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Pop-up pet clinic offers Parvo vaccines after virus hits housing complex
A mobile clinic attended two housing units on Wharncliffe Road after several dogs contracted the disease at the location. CTV London's Reta Ismail reports. A mobile veterinary clinic offered Parvo and rabies vaccines to dozens of dogs outside a London community housing building Wednesday, following several confirmed cases of the deadly canine virus last month. Veterinarians, in partnership with the charity Progressive Animal Welfare Services (PAWS), set up outside 349 Wharncliffe Rd., one of two London & Middlesex Community Housing (LMCH) buildings affected by the virus. 'Today is the big day, we're running the Parvo clinic,' said Dr. Trina Hancock, owner of Sana Adelaide Animal Hospital. 'We're on site here at the apartment complex.' Dr. Hancock volunteered her time, staff and medical supplies to the cause, citing limited access to veterinary care for low-income pet owners. 'We've had dogs that passed away from this virus,' she said. 'I guess the term 'outbreak' is used because the risk is there and it's so, so high.' Parvovirus is a highly contagious and potentially fatal illness that spreads quickly among unvaccinated dogs, particularly in shared living environments. Organizers say 35 dog owners paid $5 to have their pets tested. Those who tested negative were vaccinated for Parvo and rabies, while those who tested positive were offered treatment. 'As the virus spreads, it can get worse. I just want to protect my dogs,' said resident Carol Roots, whose dog Dane tested negative and received the vaccine. PAWS board chair Linda Armstrong said the organization had been pushing for the clinic for weeks and was proud of the community effort. 'We're feeling super about this clinic, about the way people rallied to bring it and about how the vets stepped forward to give their time voluntarily,' Armstrong said. LMCH chief operating officer Sara De Candido said the building has dozens of registered animals, and they have held similar clinics in the past at this location. They hope to continue their partnerships to have similar clinics at other sites. 'It's reasonable to assume there would be an unvaccinated population, which is why today is so important,' she said. The next clinic is scheduled for Aug. 6 to offer booster shots. All the dogs who were tested for parvo today had negative results.
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WHO pushes countries to raise prices on sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50%
LONDON -- The World Health Organization is pushing countries to raise the prices of sugary drinks, alcohol and tobacco by 50% over the next 10 years through taxation, its strongest backing yet for taxes to help tackle chronic public health problems. The United Nations health agency said the move would help cut consumption of the products, which contribute to diseases like diabetes and some cancers, as well as raising money at a time when development aid is shrinking and public debt rising. 'Health taxes are one of the most efficient tools we have,' said Jeremy Farrar, WHO assistant-director general of health promotion and disease prevention and control. 'It's time to act.' The WHO launched the push, which it called '3 by 35' at the UN Finance for Development conference in Seville. WHO said that its tax initiative could raise US$1 trillion by 2035 based on evidence from health taxes in countries such as Colombia and South Africa. The WHO has backed tobacco taxes and price rises for decades, and has called for taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks in recent years, but this is the first time it has suggested a target price rise for all three products. WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the conference that the taxes could help governments 'adjust to the new reality' and bolster their own health systems with the money raised. Many low and middle-income countries are coping with cuts to aid spending led by the United States, which is not attending the Seville conference. The U.S. is also in the process of withdrawing from the WHO. From $4 to $10 As an example, the initiative would mean a government in a middle-income country raising taxes on the product to push the price up from $4 today to $10 by 2035, taking into account inflation, said WHO health economist Guillermo Sandoval. Nearly 140 countries had already raised tobacco taxes and therefore prices by over 50% on average between 2012 and 2022, the WHO added. Sandoval said the WHO was also considering broader taxation recommendations, including on ultra-processed food, after the agency finalizes its definition of that type of food in the coming months. But he added that the agency expected pushback from the industries involved. 'It's deeply concerning that the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to disregard over a decade of clear evidence showing that taxing sugar-sweetened beverages has never improved health outcomes or reduced obesity in any country,' said Kate Loatman, executive director of the International Council of Beverages Associations, adding that the industry was working on options to support health. 'The World Health Organization's suggestion that raising taxes will prevent alcohol-related harm is misguided,' said Amanda Berger, senior vice-president of science and research at the Distilled Spirits Council, adding that it would not prevent alcohol abuse. The tax initiative is backed by Bloomberg Philanthropies, the World Bank and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and involves support for countries who want to take action. Reporting by Jennifer Rigby and Virginia Furness; Editing by David Evans and Kate Mayberry, Reuters
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Princess of Wales speaks of ‘rollercoaster' cancer recovery
Catherine, Princess of Wales, smiles during a visit to the RHS's Wellbeing Garden at Colchester Hospital in Essex, England, Wednesday July 2, 2025. (Stefan Rousseau/PA via AP, Pool) LONDON, United Kingdom -- Catherine, Princess of Wales, on Wednesday likened recovering from cancer to riding 'a rollercoaster' as she spoke of going through 'hard times' in her battle with the disease. Catherine is married to heir-to-the-throne Prince William and revealed she had been diagnosed with an unspecified form of cancer in March last year. After undergoing a course of 'preventative chemotherapy,' in January she revealed she was in remission and has been gradually returning to public royal duties. Visiting a cancer support centre at Colchester Hospital in eastern England, the 43-year-old princess told patients, volunteers and staff there that life following cancer treatment was not plain sailing. 'It's a rollercoaster, it's not one smooth plain, which you expect it to be,' she said. 'But the reality is it's not, you go through hard times and to have a place like this, to have the support network -- whether it's through creativity and singing or gardening, whatever it might be -- is so valuable and it's great that this community has it.' Catherine added that patients recovering from cancer 'put on a sort of brave face' and tend to show 'stoicism' but noted that 'the phase afterwards is really, you know, difficult.' 'You're not necessarily under the clinical team any longer, but you're not able to function normally at home as you perhaps once used to.' Catherine, who has three young children with William, last month pulled out of attending the Royal Ascot race meeting as she continues her recovery and gradual resumption of duties. Her father-in-law King Charles III, 76, announced in early 2024 that he too had been diagnosed with an unspecified cancer. He has since returned to public duties but is still undergoing treatment.
