Mask mandates making a comeback, but are they really needed?
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than nine million Americans now live in an area where mask mandates have returned to local hospitals — amid concerns more…
Radiographers’ strike on Tuesday ‘will stop thousands in England getting scans’
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteTens of thousands of patients will be unable to have scans on Tuesday when radiographers join consultants and junior doctors in strike…
‘Ban’ on mobile phones in English schools could irk teachers and parents
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteGlyn Potts, head teacher at Newman Roman Catholic College in Oldham, could not hide his irritation at the morning headlines announcing a government…
Mum gives birth to six babies in 10 minutes - with one so tiny they fit in doctor's hand
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA mother gave birth to six babies – all in the space of 10 minutes – and the first was so tiny the tot fit…
Kenya beats Nigeria to auto-disable syringe production
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteKenya has beat Nigeria to the production of auto-disable syringes as Revital Healthcare EPZ Limited becomes the first African manufacturing company to…
S.Africa to roll out vaginal rings to fight HIV scourge
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA “revolutionary” vaginal ring to prevent HIV is soon to be rolled out in South Africa — which has the largest epidemic…
Woman throws £5,000 at man after they were kicked off plane for 'blazing row'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA booze-fuelled row between two holidaymakers ended in one of them chucking a huge wad of cash at the other as police…
Cheap malaria vaccine approved for global rollout
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved a low-cost, readily available vaccine for malaria that promises to help ease one of the…
Greenland women ask Denmark for compensation over involuntary birth control
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA group of women in Greenland are seeking compensation from Denmark over an involuntary birth control campaign launched in the 1960s, their…
USA: Police officer accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting eight handcuffed men
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA former police officer has been accused of abusing his power in order to detain eight men and sexually assault them.