Getty Images The proportion of patients diagnosed with cancer at an early stage has risen to its highest level on record, NHS figures in England show. Data for the 13 most common cancers show 58.7% of those diagnosed between September 2023 and August 2024 were identified at stages one and two, which increases the chances […]
Amy Dickson, 46, from Reigate in Surrey, lost her dad Steve in September 2020. She said he had been an alcoholic “her entire life” but as his addiction worsened, his health rapidly declined. “He kind of just kept tracking along and then it was lockdown,” said Ms Dickson, a trustee for Nacoa, a charity for […]
Fewer children in the U.S. have gotten a flu vaccine in 2024 compared to last year, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As of Nov. 30, about 36 percent of the nation’s children aged six months to 17 received a flu vaccination, a drop from last year’s […]
The 10-year plan will also focus on moving care out of hospitals and into the community. The government said local neighbourhood health centres, where patients can access GP, district nursing, physios and testing all under one roof, will form part of this. But it said it wanted to hear from the public about their own […]
Whooping cough cases have increased to record levels since 2014, with four times as many cases compared to last year, data from the CDC showed. There have been more than 16,000 cases this year alone and two confirmed deaths, statistics revealed. In 2023, more than 3,700 cases were registered nationwide. “The number of reported whooping […]
The number of vaccine exemptions reported among U.S. kindergarteners reached another record high during the 2023-24 academic year, the record set last year. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 3.3 percent of kindergarteners were exempted from one or more vaccines in the past school year, an increase over the prior year, […]
Pam, 76, from Neyland in Pembrokeshire, requires appointments every four weeks, but on occasions she has had to wait 12 weeks for the procedures carried out by hospital specialists. She had already lost central vision in her right eye when, three years ago, the sight in her left eye suddenly deteriorated aggressively, caused by a […]
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who was chosen Tuesday to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, brings a progressive approach to health care, with a focus on reducing costs. Walz has said his health policy priorities have been shaped in part by his personal experience. His father died of cancer when Walz was 19, […]
A record number of people in England were diagnosed with gonorrhoea last year, annual UK Health Security Agency figures show, external. Diagnoses rose 7.5% – from 79,268 in 2022 to 85,223 in 2023. Syphilis, meanwhile, rose 9.4% – from 8,693 to 9,513, the highest number since 1948 – with more heterosexual men and women becoming […]
The latest figures show many patients face long waits, but the PM insists headway is being made. Source link