Some vaccines should work mainly in the respiratory system, scientists say. This type of preparation against SARS-CoV2, they have just successfully tested on macaques.more
The UK has failed to ban 36 pesticides that are not allowed for use in the EU, as campaigners say it is becoming the “toxic poster child of Europe”.
Though ministers promised the UK would not water down EU-derived environmental standards after Brexit, there have been multiple instances of divergence since the country left the bloc.more
Ministers have vowed to reduce suicide rates in England with the launch of more than 100 new initiatives amid particular concerns over rising deaths and self-harm among children and young people.
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The variant known as BA.2.86 is not one "of concern", but scientists have said it carries a high number of mutations and is being monitored closely.more
YouTube has launched a verification system for healthcare workers in the UK as it battles disinformation online.
In 2022, health videos were viewed more than three billion times in the UK alone on the video-sharing platform.more
A review of veterinary services in the UK has been launched over concerns that pet owners could be paying too much.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said vet fees were rising faster than other goods and services during the cost-of-living crisis.more
Scientists from the British university Ruskin University analyzed data obtained from 56,000 people. people from 65 countries in terms of how they perceive their bodies. It turned out that the Maltese feel most confident about their bodies. Poles are also body positive and took ninth place in the ranking. Australians assess their physical attractiveness most severely.more
The number of new cancer cases among people under the age of 50 has increased by as much as 79 percent over the past 30 years. Cancers of the breast, trachea, lung, intestine and stomach are claiming the most lives, reports "BMJ Oncology."more
Those performing euthanasia on 36-year-old Alexina from Oupeye in northern Belgium suffocated her with a pillow - report the portals 7sur7 and RTL Info. It turned out that the woman was given too few drugs intended to end her life.more
Every year, more than 8 million people die because of tobacco smoking, making it one of the greatest threats to public health, according to WHO. The largest number of cigarette consumers live in China - it is estimated that as many as 300 million people smoke there. However, more and more countries are intensifying the fight against nicotine addiction.more
Coronavirus testing and monitoring are set to be scaled up for the winter, the UK’s public health agency has said, as pressures on the health service are expected to rise in the coming months.more
Nearly three million hours of home care promised by the HSE could not be provided last year mainly due to shortage of staff, it emerged yesterday. Although it set a target of 23.67 million hours it provided just 20.79 million, despite over 6,000 people on waiting lists.more
Can birth control pills cause depression in women? The topic has been discussed for years, but the results of subsequent analyzes did not allow for a clear answer. Only the latest study, covering over a quarter of a million women, sheds new light on this issue.more
Australians collecting edible but wild plants were horrified to learn that a live parasite had been removed from the brain of a New South Wales resident. Scientists suspect that a woman collecting plants in a python-inhabited wetland had eaten the eggs of the parasite ophidascaris robertsi, most likely expelled by a host snake, 'The Guardian' daily reported.more
Almost 340,000 people, more than 60 per cent of those who died in England last year, were on a waiting list for a doctor's appointment or scheduled treatment, 'The Times' reported today.more
The emergence of a new coronavirus variant - known as BA.2.86 - has led to an acceleration of the UK's flu and Covid-19 vaccination programme. The UKHSA wants all people at risk to be protected before the wave of infections arrives, which usually occurs in winter.more
Airborne toxic particulates are the most potent external factor damaging human health, a new report indicates. However, their impact is mainly in a few countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Nigeria and Indonesia.more
Patients in England will be the first in the world to be able to receive an anti-cancer injection that will take seven minutes to administer, three-quarters shorter than its intravenous administration, the NHS public health service announced.more
The NHS is expanding its offer of free blood-pressure checks in the community in England to include some barber shops and mosques as well as pharmacies. more
Thirty families are launching legal proceedings against the British government, nursing homes and several hospitals in England over the deaths of their relatives in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the BBC reported yesterday.more
