Good News: Here’s our pick of all the positive accomplishments of 2022
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Reading Time: < 1 minute 2022 was a big year, with a huge amount of bad news but also plenty of good news and things to smile…
New NHS sickle cell revolutionary drug helps patient with excruciating pain
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Reading Time: < 1 minute People with sickle cell disease produce unusually shaped red blood cells that can cause problems because they do not live as long…
Why imposing travel restrictions against China is a waste of time
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Reading Time: < 1 minute As the Covid picture darkens in China, exacerbated by a shortage of reliable data, many governments have been swift and decisive in…
Robot prostate surgeons help London hospital set world record
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Surgeons at a London hospital have used a pioneering robotic technique to treat a record number of men with enlarged prostates in a…
Flu, Covid, RSV: why is Britain so very ill?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute New Year’s Eve gatherings, drinks with the neighbours: with zero restrictions on mixing, and almost three years of catching up to do,…
China is accused of under-reporting Covid cases and withholding vital variant data amid fears a mutant strain could emerge from its mammoth outbreak
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Reading Time: < 1 minute China was today accused of withholding vital Covid data as fears grew that a new variant could emerge from its surge in…
Ohio reports more measles cases than previous two years combined
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Reading Time: < 1 minute An outbreak of measles in the US state of Ohio has infected 82 children so far – the biggest eruption of the…
Pharmacists to refer suspected cancer patients for checks as part of a trial that aims to spot cases earlier
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Pharmacists will be trained to spot signs of cancer in a bid to boost early detection and improve survival rates. Read More
Return of the mask! NHS hospitals ban visitors and bring back mask mandates due to wave of winter bugs
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Two NHS hospitals have banned most visitors and instructed patients to wear masks on its wards after being ravaged by a swath of…
China seeing ‘9000 deaths a day’ as its state media calls travel restrictions ‘discriminatory’
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Around 9,000 people are estimated to be dying in China every day from Covid-19, a UK-based health data firm assessed, spiking the estimate by almost…