Sun 15 September 2024: A change in rules meant to control flow of immigrants has led to a staggering 81 percent drop in visas for health and care workers. If you are an ageing Brit looking for a care worker to help you carry out everyday tasks, good luck finding an affordable resource anytime soon. […]
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Fri 13 September 2024: A friend of mine, on a recent trip to the gym, declined to use the machine for drying his trunks – that gym equivalent of a salad spinner which removes excess water from your swimming costume. His reason? The amount of “faecal excrement” it was likely to contain. I went ahead […]
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Mon 09 September 2024: The North West had the fifth highest HIV prevalence rate in the country at 12.3% in 2022, with HIV prevalence in the province at 20.8% among those aged 25 to 49 years old overall. In addition, a large number of people living with HIV (PLHIV) in the province were women. This […]
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Tue 03 September 2024: From skin to hair, scabs and even tears, the external appearance of the body can offer clues about the state of your health. But there’s another part of the anatomy that’s often overlooked: the feet. Feet are wired up to nerve fibre tracts from the brain so you can stand, balance and wiggle your toes. […]
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Sat 31 August 2024: The Keir Starmer-led UK government is contemplating stricter rules on outdoor smoking as part of an effort to eliminate tobacco use. These new rules might include banning smoking in places like pub gardens, outdoor dining areas, near hospitals and sports venues, as reported by BBC. These new restrictions are expected to […]
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Sat 31 August 2024: Mpox cases in Nigeria have risen to 48, with the virus now reported in the capital Abuja and 20 other states, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC). Despite the increase in cases, no fatalities have been reported so far. The government received a shipment of 10,000 vaccine doses […]
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Fri 30 August 2024: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has mandated more people show photo identification when buying tobacco products, as the health regulator raised the age verification requirement by three years. As part of a rule finalized by the agency on Thursday, the FDA now requires retailers to verify the age of anyone […]
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Thu 29 August 2024: A groundbreaking initiative, BEAT-Tuberculosis, has become the world’s first programme in the battle against drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) for all population groups, influencing the international TB treatment policy of the World Health Organisation (WHO). The principal investigator leading this study, Dr Francesca Conradie, explained that the study’s success in demonstrating the safety […]
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Wed 28 August 2024: More than half the world does not trust its drinking water, and expects to be harmed by it in the next two years, a new global survey has found. The study was done using nationally representative data from 148,585 adults in 141 countries from the 2019 Lloyd’s Register Foundation World Risk […]
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Tue 27 August 2024: Hair speaks volumes. The way we cut, style and colour often acts as a representation of who we are. But hair is more than just aesthetic. It also has many important functions – preventing heat loss from the skin for instance, or (in the case of our eyebrows) stopping sweat dripping […]
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