BBC Dame Ruth May was England’s chief nurse from 2019 until she retired in July 2024 Nurses bore the brunt of the pandemic, with low staffing levels and difficulties accessing protective equipment, according to England’s former chief nurse. Dame Ruth May told the Covid inquiry the NHS had been understaffed in 2020, in part because … Read more
A sudden surge in conjunctivitis cases has struck Telangana | Photo Credit: The Hindu A sudden surge in conjunctivitis cases has struck Telangana, leaving educational institutions grappling with alarming outbreaks. The outbreak first emerged in Telangana in July and has continued to escalate over the past month. The L.V. Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) in Hyderabad … Read more
Representational image only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu GUWAHATI India’s older women are facing the brunt of exclusion and are increasingly becoming victims of abuse, a survey ahead of the UN-recognised World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (June 15) has revealed. The survey by a professional research agency was released on June 14 in ‘Women & … Read more
Sept. 12, 2022 – From the earliest days of the COVID-19 pandemic, people of color have been hardest hit by the virus. Now, many doctors and researchers are seeing big disparities come about in who gets care for long COVID. Long COVID can affect patients from all walks of life. But many of the same … Read more
At a children’s hospital near the besieged city, the true impact of Russia’s tactics are on display. Source link
By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Oct. 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has hit minority groups in the United States hard, with significantly more deaths among Black and Hispanic Americans compared with white and Asian Americans, a new study finds. According to the report, these disparities highlight the need to … Read more