Sharon BarbourHealth correspondent, BBC North East and Cumbria Supplied Baby Saskia had the typical measles rash Nowhere in the north-east of England and Cumbria has the childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccination rate of 95% needed to achieve the “herd immunity” at which point disease does not spread, latest figures show. Middlesbrough has the … Read more
Kris Holland BBC News, East of England Getty Images Women across the East of England are now able to self-refer to their local maternity services Thousands of expectant mothers in the East of England have taken up a new NHS service and more are being encouraged to take part. Women across Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex, Cambridgeshire … Read more
Family handout Louise Gleadell died aged 38 from cervical cancer after being wrongly told her tests were negative in both 2008 and 2012 The family of a mother who died from cervical cancer after twice being wrongly told she had negative results have been awarded undisclosed damages. The misreporting of Louise Gleadell’s cervical screening results … Read more
A 45-year-old woman, Cemala Lalitha, was found dead in her residence in Warasiguda nearly a week after she died due to suspected heart stroke. Her daughters, aged 25 and 23, who were in a state of deep depression, did not inform anyone about the death until Friday, said the police. “They were in a state … Read more
A case has been filed against Instagram in connection with indecent content involving mothers and sons. The case has been filed under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) and the Information Technology (IT) Acts, following instructions from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR). A notice has also been issued to … Read more
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made an impassioned plea to the women of his country to have more children and raise them as communists. During the Fifth National Conference of Mothers in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un stressed the need to reverse the declining birth rates in the country. He stated that stopping the decline … Read more
“Being a doctor, I thought I had good knowledge of lactation and breastfeeding already,” Elsa John, an anaesthetist and a first-time mother in Vellore, told this author. “But nothing prepared me for the doubts that came in the initial days when I had to do it.” She recalled that a nurse pinched her nipples hard … Read more
Tanya Ednan-Laperouse and Emma Turay say more needs to be done as the deaths were “preventable”. Source link
