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Posted onDominic Hughes Global Health Correspondent Getty Images The study examines the impact of emergency vaccine roll-outs for five major infectious diseases, including Ebola Emergency vaccination programmes – rolled out in response to outbreaks of five major diseases – are believed to have reduced deaths by around 60% over a period of 23 years, according to…
What next for troubled Nottingham NHS trust after £1.6m fine?
Posted onAsha Patel BBC News, Nottingham BBC Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust oversees two main hospitals – Nottingham City Hospital (pictured) and the Queen’s Medical Centre The NHS is largely funded by public money paid for through taxes and national insurance. In February, one of the busiest and biggest NHS trusts in England was given…
Vaginal mesh: Im in constant pain – woman harmed by mesh urges action on redress scheme
Posted onKath Sansom, founder of Sling The Mesh, who will be handing in the letter at Downing Street with MP Sharon Hodgson and others, said pelvic mesh had “stolen women’s health, irreversibly ruined their quality of life, their independence, and their future”.
‘It gave me my voice back’: How group singing is helping new mums with postnatal depression
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Covid-19: Children and teenagers share impact of pandemic in new report
Posted onBranwen JeffreysEducation Editor and Erica Witherington BBC When lockdown started, college student Sam was living with his mum because his parents were separated. Then his dad died unexpectedly, leaving him feeling that “something had been stolen” from him. His experience is one of many being highlighted as the Covid-19 public inquiry prepares to look at…
