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Australian Medical Association accuses premiers of ‘actively undermining’ health officials’ response to Covid pandemic | Australian politics

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The Australian Medical Association has accused some premiers of “actively undermining” public health officials at points during the pandemic and said governments were now seeking to avoid criticism of their actions throughout the Covid period. In a submission to the federal Covid inquiry, the health lobby group also urged the Labor government to speed up … Read more

Opinion: COVID-19 is a blueprint for healthcare transformation

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Data needs to be a foundation for evidence-based action. Real-time data collection and analysis played a vital role in shaping policy decisions during the pandemic, setting a precedent for strategies to effective cancer control; Innovations need to be disruptive to transform cancer care. The pandemic revealed the urgency for modernizing cancer care processes and embracing … Read more

Companies announce partnership to release dengue-fighting mosquitoes in the Caribbean

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Two private companies announced Friday a partnership to release mosquitoes across the Caribbean bred with a bacterium that blocks the dengue virus as the region fights a record number of cases. Orbit Services Partners Inc., a company registered in Barbados, is partnering with Verily, a San Francisco-based health technology … Read more

The reason why you have that lingering cough

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(WGN Radio/NEXSTAR) – It’s that season again when the flu and other respiratory viruses are spreading rapidly, leaving some people wondering why they just can’t kick that cough. Dr. Konstantinos Papadopoulos, family medicine specialist at Northwestern Medicine Wheaton, spoke to WGN Radio’s Lisa Dent to explain why some people who test negative for COVID-19 are … Read more

Pharmacare deal deadline pushed to March as Liberals, NDP keep talking – National

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The NDP and Liberals have agreed to a new March 1 deadline for the federal government to introduce pharmacare legislation in the House of Commons, as part of their supply-and-confidence deal. The minority Liberals had promised to pass a law by the end of the year that would set the foundations for a future pharmacare … Read more

New Covid strain JN.1 could be ‘more severe’ and take ‘longer’ to recover from, GP warns

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People infected with a certain strain of Covid could “take longer to recover” a GP has warned. The JN.1 variant, first identified by health officials in September, has the potential to cause a “more severe disease”, he said. As reported, JN.1 is a descendant of BA.2.86, better known as the Pirola strain – which was … Read more

Are you playing ‘Whamageddon’? It’s the Christmas game you probably already lost : NPR

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Have you been “whammed” yet this year? Pete Still/Redferns hide caption toggle caption Pete Still/Redferns Have you been “whammed” yet this year? Pete Still/Redferns Last weekend, a DJ caused a stir in Britain after playing the hit Wham! song “Last Christmas” at a soccer game in front of about 60,000 people. A week earlier, another … Read more

What I Wish I’d Known Before Chemo

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As the saying goes, “Hindsight is 20/20.” When I finished chemo in February 2011, I knew a lot more than when I walked in for my first infusion 4 months earlier. I had learned things about myself and about cancer that I had never expected to learn. Because, of course, at the beginning, I didn’t … Read more

Fuming over setback to casino smoking ban, workers light up in New Jersey Statehouse meeting

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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — With prospects for a smoking ban in Atlantic City’s casinos looking hazier than ever, workers who want smoking banned took matters into their own hands, lips and lungs Thursday. Members of the United Auto Workers union disrupted a meeting of a state Assembly committee that had been scheduled to take a … Read more