SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesThe World Health Organization (WHO) says a new taskforce may be the last chance to find the origins of Covid-19.It has nominated 26 experts to join ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesThe Westminster and Cardiff governments have set out plans to deal with Covid this winter. England's proposals contain two options: Plan A, if the number of ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesMore than two million Covid booster jabs have now been given out in England, according to the NHS.The booster is being offered to frontline medical staff, ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharing"I was surrounded by malaria. All of my friends had it, I had it, my siblings and parents."Bello Abdul Hakeem Bolaji is one of the millions of people across ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThe Covid-19 pandemic has made celebrities out of scientists, who have graced the daily news headlines and gained large social-media followings. But this rise in prominence has come with ...
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Pregnant women are being urged to get the Covid vaccine, following concerns about the growing number with the virus needing the most serious treatment in critical care.The call has come from NHS England and the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.Sultana Ashiq caught Covid-19 when she was nearly 31 weeks ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesThe NHS Covid Pass, used to show a person's vaccine status for travel and events, stopped working on Wednesday.The feature, contained in the NHS smartphone app, ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, CUHThe Covid pandemic has forced many hospitals to cancel operations and allowed waiting lists to grow. With infections still on the rise and winter looming, how is one of England's ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesMore people are being offered free rapid coronavirus tests.The government says regular testing is essential to stop the spread of Covid now that restrictions have eased ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, AFPResearchers and health professionals have been celebrating after the World Health Organization (WHO) approved the widespread use of the world's first malaria vaccine.With more than 260,000 children ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesSupermodel Linda Evangelista says she has been left "permanently deformed" by a fat reduction procedure which went wrong.The non-surgical cosmetic procedure uses freezing temperatures to destroy ...
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For the first time, patients with secondary breast cancer in England and Wales are going to be counted in a special audit funded by the NHS. Secondary breast cancer is when the cancer has already spread to other parts of the body. The condition reached the headlines in September after ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesMany areas in the north of England have seen life expectancy fall within the last decade, a new study suggests. Differences across England have now become ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesA review of the work of a former locum consultant radiologist in the Northern Trust has identified major discrepancies in 66 images.The trust has concluded a ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Family photosA distraught wife says her husband faces losing both his legs due to flawed restructuring by a health board.Vascular services were centralised by Betsi Cadwaladr health ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesFully jabbed travellers arriving in the UK from France have to quarantine, because of the Beta variant. The government is concerned jabs may not work as ...
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In Charlottesville, Virginia, fraternal twins Evan and Lizzy are enrolled in Pfizer's vaccine trial for children between ages five and 11. The BBC follows them as they go to their second appointment where they receive a placebo or the vaccine. Their father, John, explains that though the family is very ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingCare sector bosses in England are struggling to recruit staff, with more jobs unfilled than before the pandemic, says a leading industry body.The number of unfilled jobs fell at ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesA potentially risky laser treatment offered to menopausal women to rejuvenate the vagina is no better than sham or fake therapy, researchers say. They tested it ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesThe Euros were good news for England fans (until the final) but not such good news for coronavirus infections (they went up). In Scotland too, the ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesAn outbreak of cases of the Delta variant of Covid is causing concern in China.More than 300 cases have been spotted in 10 days - leading ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesCampaigners have been gathering outside schools, handing out what they claim are legal documents or "notices of liability" to head teachers, warning them not to vaccinate children. ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingAcross the UK, 850,000 people are living with dementia - and soon, if predictions are correct, there will be a million.Here, some of them, and their families, share their ...
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BBC journalist Gem O'Reilly was 16 when she was diagnosed with a heart condition. Now, 10 years later she's been signed off to run long distance. Gem's condition, if unknown, could potentially cause sudden death through cardiac arrest and she is not alone.Every week in the UK, 12 young people ...
BRANDHAUSOctober 12, 2021
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesIt has never been easier to cut down on meat or even to ditch it entirely. I'm writing this while munching on a takeaway vegan sausage ...
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The World Health Organization announced it is recommending the broad use of the first proven malaria vaccine.Produced by pharmaceutical giant GSK, it will be used to help children in Africa after pilots in three countries found it reduced cases by 40%.The head of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who began ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersFormer Health Secretary Matt Hancock has been given a role with the United Nations as a special representative.Writing on Twitter, the ex-minister said the job would focus ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesCustomers who have recently bought Tesco Max All-In-One Chesty Cough & Cold Lemon Sachets are being asked to check the dosing information on the packaging because some batches have ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesA new report by MPs has put the government's decision-making during the coronavirus pandemic under the spotlight.It's led to fresh calls for an independent public inquiry ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Family handoutA hospital where a radiographer died after contracting Covid failed to fit some staff properly for face masks, an investigation has found.Simon Guest, who worked at ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Government Office for ScienceThe government's chief scientific adviser Sir Patrick Vallance says his job is "not to sugarcoat" reality when speaking to the PM about Covid.He said ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingThere are three main symptoms of coronavirus. If you have any of them, you should get a test.What are the symptoms?New and continuous ...
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SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesA government scientific advisor says four weeks is too soon between some Covid jabs.This comes as people have been sharing tips online of some locations giving ...
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Ministers say GP practices in England must offer face-to-face appointments to patients who want them, alongside offers of telephone and video consultations.Figures show 57% of appointments were in person in July, well below the 80% seen before the pandemic.The Royal College of GPs said it is concerned about a growing ...
BRANDHAUSOctober 12, 2021
SharecloseShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, ReutersEveryone aged 12 and over in the UK will be offered at least one dose of Covid vaccine.The government hopes vaccinating all 12 to 15-year-olds will keep ...
BRANDHAUSOctober 11, 2021