Welsh midwives vote to strike, but not in England
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMidwives in Wales have voted for strike action over a “disappointing and unacceptable” pay award worth around 4% this year. Read More
Japan considers offering even more money to new parents as birth rate crashes
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Japanese government is mulling paying more money to citizens to encourage them to have more children in the wake of an…
Nigeria earns recognition for hypertension, typhoid, sickle cell, anti-snake venom drugs, others – Minister
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNigeria is now recognized by global health organizations for its breakthrough in the production of drugs for hypertension, typhoid, sickle cell anemia…
Iranian footballer sentenced to execution for 'campaigning for women's rights'
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteProfessional footballer Amir Nasr-Azadani is reportedly facing execution in Iran for “campaigning for women’s rights and basic freedom in his country”. Read…
Future generations banned from ever being able to buy tobacco in New Zealand
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNew Zealand has passed one of the world’s toughest anti-smoking laws that will gradually ban more and more people from ever being…
Nurses to strike in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after talks fail
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteNurses’ strikes will go ahead this week across England, Wales and Northern Ireland after a meeting between the union and the health secretary…
Why some Black women won’t or can’t quit hair relaxers – even as the dangers become clearer
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More than 300,000 birds are reportedly infected with avian flu in Ecuador
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore than 300,000 birds are reportedly infected with avian influenza following an outbreak of the disease in Ecuador’s Cotopaxi province Read More
'Hypocrisy' claim as Royal College of Nursing offers its staff 4.5% pay rise while asking for 19.2% for members
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA whistleblower at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has accused the striking union of ‘hypocrisy’ after it offered its own employees…
Are private clinics selling men expensive testosterone they will never need?
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Reading Time: < 1 minute David McCaffrey insists he has never been short of vim and vigour, despite a pretty active life: a father of three…