Tue 20 December 2022: Tuesday saw a strike by nurses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland over issues of pay and patient safety in a long-running dispute with the government. The latest developments come in a month that has been peppered with strike action across the UK, including by NHS staff including ambulance workers, as […]
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Wed 14 December 2022: A unique proposal to phase out tobacco use in New Zealand was approved into law on Tuesday, prohibiting young people from ever purchasing smokes. Tobacco cannot ever be sold to anyone who was born on or after January 1, 2009, according to the legislation. It implies that the legal smoking age […]
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Fri 09 December 2022: The British statistics body ONS said on Thursday that there were more deaths in the United Kingdom in 2021 as a result of excessive alcohol use than ever before. The Covid-19 pandemic, which saw heavy drinkers consume more more alcohol than in previous years, is likely to blame for this, according […]
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Fri 09 December 2022: The availability of condoms for those between the ages of 18 and 25 will soon be made free, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, who made the announcement on Thursday (December 8). The step is being taken to stop the spread of sexually transmitted illnesses and prevent unintended pregnancies (STDs). Macron […]
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Wed 07 December 2022: Mosquitoes are known for hunting down their preferred ‘human snacks’ through CO2 exhalations, body heat, and odour. But, some of us often complain of getting more than our fair share of bites. There are numerous theories on why mosquitoes may prefer some humans over others — blood type, blood sugar level, […]
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Mon 25 December 2022: About 310,000 chickens will be culled in central Aichi Prefecture in Japan due to an outbreak of bird flu, the Kyodo news agency reported on Monday. Local authorities say this is the first such outbreak in the past 11 years. On Sunday, workers at a farm in Aichi discovered an unusually […]
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Wed 30 November 2022: The experimental drug lecanemab has the “potential” to serve as treatment at early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, according to new trial results. The drug’s developers, Biogen from the U.S. and Eisai from Japan, published results of the study on Tuesday showing the drug as one of the first experimental drugs that […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: A study from Brisbane’s Mater Hospital and the University of Queensland concluded that CBD or cannabidiol oil does not reduce pain, sadness, anxiety, or quality of life among palliative care patients with advanced cancer. The trial studied the effects of cannabidiol oil on the relief of pain, depression, anxiety and quality of […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: Vermont, US: The most popular TikTok content related to food, nutrition, and weight perpetuates a harmful diet culture among teens and young adults, according to new research from the University of Vermont, and expert voices are largely absent from the conversation. The study, which was just published in PLOS One, found that […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: Following a series of consultations with global experts, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced on Monday that it will now use a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. According to a WHO statement, both names will be used simultaneously for one year, while “monkeypox” is phased out. “When […]
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