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RTE Prime Time viewers surprised by Covid advice from top professor

He said the virus has "taken advantage of some loopholes in our immunity"

Dublin Live

Covid-19 Ireland: Tallaght Test Centre to close permanently

The centre carried out a whopping 44,278 swabs over the course of the last six months

Dublin Live

Granting abortion powers in Northern Ireland ‘constitutional sabotage’

It is ‘unacceptable’ there are women and girls unable to access services due to a political impasse at Stormont, Parliament is told

The Independent UK

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Health chief pledges to rebuild trust after Independent Neurology Inquiry report

Dr Cathy Jack and Health Minister Robin Swann apologised to patients for system failings and missed opportunities around the work of Dr Michael Watt.

The Independent UK

‘We were failed’ – former patients of Dr Michael Watt

They have called for accountability from the Belfast Health Trust.

The Independent UK

Independent Neurology Inquiry find systems and processes failed neurologist's patients

It makes 76 recommendations to the Department of Health, healthcare organisations, General Medical Council and the independent sector

Belfast Live

Systems and processes failed neurologist’s patients, inquiry finds

The work of the Belfast-based neurologist Dr Michael Watt was at the centre of Northern Ireland’s largest ever recall of patients.

The Independent UK

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Dr Tony Holohan issues Covid warning and answers if 'additional restrictions' will be needed again in Ireland

The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control predicted last month that there could be a new Covid wave driven by the increase of the BA.5 and BA.4 variants.

Irish Mirror

Appeals Court Judge Overturns Pennsylvania's Controversial Vape Recall: Cannabis Companies Cheer, Health Dept. Appeals

A Commonwealth Court judge ruled to allow Pennsylvania medical marijuana companies to resume selling vapes, taken off the market upon request of the Department Of Health last February.

Benzinga

Department of Health accepting job applications for Chief Medical Officer

The position is up for grabs after Dr Tony Holohan announced he was stepping down

Dublin Live

Monkeypox: WHO official warns of need to act with urgency to control virus outbreak

Last week, the Department of Health deemed Monkeypox a notifiable disease in Northern Ireland.

Belfast Live

Covid-19 Ireland: Department of Health renews masks advice as hospital cases rise

There are currently 453 Covid-19 patients hospitalised, with 72 new admissions in the last 24 hours

Dublin Live

Australia’s aged care homes urged to speed up fourth-dose Covid boosters as outbreaks and deaths rise

Federal ministers Mark Butler and Anika Wells warn providers with low vaccination rates will have to explain themselves

The Guardian - AU

Government plan to burn £4bn of PPE ‘costly to environment and Treasury’

The Public Accounts Committee has asked the Department of Health and Social Care to clarify its proposal, including predicted costs.

The Independent UK

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Liverpool Echo

Smoking age could increase each year until no one can buy tobacco anymore

Tobacco remains the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death in England, according to the Department of Health

The Independent UK

Legal age to buy tobacco should be raised to make smoking obsolete – review

Almost six million people in England smoke, and tobacco is the single biggest cause of preventable illness and death, the Department of Health said.

Miami Herald

Gov. DeSantis never gave a damn about COVID cases, deaths. State audit confirms it

The audit of Florida COVID-19 cases and deaths ought to enrage every Floridian who has lost a loved one to the pandemic.

ABC News

COVID antivirals: Who is eligible for Paxlovid and molnupiravir and how can I get them?

Confusion and lack of awareness around who qualifies for COVID antivirals — and who doesn't — may be why some eligible patients aren't getting the medications.

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ABC News

Anger over cigarette smoke entering Launceston General Hospital maternity ward

Corrie Summers was with her baby and recovering after an emergency caesarean when cigarette smoke blew into the maternity ward from a nearby park. The hospital says the park is on council land and the Mayor says smoking is legal there — but an expert warns mums could sue if…

Tribune News Service

Florida’s health department undercounted COVID cases and deaths, state audit says

Florida’s COVID-19 data was so inaccurate, incomplete and delayed during the first months of the pandemic that government officials and the public may not have had necessary information to determine the effectiveness of the state’s COVID-19 precautions and the best plan to fight the virus, according to a state report…

ABC News

New mental health patients in Tasmania's north to be sent to Hobart amid COVID outbreaks

Two mental health treatment centres in Tasmania's north have closed due to COVID outbreaks — with a health union blasting what it says is a "lack of planning" and a parent fearing for those desperate for help.

Tribune News Service

Planned Parenthood chapters, abortion providers challenge Florida’s 15-week ban

Several Florida Planned Parenthood chapters and individual abortion providers filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging Florida’s new 15-week abortion ban.

The Guardian - UK

Van Morrison takes legal action against Northern Ireland health department and minister over Covid article

The musician’s action comes in response to a Rolling Stone article by minister Robin Swann defending his department’s response to the pandemic

The New Daily

Flu season is back, and Australia is using a few lessons learned from the pandemic

From public hygiene to case number surveillance, Australian health authorities are better placed than ever to monitor and combat the spread of flu.

Miami Herald

Report: ‘Insufficient evidence’ to prove whistleblower’s claim Florida manipulated COVID data

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A claim by data expert Rebekah Jones that her bosses at the Florida Department of Health intentionally falsified COVID case data as Gov. Ron DeSantis was attempting to reopen the state is unfounded, according to an internal inspector general’s report conducted by her former agency.

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