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‘Speedballing’ evolves from occasional celebrity scandal to public health crisis: Opinion
OregonLive.com
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July 5, 2025
By Andrew Yockey, Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Mississippi Speedballing – the practice of combining a stimulant like cocaine or methamphetamine with an opioid such as heroin or fentanyl – has evolved from a niche subculture...
U.S supports strengthening of regional public health emergency
Abuja Inquirer
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July 5, 2025
The United States Government has commenced the training of public health emergency operations center staff from Nigeria, Benin, Ghana, Sierra Leone, The Gambia, Liberia, and Mali. A statement by the US Embassy in Abuja said the intermediate level...
Nigeria Champions Africa’s Drive For Stronger Primary Healthcare, Oxygen Security
Daily Independent
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July 5, 2025
1 Lagos – Nigeria is set to play a leading role in Africa’s efforts to strengthen primary healthcare systems as it hosts the Africa Primary Health Care Forum (APHCF) on July 15 in Abuja. The forum is expected to convene key stakeholders from...
Pro Medicus shares surge 10% to crack $300 as healthcare leads ASX 200 sectors
The Motley Fool Australia
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July 6, 2025
ASX 200 healthcare shares led the market sectors last week with a 3.28% increase over the five trading days. The S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) had a great start to the new financial year, rising 1.04% over the week to finish at 8,603 points....
Ministry of Health and Human Services Participates in UKOTs Public Health Conference 2025
Magnetic Media
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July 5, 2025
Deandrea Hamilton | Editor Turks and Caicos, July 4, 2025 – All-Island Member of Parliament Jameka Williams is calling on the House of Assembly to reject the recently published Crest Review of the Turks and Caicos Islands Integrity Commission...
UAE Smoking Rules: An Assertive Move Towards Public Health and Dignity
Times of Dubai
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July 5, 2025
July 5, 2025 | Dubai, UAE: The United Arab Emirates stands as the regional leader in public health and wellbeing through effective and humane tobacco control by UAE smoking rules . Since it has emerged as a cleaner and healthier nation, the...
Sitharaman: India poised to lead sustainable development for global south
Daijiworld News
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Daijiworld Media Network - Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, Jul 5: India is uniquely positioned to spearhead a global transformation in sustainable development, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at the ‘Governors Seminar’ in Brazil. Speaking...
DOJ announces record $14.6B in healthcare fraud, over 300 arrests
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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July 5, 2025
The entrance signage for the United States Department of Justice Building in Washington D.C. | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Department of Justice has announced that over 300 people have been arrested in connection with a record $14.6 billion in alleged...
Trump's tax cuts vs. healthcare fallout: Will the 'One Big, Beautiful Bill' backfire in 2026 midterms?
Firstpost
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July 5, 2025
Barack Obama had the Affordable Care Act. Joe Biden pushed through the Inflation Reduction Act. Now, President Donald Trump is staking his legacy on sweeping tax cuts. Like his predecessors’ landmark policies, Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” is...
A friend’s unease: Reflections on the US from the Global South
The Manila Times
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July 5, 2025
SEVERAL decades ago, I traveled to the United States as an American Field Service (AFS) exchange student. There, I found a warm community, open classrooms, civic-minded families, and the sincere idealism of American youth and educators. The AFS...
La Crette presents People’s National Party as future of Grenada
The New Today Grenada
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July 5, 2025
PNP represents a very bold departure away from the two (2) political institutions that we have now in Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique…and to do that you have to have some faith, institutional and organisational backing to be able to mount...
Public health pledge aims to tackle obesity rates in Pendle
Craven Herald and Pioneer
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Pendle’s Health and Wellbeing Partnership has signed the Healthy Weight Declaration, a formal commitment to promote healthier lifestyles across the borough. The move comes as data shows that 68 per cent of adults in Pendle are overweight or obese,...
Healthcare boost: Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano receives hospital equipment from Rotary clubs
Politiko
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July 5, 2025
Pasay Mayor Emi Calixto Rubiano said the Pasay City General Hospital will be able to provide better services with its receipt of new equipment. Rubiano thanked the Rotary International District 2820 (Japan) and Rotary Club of Manuel A. Roxas Blvd....
Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio Commissions The Mattru-Senehun Bridge, Praises World Bank For Continued Support To National Development
MENAFN
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July 5, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has officially commissioned the newly constructed Mattru Jong–Senehun Bridge in Jong Chiefdom, Bonthe District, a transformative infrastructure project designed to benefit over...
Lok Sabha Speaker addresses 7th Annual International Conference of the Innovative Physician Forum (IPF) in New Delhi
The Impressive Times
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July 5, 2025
INNOVATION AND RESEARCH IN THE MEDICAL FIELD IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR: LOK SABHA SPEAKER New Delhi I 5 July: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, today, hailed India’s healthcare system as qualitative, accessible and affordable. Highlighting country’s...
BRICS nations need to build consensus and balance innovation by reinforcing Global South's digital sovereignty
The Morung Express
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New Delhi: BRICS, the developing world's stand-in to the G-7 grouping. was expanded at the Kazan Summit, last year. Post expansion, Indonesia, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, Saudi Arabia and the UAE have joined the founding members Brazil, Russia, India,...
National Cleft Centre inaugurated at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital
Graphic
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July 4, 2025
The first-ever National Cleft Centre to provide surgery and comprehensive cleft care to patients has been inaugurated at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH) in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. Dubbed: “A Smile Train Cleft Leadership Centre”,...
BRICS Summit 2025: Focus On Global South And Global Governance
StratNews Global
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July 5, 2025
The 17th BRICS Summit begins tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with key discussions expected on global governance, climate finance, artificial intelligence and South-South cooperation. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take part in the summit,...
Global Risk Management Institute and Shiv Nadar University, Delhi-NCR Launch the First-Ever Undergraduate Certified Risk Professionals Program in India
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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July 5, 2025
BusinessWire India Gurugram (Haryana) [India], July 5: Global Risk Management Institute (GRMI), Gurugram, a pioneer in the domain of risk management education in India, today announced the launch of India's first-ever undergraduate Risk Management...
Five Ways the GOP Is Quietly Paving the Road to a National Abortion Ban
Ms. Magazine
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July 5, 2025
The fight continues to closely track Project 2025’s plan to eviscerate the right to bodily autonomy across the nation. Abortion rights protesters, including Kori Ricketts, demonstrate outside the U.S. Supreme Court during oral arguments for Medina...