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Public Health in the News: November 2024

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By Isabelle Kang, NPHR Blog Editor Global/National The third phase of the polio vaccination campaign is planned to resume in northern Gaza.  A second mpox vaccination has been granted Emergency Use Listing.  The first-ever global oral health conference seeks to guarantee oral health as a fundamental human right and highlights universal health coverage by 2030.  The California Department of Public Health has confirmed the first case of clade I mpox in the United States.  CDC has confirmed the first reported avian influenza H5 virus infection in a child in the United States.  The FDA approved the following new drugs: Drug NameFDA-approved useRevuforj (revumenib)For locally advanced or metastatic breast cancerZiihera (zanidatamab-hrii) For unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (IHC 3+) biliary tract cancerAttruby (acoramidis)For cardiomyopathy of wild-type or variant transthyretin-mediated amyloidosisRapiblyk (landiolol)For supraventricular tachycardiaIomervu (iomeprol)For use as a radiographic contrast agent Illinois – Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) IDPH is seeking proposals from local health departments and community-based organizations for a pilot project focused on Health Equity Zones (HEZ), which aims to reduce health disparities.  Northwestern Northwestern medicine research study has revealed a potential connection between COVID-19 infection and cancer regression.  Northwestern Medicine has announced an international healthcare collaboration with the London Clinic.  [...]

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