9 diseases that keep epidemiologists up at night
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteJust three years ago, on Jan. 30, 2020, the head of the World Health Organization made a landmark declaration: A “novel coronavirus” that…
Biggest day of strikes in a decade will see up to 500,000 teachers, train drivers and civil servants walk out
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA strike by up to half-a-million workers in bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions this week should send a clear message…
Long-term sickness leaving 1.6m UK adults over 50 unable to work
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 1.6 million adults aged 50 and over are unable to work because of long-term sickness amid ballooning NHS waiting lists and…
'One in six police are corrupt' says ex-gangster Kenneth Noye
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNoye – a killer and one of Britain’s most dangerous criminals – said he would give evidence on oath to help the…
'Comparable' to a statin: Popular bean could cut cholesterol by 70%, says new study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteDubbed the “silent killer”, high cholesterol spells trouble for your cardiovascular health, hiking your risk of heart disease and stroke. Read More
YouTuber Mr Beast, 24, pays to cure the sight of 1,000 blind people
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteYouTube‘s most subscribed individual just cured 1,000 people’s blindness by paying for their simple eye-surgery. Read More
Thousands of NHS staff with long Covid risk losing their pay
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of NHS staff across the UK are facing pay cuts because of a change in Covid sickness policy. Read More
£1bn boost in hospital beds and ambulance fleet
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of extra hospital beds and hundreds of ambulances will be rolled out in England this year in a bid to tackle…
A&E patients to be given advice by video call to ease pressure on hospitals
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of patients will get emergency advice by video call instead of going to A&E to ease pressure on overstretched hospitals. Read…
First picture of Brit, 54, arrested after six children rescued from cellar
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA man arrested after six children – believed to be his own – were found in a cellar in a village in…