James Melley Senior Social Affairs Producer BBC In the early days of the pandemic, care home staff donned full personal protective equipment The Covid inquiry will start examining the impact of the pandemic on care services for elderly and disabled people on Monday. Bereaved families say they have been waiting for this moment for years, […]
Richard Price BBC News, West Midlands UHNM Bosses say they aim to improve treatment for patients with endometriosis as a result of the study A Staffordshire hospital trust has been awarded £250,000 to research a new method for treating endometriosis. University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) bosses said they aim to improve treatment […]
Getty Images It can be hard to get a good night’s sleep when the weather is hot. Here are some simple tips which could help. 1. No napping Hot weather can make us feel a bit lethargic during the day. That is because we are using more energy to regulate our internal temperature. But if […]
U.S. Sen. Angus King, I-Maine. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Andrew Harnik/Getty Images Two senators introduced a resolution Tuesday evening to preserve the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, following reports that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. may soon fire its current members. Sen. Angus King, an independent from Maine and Senator Elizabeth […]
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images During hot weather, it can be easy to overheat, sometimes resulting in heat exhaustion or heatstroke. Heat exhaustion is not usually serious as long as you can cool yourself down – but heatstroke is a medical emergency which requires immediate treatment. Some groups, including older adults, young children […]
Former health secretary Matt Hancock has denied claims the government’s attempt to throw a protective ring around care homes in 2020, early in the Covid pandemic, was empty rhetoric. In an irritable exchange he urged the Covid Inquiry to focus on the substance of what the government was doing at the time. Mr Hancock said […]
The US football league has previously faced legal challenges over its failure to address players’ concussions. New York City Mayor Eric Adams has said that a gunman who killed five people, including himself, sought out the headquarters of the National Football League (NFL), which he blamed for the brain injuries he suffered from. Adams said […]
Mayeni Jones BBC News, Johannesburg Reuters Gugu used to collect her antiretrovirals from a USAID-funded clinic in central Johannesburg. But when President Trump’s cuts to aid funding were announced earlier this year, she and thousands of other HIV-positive patients across South Africa suddenly faced an uncertain future. Gugu was lucky, the clinic where she got […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Artwork: The new system predicts missing text from broken inscriptions, their date and original location A new AI tool has the potential to turbocharge our understanding of all human history, researchers say. Artificial intelligence has already been used to fill in gaps in ancient Roman scrolls, but a new system […]
Divya Talwar & Natalie Truswell BBC News Investigations Getty Images NHS England made 101 recommendations to improve the quality of care There are “significant” concerns about the safety and quality of maternity services at an NHS trust, a new report has revealed. Issues with staffing, a “challenging” culture and a lack of learning from previous […]