In one out of every six local authorities, rates of hunger are more than 150 per cent (one and a half times) the national average. Shockingly, in one in 10 local authorities, the rate is almost double, according to new research by the University of Sheffield. Researchers at the University of Sheffield Institute for Sustainable […]
(HealthDay)—Racially and ethnically underrepresented family physicians report a lower frequency of emotional exhaustion and depersonalization than non-underrepresented peers, according to a study published in the July 1 issue of the Annals of Family Medicine. Montgomery Douglas, M.D., from the University of Connecticut in Farmington, and colleagues used data from 1,510 American Board of Family Medicine […]
A global consortium representing 27 institutions has published findings comparing mortality in the previous five years to deaths between January and August 2020 in the first wave of the pandemic. Their results show that some countries experienced excess all-cause mortality, while other nations had minimal or even decreased excess mortality. Data from the UK shows […]
Fox News Flash top headlines for July 21 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. HIPAA has become a bit of a buzzword recently for people concerned about their vaccination status becoming public. HANNITY: I BELIEVE IN THE SCIENCE OF VACCINATION According to the U.S. Department of Health and […]
It’s easy to let your imagination run wild when picturing life inside the Olympic Village, where more than 10,000 of the world’s fittest people are confined for the duration of the games. Stories about the Village running out of condoms, for instance, are now the stuff of legend. In a new YouTube video, former pro […]
Slideshow ( 2 images )SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Victoria state reported a slight easing in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday as the state’s near seven million residents wait to see how long a hard lockdown to contain the latest outbreak will last. A five-day snap lockdown was imposed in Victoria last week, restricting people […]
Slideshow ( 2 images )WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden on Friday said social media platforms such as Facebook “are killing people” after the White House continued criticizing the company for allowing misinformation about coronavirus vaccines to be posted on its platform. “They’re killing people. Look, the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated. And […]
Iran on Tuesday broke another record in the country’s daily new coronavirus cases, even as Tehran and its surroundings went into lockdown, a week-long measure imposed amid another surge in the pandemic. The country’s health ministry announced 27,444 new cases and 250 deaths over the past day, bringing the overall death toll to 87,624 from […]
Israeli government says Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine provides ‘significantly less’ protection against the Indian ‘Delta’ variant than health officials had hoped Israel says the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is ‘weaker’ against the Indian ‘Delta’ variant and provides ‘significantly less’ protection than hoped The country, which once led the world in the vaccine race, said new data show the […]
Jim* looked at me with a big smile on his face while his son adjusted the iPad and joined him. Like many elderly people, he’s very frail and finds it difficult to get to the GP surgery. As his doctor, I’d traditionally have done a home visit, but with travel time and other duties, I’d […]
