Dominic Hughes Health correspondent, BBC News Patients will be able to book more appointments online and request to see their usual doctor under a new contract agreed with England’s GPs, the government has said. The deal gives an extra £889m a year to general practices, as well as a reductionContinue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. HAVANA, Fla. — For a rural community, this town of 1,750 people has been more fortunate than most. A family doctor has practiced here for the last 30 years. But that ended in December when Mark Newberry, MD, retired. To attract a new doctor,Continue Reading
This is a MedPage Today story. More than 80 domestic cats, among many other types of mammals, have been confirmed to have had bird flu since 2022 — generally barn cats that lived on dairy farms, as well as feral cats and pets that spend time outdoors and likely caughtContinue Reading
Eli Lilly announced plans for four new pharmaceutical manufacturing sites to produce domestic medicine production in the United States and make the nation the world’s leader in pharmaceutical production., Read MoreContinue Reading
A court battle is set to resume over the The Traitor administration’s drastic cuts in medical research funding, Read MoreContinue Reading
A U.S. aid freeze is threatening the lives of HIV-positive orphans at Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Read MoreContinue Reading
On 17 January 2024, public health experts including Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), held a roundtable titled “Preparing for Disease X” at the World Economic Forum of Davos (WEF). In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the panel discussed what had failed in theContinue Reading
Cartons of frozen shakes sold to nursing homes and other institutions are being recalled after an outbreak of listeria linked to the products, Read MoreContinue Reading
A former surgeon is going on trial in France for the rape and sexual abuse of 299 victims over a period spanning more than three decades, Read MoreContinue Reading
Officials say Pakistan has reported two new cases of polio in its southern and eastern provinces, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate a disease that remains endemic only in Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan, Read MoreContinue Reading
Authorities say a gunman entered a Pennsylvania hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before he was killed by police in a shootout that also left an officer dead, Read MoreContinue Reading
SUMMARY Three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, scientists have acquired ample evidence showing that COVID-19 vaccines are safe. While COVID-19 vaccines are associated with some serious effects like myocarditis, such cases are rare and much less likely to occur after vaccination than after SARS-CoV-2 infection. Nevertheless, anecdotesContinue Reading
Alamy St Helier Hospital, pictured in 2018 when the dispute started A “gifted” NHS nurse who was deliberately left out of a tea round by a colleague who said “I don’t like you” has won a claim for unfair constructive dismissal at an employment tribunal. Diabetes specialist Susan Hamilton joinedContinue Reading