans continuing to get vaccinated against Covid, flu and RSV The Guardian - US · Aug 23, 2024
The Guardian - AU · Aug 23, 2024 Thailand confirms Asia’s first known case of new deadlier mpox variant The department of disease control said tests on a traveller had confirmed he was infected with the Clade 1b strain of mpox
The Guardian - UK · Aug 22, 2024 Fifth of patients at two north of England surgeries have long Covid, study finds Report into prevalence of condition reveals stark north/south divide with the highest rates in north-west
Salon · Aug 22, 2024 New COVID vaccines approved early New shots from Pfizer and Moderna will be available within days. Here's how to get yours
Al Jazeera · Aug 22, 2024 Mapped: New mpox cases reported. What countries have it now? New, potentially more deadly strain of virus is rapidly spreading in Africa and has been discovered in Asia and Europe.
GoodToKnow · Aug 22, 2024 Long Covid affects teens and children very differently, new study reveals - here’s everything parents need to know New research is highlighting the different ways Long Covid can impact kids and teenagers
Al Jazeera · Aug 21, 2024 Thailand says mpox detected in European who travelled from Africa The 66-year-old male arrived in the country on August 14 and is being quarantined in a hospital.
Evening Standard · Aug 20, 2024 'Is mpox another Covid-19 - the answer is clearly no' - WHO chief Health authorities in Europe are on alert after a case of the clade 1b variant was confirmed last week in Sweden and linked to a growing outbreak in Africa
The Independent UK · Aug 20, 2024 World Health Organization moves to stress that mpox is not ‘the new COVID’ About 100 new cases of the clade 2 mpox strain are now being reported in the European region every month
The Guardian - UK · Aug 19, 2024 The Guardian view on Africa’s mpox outbreak: Covid lessons need to be learned Editorial: It is in everybody’s interest that wealthy nations do a better job at getting vaccines and assistance to where they are needed most
The Independent UK · Aug 19, 2024 Congo says it will receive its first mpox vaccines next week to address new global emergency Congo's health minister says the country will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States
Salon · Aug 17, 2024 Mpox outbreak is a health equity problem While WHO and Africa CDC declare public health emergencies over mpox, questions of vaccine access are critical