Emergency service teams, local councils and government officials will take part in a full, multi-day pandemic preparedness exercise, to help the UK prepare for potential future threats. The test, which is likely to take place in the autumn, will involve thousands of people across different parts of the UK, minister Pat McFadden has announced. The […]
Getty Images The critical incident comes after new rules for patients and visitors to wear masks across several health boards amid flu concerns Welsh ambulance service chiefs have urged the public to “drink sensibly” at new year to help reduce demand on emergency services that suffered a 340-call backlog on Monday. Jason Killens, chief executive […]
U.S. life expectancy rose last year to its highest level since the COVID-19 pandemic, while death rates fell for almost all the top causes, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. Life expectancy at birth was 78.4 years for the total U.S. population in 2023, according to the report released Thursday, an […]
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 […]
Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. But the disease is shrouded in stigma and silence that could be impacting the search for a cure — and endangering patients’ lives. In the U.S. alone, about 11,500 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer […]
Ms Appleby told the BBC that cannabis oil has changed her daughter’s life but she cannot get a prescription on the NHS. She said: “It is absolutely gutting that it has been six years and we are still in this position.” She said she pays for the drug through private healthcare and added: “I’ve had […]
The prescription prepayment certificate was introduced in England in April 2023. It covers 12 months’ worth of menopause prescription items for the cost of two single prescription charges. It can be used against a list of HRT products, external, including patches, tablets and topical preparations. According to the data, 1.9 million items were issued to […]
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, […]
Under the proposals, there is a two-stage approach for defining a product that is considered “less healthy” for the purposes of the restrictions. This was originally referred to as products “high in fat, salt or sugar”. In response to the 2022 consultation, the government said it recognised the need for greater clarity on the scope […]
More than a million U.S. seniors will save $1,100 in prescription drug costs every year under a provision in the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, according to a new report released Wednesday. The report was conducted by AARP, which lobbied for the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022. Under the provision, out-of-pocket prescription […]