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Nov 2019
Public Health England has confirmed cases of the tick-borne brain virus encephalitis in two parts of England, on the Hampshire-Dorset border and Thetford Forest. The authority say the risk to people is still “very low” and are monitoring the situation to check how common the infected ticks may be. Public Health England’s Dr Nick Phin,…
05
Nov 2019
A report on vaccine uptake in England has concluded that the NHS system for reminding parents to have their children vaccinated is ‘inconsistent’ and making an appointment can be difficult, adding that there should be a greater push to identify underserved and vulnerable groups. In the last seven years, there has been a reduction in…
05
Nov 2019
Recent figures show that the number of hospitals regularly understaffed with nurses has nearly tripled in the last five years, with the worst hit departments including geriatric medicine, acute medicine, critical care, neonatal care and cardiology, where quality care is essential in order to save lives. Information obtained through a series of Freedom of Information…
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Oct 2019
Cancer Research UK has teamed up with British and American scientists to search for the earliest signs of cancer in an effort to detect and treat the disease before it emerges. The new International Alliance for Cancer Early Detection, which has come together to share ideas, technology and expertise in this area, says that working…
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Oct 2019
US scientists say a new way of editing the code of life could correct 89% of DNA errors that cause disease. The new prime editing technology has been described as a “genetic word processor”, which is able to precisely re-write the genetic code, and has been used to correct damaging mutations in the lab, including…
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Oct 2019
Scientists at King’s College London looked at data from a selection of nine cities in England and calculated that days with above average pollution levels would see an additional 124 cardiac arrests over the course of 12 months. Simon Stevens of NHS England said it was evidence of “a health emergency”. He added “It’s clear…
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