UK suffers worst year for scarlet fever since the 1950s
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteEngland and Wales last year logged their most scarlet fever cases since the 1950s, Government figures have revealed. Read More
China COVID peak to last two-three months, hit rural areas next
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteChina last month abruptly abandoned the strict anti-virus regime of mass lockdowns that fuelled historic protests across the country in late November,…
New Zimbabwe law threatens health workers with jail over strikes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteZimbabwe has brought in a law banning health workers such as nurses and doctors from prolonged strikes, imposing punishments of up to…
Steve Barclay privately concedes he will have to increase pay offer to NHS staff
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSteve Barclay has privately conceded he will have to increase his pay offer to NHS staff, in a U-turn that may help…
Care home worker jailed for stealing thousands of pounds in savings from vulnerable residents
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA care home worker who plundered almost £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents has been jailed for seven months. Read More
Make-shift MORGUES built during Covid crisis are being reopened to house dead bodies amid surge in fatalities over festive period
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMake-shift morgues built during the darkest days of the Covid pandemic are being reopened amid a sharp rise in excess deaths. Read…
North Carolina woman suffered a period that lasted 83 DAYS and was so heavy she needed a blood transfusion — due to condition that affects one in EIGHT females
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA woman’s period lasted for almost three months and was so heavy she needed a blood transfusion. Read More
What IS bacterial meningitis? Everything you need to know about bug that kills up to one in 10 people who catch it
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteLegendary guitarist Jeff Beck died ‘peacefully’ last night after contracting bacterial meningitis. Read More
NHS waiting list FALLS for first time since Covid began...
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe waiting list for routine NHS operations has fallen for the first time since the pandemic began. Read More
Ending HIV means doing so for everyone, everywhere
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteToday, effective treatment means that people who are now diagnosed with HIV can have a near-normal life expectancy – something that would…