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Spinal cancer: Giving the gift of extra time to terminal patients

Spinal cancer: Giving the gift of extra time to terminal patients

The BBC follows health experts treating patients with dangerous cancer that has spread to the spine. Source link You Might Also Like! Covid: Extra 1.7m vulnerable added to shielding list The move brings the total to 4m in England and means vaccinations will be prioritised more quickly. Source link Need to revisit screen time? Just […]

Covid inquiry: Former first minister Baroness Foster giving evidence

Covid inquiry: Former first minister Baroness Foster giving evidence

The inquiry in London is hearing evidence about Northern Ireland’s preparedness for the pandemic. Source link You Might Also Like! Risk of Death From COVID in Nursing Homes: Race Matters Ouslander agreed. “We all have a social responsibility,” he said. “Just because you’re not going into a nursing home,” he ENGAGE+ When Will Kids Get […]

Sudan conflict: Caesarean by phone light – giving birth in a warzone

Sudan conflict: Caesarean by phone light – giving birth in a warzone

Women in Sudan’s few remaining maternity wards are having babies to the sound of gunfire. Source link You Might Also Like! Too Much Light at Night May Raise Odds for Thyroid Cancer The researchers compared satellite imagery data — to estimate levels of nighttime light at each participant’s address — against data ENGAGE+ ‘People are […]

Government on brink of giving NHS staff 5% pay rise

Government on brink of giving NHS staff 5% pay rise

If the majority give the pay award their backing, it will trigger ministers to sanction the rise and one-off payment, worth at least £1,655, for all staff on the Agenda for Change contract, which covers everyone from nurses and paramedics to porters and cleaners. Source link You Might Also Like! 'Most healthcare apps not up […]

Covid: WHO urges Wales to delay giving children jabs

Covid: WHO urges Wales to delay giving children jabs

Wales asked to donate vaccines to low-income countries by the World Health Organization. Source link You Might Also Like! Risk of Death From COVID in Nursing Homes: Race Matters Ouslander agreed. “We all have a social responsibility,” he said. “Just because you’re not going into a nursing home,” he ENGAGE+ When Will Kids Get COVID […]

Giving up alcohol: 'I feel like I’ve been reborn’

Giving up alcohol: 'I feel like I’ve been reborn’

Recovering alcoholic Nikki gave up alcohol in July 2020. She posted two photos on Twitter to show the difference seven months of sobriety had on her. Posted under the handle @PosseRecovery, her pictures have been liked more than 200,000 times. Nikki says she now wants to help other people who are struggling to give up […]

Born in Lockdown: Mothers' stories of giving birth in 2020

Born in Lockdown: Mothers' stories of giving birth in 2020

A project brings together the experiences of 277 mums who all gave birth in 2020. Source link You Might Also Like! Covid: What are the UK's lockdown rules and when will they be reviewed? People across the country have been urged to “double down” and stick to the lockdown rules. Source link Health Care Heroes […]