Bird Flu (H5N1)
— With a greater number of wild birds infected, this latest bird flu outbreak is likely to mean that there have been more opportunities for infected or contaminated wild birds to come into contact with poultry.
Public health is the discipline that focuses on preventing disease, extending life, and enhancing well-being through the coordinated actions of society, both public and private entities, communities, and individuals.
Bird Flu (H5N1)
— With a greater number of wild birds infected, this latest bird flu outbreak is likely to mean that there have been more opportunities for infected or contaminated wild birds to come into contact with poultry.
COVID-19
— With poor public health messaging, the general public doesn’t seem to know some important things about how COVID-19 and the immune system actually work.
COMMENT
— A new study shows that repeat COVID infections contribute to a significant additional risk of adverse health conditions in multiple organ systems. Long COVID is going to be a defining issue of our times.
OPINION
— China’s Zero COVID policy is being criticised as a means of legitimising the abandonment of public health in the West.
What The Experts Say
— What health experts think about the current COVID situation, and why getting the winter booster jab and wearing face masks now is important.
What The Experts Say
— What health experts say about the autumn COVID wave currently hitting the UK and what they think we should do next.
Public Health
— Swabs from two children in the UK reveal the cause of a mysterious illness that is currently spreading in India, the ‘Tomato flu’.
COVID-19
— A recent study suggests one in eight people who get COVID will go on to develop long COVID.
COVID-19
— While the general public has become less anxious over the course of the pandemic, the opposite is true for vulnerable people who have been shielding from COVID-19 and whose mental health is getting worse.
COVID-19
— Against omicron, many of us will have minimal neutralising antibodies left after infection because of the variant’s ability to rapidly mutate. It may be time for a new generation of COVID vaccines.
Investigation
— The government’s public procurement approaches were not appropriate at the pandemic’s start, especially when dealing with Randox Laboratories, the National Audit Office reports.
Monkeypox
— Possible outcomes of the current monkeypox epidemic under four different scenarios.
Monkeypox
— How monkeypox spreads and how to protect yourself.
COVID & Travel
— Given most countries have stopped requiring negative COVID tests to enter, can you just go? An ethicist weighs in.
COVID-19
— The way societies are governed seems to have influenced how they’ve fared in terms of excess deaths during the pandemic. For pandemic preparedness, the public must be able to trust authorities and institutions.
Long COVID
— A new study has analysed UK data from long-term health surveys and electronic health records to understand how common long COVID is, and who might be at higher risk.
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