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A?300M MENTAL HEALTH INITIATIVE FOR SCHOOLS IS INADEQUATE, SAYS LABOUR
Labour is committed to ringfencing funding for child and adolescent mental health services CAMHS and ensuring there is a counselling service in every secondary school... READ MORE›
CAMPAIGNERS SAY MINISTERS KNEW DIESEL WAS DAMAGING PEOPLE'S HEALTH 'DECADES AGO'
Government ministers have known about the adverse effects of diesel cars on people's health for decades, campaigners say... READ MORE›
HEALTH MINISTRY TO INCREASE NUMBER OF HOSPITALS THAT CHARGE EXTRA FEES FOR PATIENTS WITH NO REFERRAL
The health ministry plans to expand the range of hospitals that can impose additional fees on patients with no referral from their regular doctors as early... READ MORE›
'DON'T PANIC' SAYS INDIAN MINISTER AS SMOG CRISIS DEEPENS
Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital according to the WHO, with pollution levels that regularly exceed those of Beijing... READ MORE›
'DON'T PANIC' SAYS INDIAN MINISTER AS SMOG CRISIS DEEPENS
Delhi is now the world's most polluted capital according to the WHO, with pollution levels that regularly exceed those of Beijing... READ MORE›
UNITED AIRLINES HALTS FLIGHTS TO NEW DELHI ON POOR AIR QUALITY
Other airlines were still flying to the national capital and it was not clear if they will follow United Airlines' move to suspend flights... READ MORE›
US TEXAS LEGISLATORS CALL FOR RETHINKING GUN LAWS AFTER CHURCH MASS SHOOTING
Poncho Nevarez and Nicole Collier urged state leaders to declare gun violence a public health issue and reform existing gun regulations... READ MORE›
HEALTH SERVICE CANNOT CONTINUE IN RED ZONE PROVIDERS LEADER WARNS
Chris Hopson, speaking at the NHS Providers annual conference, said UK health spending was ?900 less per person than Germany... READ MORE›
NDP PUSHES LIBERALS TO FOLLOW TRUMP, DECLARE OPIOID CRISIS A NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Davies said declaring the opioid crisis a public health emergency would allow government to get money out the door quicker... READ MORE›
TRUMP DECLARES OPIOID CRISIS A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
I am directing all executive agencies to use every appropriate emergency authority to fight the opioid crisis, he said... READ MORE›
POLLUTANTS FROM FRACKING COULD POSE HEALTH RISK TO CHILDREN, WARN RESEARCHERS
Pollutants released during fracking processes could pose a health risk to infants and children, according to researchers studying chemicals involved in shale gas operations... READ MORE›
CITY COULD MAKE SUPERVISED INJECTION SITE ON CLARENCE STREET PERMANENT
That also has to be approved by Health Canada and would require funding from the province, the report noted... READ MORE›
MUGABE NAMED AS GOODWILL AMBASSADOR BY WHO
The World Health Organization WHO has appointed President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe as a goodwill ambassador to help tackle non-communicable diseases... READ MORE›
HEALTH OFFICIALS ISSUE ALERT AFTER MEASLES OUTBREAK REPORTED IN DUBLIN
Dr Deirdre Mulholland, Director of Public Health, said Measles can be a serious illness and is highly contagious... READ MORE›
INCREASING PRICE OF SUGARY DRINKS CUTS SALES, JAMIE OLIVER EXPERIMENT SHOWS
Part of the strategy saw the introduction of a soft drinks levy... READ MORE›
WILL A SUGAR TAX WORK? WELL, IT DID AT JAMIE OLIVER'S ITALIAN RESTAURANTS
Jamie Oliver's 10p tax on sugary drinks sold in his Italian restaurants has resulted in a significant drop in sales, a study has found... READ MORE›
STI WARNING AS CLINICS CLOSE IN LONDON AND SELF-TESTING IS DELAYED
Six long-established sexual health clinics around London have shut in recent months as part of a planned switch from face-to-face consultations to online services... READ MORE›
CHILDRENS TSAR SAVAGES NHS OVER PAUCITY OF MENTAL HEALTHCARE
Longfield's report made difficult reading for the government at a time when concerns over the health service have reached a critical level... READ MORE›
DRUG FATALITIES HIGHEST WHERE TREATMENT CUTBACKS DEEPEST
Other drug death hotspots with the biggest cuts are Gateshead 51 percent, Sefton 51 percent, Portsmouth 38 percent, and Durham 38 percent ... READ MORE›
OTTAWA PUBLIC HEALTH REFERRING DRUG USERS TO UNSANCTIONED SAFE INJECTION SITE
Ottawa Public Health referring drug users to unsanctioned safe injection site... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP ISSUES ORDER TO LET EMPLOYERS REFUSE NO-COST BIRTH CONTROL COVERAGE ON MORAL OR RELIGIOUS GROUNDS
Employers with religious or moral qualms will also be able to cover some birth control methods, and not others... READ MORE›
BIRTH CONTROL: TRUMP EXPANDS OPT-OUT FOR WORKPLACE INSURANCE
Employers with religious or moral qualms will also be able to cover some birth control methods, and not others... READ MORE›
EU WATCHDOG OKS CANCER DRUGS WITHOUT EVIDENCE THEY WORK, STUDY SAYS
PARIS - European regulators approved 39 new cancer drugs between 2009 and 2013 despite having no evidence that they worked, unnecessarily exposing patients to toxicity, researchers said Thursday... READ MORE›
TRUMP SEEKS NEW HEALTH CHIEF AFTER TOM PRICE RESIGNS AMID TRAVEL CONTROVERSY
But Price became more of a supporting player in the GOP's futile health care campaign, while Vice-President Mike Pence took the lead, particularly with the Senate... READ MORE›
OVERDOSE PREVENTION GROUPS URGE HEALTH MINISTER TO DECLARE EMERGENCY
Overdose prevention sites, among other measures, are desperately needed in Ontario municipalities... READ MORE›
HIV RATES CLIMBING AMONG OVER-50S IN UK AND EUROPE, RESEARCHERS WARN
The study, from the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control in Sweden, says that older people are most likely to be infected through heterosexual sex... READ MORE›
E-CIGARETTES LESS HARMFUL THAN SMOKING TOBACCO, HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
However, they stressed that using e-cigarettes while still smoking tobacco does not benefit people's health... READ MORE›
THE 'MIRACLE PILL': HOW CYCLING COULD SAVE THE NHS
Cycling can make people healthy and live longer, and cut public health costs, so why can't it be prescribed to the nation?... READ MORE›
STUDY FINDS ONE-FIFTH OF GLOBAL DEATHS LAST YEAR WERE LINKED TO POOR DIETS
Less than 1 percent of national health care budgets in China and India is allocated to mental health... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Public Health
BILLIONAIRE BLOOMBERG TO FUND $5M PUBLIC HEALTH PROJECTS IN 40 CITIES WORLDWIDE
Exclusive Melbourne, Accra and Ulaanbaatar among cities to benefit from funding pledged by former New York mayor to tackle issues from air pollution to obesity... READ MORE›
SURGEON GENERAL DISMISSED, REPLACED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Murthy, 39, was the 19th surgeon general of the United States... READ MORE›
HUGE RISE IN HOSPITAL BEDS IN ENGLAND TAKEN UP BY PEOPLE WITH MALNUTRITION
Official figures reveal that people with malnutrition accounted for 184,528 hospital bed days last year, a huge rise on 65,048 in 2006-07... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP MADE ME GREAT AGAIN
He should also heed the call for expanding public health services for the 22 million Americans and their families facing addiction... READ MORE›
THE USA CAN LEARN FROM THESE FOREIGN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
Health care for people with low incomes is subsidized by the government... READ MORE›
MEXICO'S SUGAR TAX LEADS TO FALL IN CONSUMPTION FOR SECOND YEAR RUNNING
Mexico has high rates of obesity - more than 70 percent of the population is overweight or obese - and sugar consumption... READ MORE›
ONCE TIME'S 'PERSON OF THE YEAR,' AN EBOLA FIGHTER DIES IN CHILDBIRTH DUE TO STIGMA OF VIRUS
More than 11,000 people died in the Ebola outbreak, although 17,000 who contracted the virus survived... READ MORE›
POLLUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR A QUARTER OF DEATHS OF YOUNG CHILDREN, SAYS WHO
It found that 300 million of these children live in areas with extreme air pollution, where toxic fumes are more than six times above the health guidelines... READ MORE›
THREE-PERSON BABIES 'BOLD STEP' - DEBATE
Related Stories MPs should take the bold step to allow the creation of babies from three people, Public Health Minister Jane Ellison says... READ MORE›
AIR POLLUTION PLAN CANNOT BE DELAYED, HIGH COURT TELLS GOVERNMENT
He said it was essential to publish draft plans to cut air pollution immediately to safeguard public health... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES SRI LANKA MALARIA-FREE
The World Health Organisation has certified that Sri Lanka is a malaria-free nation, in what it called a truly remarkable achievement... READ MORE›
THERESA MAY'S CLAIM ON NHS FUNDING NOT TRUE, SAY MPS
Andrew Lansley, the health secretary in the coalition government, recently called for the NHS to be given ?5bn more than the money already planned... READ MORE›
NEARLY 40 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN UK AREAS WITH ILLEGAL AIR POLLUTION
In April last year, MPs said air pollution was a public health emergency... READ MORE›
WHO NAMES 12 BACTERIA THAT POSE THE GREATEST THREAT TO HUMAN HEALTH
The World Health Organisation WHO has published a list of the 12 bacteria which pose the greatest threat to human health because they are resistant to antibiotics... READ MORE›
UK HEART DISEASE DEATHS FALL BY OVER 20% SINCE INDOOR SMOKING BAN
UK heart disease deaths fall by over 20 percent since indoor smoking ban... READ MORE›
HOW TO COPE WITH THE END OF THE WORLD
Spreading astonishingly quickly through our modern world of dense cities and international airliners, we'd already lost the fight in a matter of weeks... READ MORE›
STUDENTS TARGETED IN MENW VACCINATION PROGRAMME
Sue Davie, chief executive of Meningitis Now, said parents should ensure that their children get the MenACWY vaccination... READ MORE›
COUNSELLOR OVERBILLS $360K FOR CARE OF FIRST NATIONS PATIENTS
Health canada investigation of ontario counsellor treating indigenous patients finds massive overbilling... READ MORE›
ACT ON CHILDREN'S MENTAL ILL HEALTH OR RISK NATIONAL CRISIS, WARNS EXPERT
I describe mental health services as a car crash waiting to happen, Bailey said... READ MORE›
NHS 'NEEDS EXTRA CASH AND OVERHAUL'
Nhs needs extra cash and overhaul say health bosses... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT FAILS TO COMMIT TO DIESEL SCRAPPAGE SCHEME IN UK CLEAN AIR PLAN
This feeble plan won't go anywhere near far enough in tackling this public health emergency... READ MORE›
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION DECLARES ZIKA VIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
Zika alone would never be a public health emergency of international concern, he said... READ MORE›
POSTPONE OR MOVE OLYMPICS, DOCTORS URGE
Igel said he and the others who signed onto the letter will continue ringing the bell about public health fears of the Games remaining in Brazil... READ MORE›
GOVERNMENT SCOLDED BY WATCHDOG OVER NHS FUNDING CLAIMS
In 2015, then chancellor George Osborne said the NHS in England would receive ?8bn more between 2016-17 and 2020-21... READ MORE›
REVEALED: DOZENS OF CHILDREN STILL TREATED ON ADULT PSYCHIATRIC WARDS
Revealed dozens of children still treated on adult psychiatric wards... READ MORE›
PORTUGAL TO LEVY SUGAR TAX ON SOFT DRINKS IN 2017
World health organisation urges all countries to tax sugary drinks... READ MORE›
SHOCK FIGURES TO REVEAL DEADLY TOLL OF GLOBAL AIR POLLUTION
We have a public health emergency in many countries from pollution... READ MORE›
COMPANIES CONTINUE CHIPPING AWAY AT HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS
The average health care rate increase for mid-sized and large companies was 3.2 percent this year, the lowest since the consulting firm Aon started tracking it in 1996... READ MORE›
INDIAN-AMERICAN SURGEON GENERAL ASKED TO STEP DOWN BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
Murthy has been replaced by Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams, who is the current Deputy Surgeon General... READ MORE›
38,000 PEOPLE A YEAR DIE EARLY BECAUSE OF DIESEL EMISSIONS TESTING FAILURES
Global inventory of nitrogen oxide emissions shows highly polluting diesel cars are 'urgent public health issue'... READ MORE›