Image source, Jacobs familyImage caption, Hannah Jacobs was at the dentist when she sipped her drink The mother of a girl who died after having a severe reaction to a Costa hot chocolate has accused the food industry of treating allergen safety training like a “tick-box exercise”, after a coroner concluded she died because of […]
Sweden’s public health agency has recorded what it says is the first case of a more dangerous type of mpox outside the African continent. The person became infected during a stay in an area of Africa where there is currently a major outbreak of mpox Clade 1, the agency said. The news comes just hours […]
The government has announced it will push ahead with compensation payments to infected blood victims. The previous government had announced the scheme in May following publication of the public inquiry report into the scandal. Campaigners had feared the payouts might be delayed because of the election being called shortly after that announcement. But ministers said […]
UK health chiefs say they are making plans in case a new type of mpox virus is detected in the country – but they emphasise the risk is low. It comes as the World Health Organization (WHO) declared on Wednesday that outbreaks in west and central Africa constitute a global health emergency. Mpox, previously known […]
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Gonorrhoea is the second most common bacterial STI in the UK (chlamydia is the most common) Andrew Rogers BBC Newsbeat The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is warning about a small but significant rise in cases of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhoea. Most cases of the sexually transmitted infection (STI) can be treated […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the mpox outbreak in parts of Africa a public health emergency of international concern. The highly contagious disease – formerly known as monkeypox – has killed at least 450 people during an initial outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It has now spread across parts of central […]
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceImage caption, Valdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killings Alison Holt Social affairs editor The critical report into the mental healthcare given to Valdo Calocane – a paranoid schizophrenic who fatally stabbed three people in Nottingham last year – is damning. In the lead-up to the attack, […]
Image source, Matt McBriarImage caption, Matt McBriar said the surgery had gone well Matt McBriar, one half of dance music duo Bicep, has announced he is receiving treatment for a “large and pretty rare” brain tumour. The Belfast-born producer posted about his condition on his Instagram account, external. He said a non-cancerous tumour had been […]
Mpox, the high infectious disease that used to be called monkeypox, has been declared a public health emergency in Africa by the continent’s top health body. Scientists from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) say they are alarmed by the speed at which a new strand of mpox has been spreading. […]
Image source, Nottinghamshire PoliceImage caption, Valdo Calocane was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia three years before the killings Will Jefford BBC News, East Midlands A review has found “a series of errors, omissions and misjudgements” in the care of a killer who stabbed three people to death in the Nottingham attacks. Barnaby Webber and Grace O’Malley-Kumar, […]
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