A general view of staff on a NHS hospital ward at Ealing Hospital in London. File photo dated 18/01/23 Sun 31 March 2024: Mental illness costs England £300bln a year, equivalent to nearly double its NHS budget, according to research. Researchers for the Centre for Mental Health thinktank analysed the economic, health and care […]
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Kobayashi Pharmaceutical’s president Akihiro Kobayashi (2nd L) has apologised for not acting sooner. Sat 30 March 2024: Health inspectors in Japan raided a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical plant after the pharmaceutical company disclosed that a fifth death may have been connected to its dietary supplements, which were promoted as aiding in cholesterol reduction. On Saturday, representatives from […]
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Fri 29 March 2024: A recent survey showed that public satisfaction with Britain’s National Health Service (NHS) fell to a record low in 2023, with long waiting times cited as a major reason. The British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey, which was published by The King’s Fund and the Nuffield Trust on Wednesday, asked over 3,300 […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: On Monday, March 25, medical professors in South Korea declared that they will cut back on their practice hours in support of medical students who have been on strike for more than a month. The government’s plan to boost medical school admissions has been met with protests from the trainee doctors. […]
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Mon 25 March 2024: McDonald’s stores across Sri Lanka shut Sunday after the US fast-food giant launched a legal battle with its local franchise holder over allegations of poor hygiene, court officials said. The Commercial High Court of Colombo ordered the closures until April 4, after the parent company accused the local franchise holder of […]
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Sun 24 March 2024: In a historic decision, the German parliament authorized the partial legalization of cannabis for personal use, giving the nation some of the most liberal cannabis laws in Europe. The much-debated bill was finally passed by the Bundesrat, or upper house, on Friday. It will allow people to possess up to three […]
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Fri 22 March 2024: In early March 2024 the residents of Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city and the economic capital of the country, were hit by extended cuts in water supplies. This was a new low after months of continuous deterioration. Professor in the School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand […]
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Thu 21 March 2024: Cholera outbreaks worldwide are deeply linked to climate change, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said Tuesday after a meeting of a key advisory group on immunization. Dr. Kate O’Brien, the WHO’s director of immunization, vaccines and biologicals, spoke at a press conference of the organization’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: A Spanish newspaper has reported that the drastic drop in poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has opened a gap for fentanyl in Europe. A report from the European Drug Monitoring Center warns of the risk that a possible lack of global supply will be replaced with “more harmful synthetic opiates, such as […]
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Tue 19 March 2024: Elon Musk has defended taking prescribed ketamine to treat his “negative frame of mind,” suggesting that his use of the drug is good for Tesla’s investors. In an at-times tense interview with former CNN host Don Lemon, Musk said that he finds the anaesthetic helpful when he is suffering from a […]
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