Image source, PA By Jim Reed and Michelle Roberts BBC News The Covid inquiry has published its damning report , external into why NHS workers did not have enough personal protective equipment (PPE) when the pandemic hit. It details what went wrong with the government’s planning and buying of vitalContinue Reading
The World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has warned that most Ebola cases in eastern Congo come from unknown transmission chains, Read MoreContinue Reading
A blood test that helps diagnose Alzheimer’s might also forecast if healthy older adults will develop symptoms, Read MoreContinue Reading
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national and local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances…Read MoreContinue Reading
Health officials say a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan’s Upper East Side now counts 60 cases, but new diagnoses are slowing, Read MoreContinue Reading
‘This landscape is completely charred’: Inside the village at epicentre of Spain’s wildfires. Video, 00:01:31 Subsection Europe Published 2 days ago, from the BBC Read MoreContinue Reading
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo “continues to outpace the response efforts,” the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief has said, Read MoreContinue Reading
How my period is supercharging my ADHD Image source, Layla Kornota Image caption, Layla Kornota was diagnosed with ADHD as a child By Vicki Loader Health producer Phone alarms are what get teaching assistant Layla through her day. She has four alarms to wake up, one to get dressed, anotherContinue Reading
Voters in one of the most conservative U.S. states will decide whether to roll back the state’s abortion ban, Read MoreContinue Reading
New Medicaid work requirements could make a complex system even harder for farmworkers to navigate…Read MoreContinue Reading
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo is now the fastest-growing one in history and new challenges keep emerging, Read MoreContinue Reading
The study estimates that around 550 people died as a result of the heat between 21 and 29 May, and nearly 2,200 died between 18 and 28 June in England and Wales. May temperatures hit a new UK high of 35.1C at Kew Gardens on May 26 – a significantContinue Reading
Over the past 70 years, the number of inpatient psychiatric beds has dropped dramatically, leaving many without critical care when they experience mental health crises. I was one of the lucky ones to get a bed — after 21 hours of waiting…Read MoreContinue Reading