Around 40,000 people in Europe die early every year because they don’t live in towns with enough green space, analysis claims (and BLACKPOOL is one of the continent’s worst offenders) Researchers name and shame Europe’s worst cities in terms of green space Study says more than 7,000 UK deaths could be stopped with more wild areas […]
Around 85,000 Britons are missing out on therapy for osteoporosis because of a ‘Wild West’ postcode lottery of care, charity warns Only half of NHS trusts have a Fracture Liaison Service, an FOI request showed The service is a gold standard of care, the Royal Osteoporosis Society claims Osteoporosis affects 3.5million people in the UK […]
Over 600,000 emergency calls to 999 during the first wave of the pandemic were for suspected COVID, with ambulances sent in almost 80% of cases and 43% of patients being conveyed to hospitals, a major new survey of UK ambulance services has shown. Some services were much harder hit than others, with almost half of […]
In the most recent video on his YouTube channel, CrossFitter and fitness influencer Craig Richey agrees to a challenge set by six-time CrossFit Games athlete Khan Porter: perform 1,000 pushups in a row, and see who can do them in the fastest time. Richey breaks his pushups down into sets of 5 reps, and proceeds […]
Like many new dads, Ricardo Caceres woke up one day and realized he had let himself go. Struggling to keep up with his daughter, he vowed to start eating healthier and get back in shape so he could be a more active, engaged parent. Here, he opens up about the changes he made to lose […]
Brazil topped 300,000 confirmed COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday, becoming the second country to do so amid a spike in infections that has seen the South American country report record death tolls in recent days. The United States reached the grim milestone on Dec. 14, but has a larger population than Brazil. On Wednesday, Brazil’s health […]
Dr. Fauci: US will have 600M coronavirus vaccine doses by July 2021 White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci tells ‘Fox News Sunday’ Americans need to continue to ‘keep guard up’ and not be ‘complacent’ during the coronavirus pandemic. The U.S. exceeded a tragic milestone as the nation recorded over half a million lives lost […]
The World Health Organization says it will be sending more than 11,000 Ebola vaccinations to the West African nation of Guinea in the coming days to combat the recent epidemic of the deadly hemorrhagic fever that has been declared in the country’s southern N’Zerekore region. WHO regional director for Africa Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said Thursday […]
A total of 100,000 people have died in the Middle East after contracting COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic in December 2019, according to an AFP tally at 0800 GMT on Thursday based on official data. In all, 4,991,770 people in the region have tested positive for the new coronavirus. In terms of deaths, […]
China has sent over 20,000 rural residents living in the epicentre of the country’s latest virus outbreak to state-run quarantine facilities, as Beijing on Friday reported the worst nationwide figures since March. The country had largely brought the virus under control after strict measures including mass testing and travel restrictions. But recent weeks have seen […]
