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Rabies hitched a ride to Canada in dogs flown from Iran. Scientists caught the spread just in time | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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US Virgin Islands warns that tap water in St. Croix is contaminated with lead and copper (apnews.com)
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Doctors from around the world unite to call for urgent climate action (www.theguardian.com)
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FDA warns consumers not to purchase or use certain eye drops from several major brands due to risk of eye infection (www.fda.gov)
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Hepatitis outbreak closes schools, sends scores to hospital in Ukraine's Vinnytsia (www.reuters.com)
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Dangerous "forever chemicals" in your everyday items are causing cancer (www.newsweek.com)
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Bayer ordered to pay $175 mln in latest Roundup cancer trial (www.reuters.com)
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Finding That Lead Emissions From Aircraft Engines That Operate on Leaded Fuel Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution That May Reasonably Be Anticipated To Endanger Public Health and Welfare (www.federalregister.gov)
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Unprecedented diarrheal outbreak erupts in UK as cases spike 3x above usual (arstechnica.com)
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How Soap Works: The Science Behind Handwashing | Pfizer (www.pfizer.com)
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Study shows antibodies against polyethylene glycol in 83 percent of the German population (www.mpip-mainz.mpg.de)
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Climate crisis could cause 'catastrophic harm' to human health, 200-plus medical journals warn | CBC News (www.cbc.ca)
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The co-ordinated editorial: https://www.bmj.com/content/383/bmj.p2355

Alternate Link: https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/gVkiCZWoos57rly3tEaL_P?domain=u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net

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CVS Health pulls some cough-and-cold treatments with ingredient deemed ineffective by doctors (apnews.com)
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Consumer Reports finds more lead and cadmium in chocolate, urges change at Hershey (www.reuters.com)
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Brussels drafts plans to avoid EU pharmaceutical shortages (www.euronews.com)
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New GIS Portal for Health Emergencies goes live | WHO EMRO (www.emro.who.int)
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24 October 2023, Cairo, Egypt – A regional Geographic Information System (GIS) Portal for Health Emergencies has been developed and launched by the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean. The GIS Portal is a comprehensive hub, offering an updated geospatial resource to facilitate timely response during health emergencies at the regional and country levels.

The new resource serves as a centralized repository for updated geospatial data and dashboards for important health events in the Region. Moreover, it introduces an automated GIS application for interactive signal and events maps, which senior management can use to identify current and past health events.

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Death on duty: State negligence leads to exodus of Nigerian doctors (www.aljazeera.com)
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‘We’re so close’ to eradicating polio but challenges remain (www.euronews.com)
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Suspected fake Ozempic puts several in hospital in Austria (www.reuters.com)
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So-called toddler milks are unregulated and unnecessary, a major pediatrician group says (apnews.com)
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Zimbabwe struggles to contain spread of cholera outbreak (www.aljazeera.com)
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Canada has not done enough to fight growing antimicrobial resistance: AG - National | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
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The FDA is proposing a ban on hair relaxers with formaldehyde due to cancer concerns (www.npr.org)
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The Food and Drug Administration is proposing a ban on using the chemical formaldehyde as an ingredient in hair relaxers, citing its link to cancer and other long-term adverse health effects.

The new rule proposed by the federal agency would ban the colorless and highly toxic chemical in high-straightening and hair-smoothing products — also referred to as relaxers.

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A tropical parasite, passed through the bite of a sand fly, is causing skin infections in the US (edition.cnn.com)
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EPA Determines that Lead Emissions from Aircraft Engines Cause or Contribute to Air Pollution (www.epa.gov)
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final determination that emissions of lead from aircraft that operate on leaded fuel cause or contribute to air pollution which may reasonably be anticipated to endanger public health and welfare under the Clean Air Act.

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