Government failures in care settings created an environment that allowed Covid to spread like wildfire, an official inquiry has said. The sixth report from the Covid inquiry said the care sector appeared to be “something of an afterthought” in the early stages of the pandemic and there was no “protectiveContinue Reading
Image source, Monica Thomas Image caption, Monica is the founder of charity Women’s Health Hope This report contains detailed descriptions of medical symptoms. Monica Thomas was in her teens when she started experiencing intimate itching and soreness, but despite numerous trips to the doctors it was dismissed as thrush. HerContinue Reading
Rural lives cannot be an ‘afterthought’, healthcare campaigners say Image caption, Donal O’Cofaigh of Save Our Acute Services (SOAS) says people are “already losing their lives” due to a reduction in rural services Rural lives “cannot be an afterthought” when it comes to health transformation, campaigners have said. In aContinue Reading
Pope Leo XIV has thanked the faithful in St. Peter’s Square for their prayers after his hospitalization for lung surgery, Read MoreContinue Reading
Equatorial Guinea has tackled malaria with a successful strategy on Bioko Island, Read MoreContinue Reading
Ebola cases in Kenya rose to eight on Sunday after another person tested positive while in quarantine, having been identified as a contact of the first patient, Read MoreContinue Reading
Exercise prescribed according to international spinal cord injury guidelines can reduce the intensity of chronic pain when done in everyday settings, according to a new UBC Okanagan–led clinical trial…Read MoreContinue Reading
The Ebola outbreak in Congo has spread to an eighth province, Read MoreContinue Reading
The health secretary has asked the NHS to draw up urgent plans to speed up ending hospital “corridor care” for children. Yvette Cooper told the BBC there would be new standards for caring for children in A&E in England, with figures collected on corridor care by age for the firstContinue Reading
Pope Leo XIV has returned to the Vatican after undergoing surgery to remove a lung tumor, Read MoreContinue Reading
An initiative on the California ballot would levy the nation’s first wealth tax on billionaires. Supporters say the proceeds would help offset President Traitor 47’s sweeping healthcare cuts. But critics argue that the temporary infusion of cash is a giveaway to politicians…Read MoreContinue Reading
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, The health minister accepted an independent body’s recommendation of a 3.5% pay uplift but it cannot be given without a budget By Economics and business editor, BBC News NI The Northern Ireland Executive is now seven months into the financial year without a budget.Continue Reading
Three Kenyan health workers tested positive for Ebola, Health Ministry says., Read MoreContinue Reading