Almost 350,000 nursing staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be asked to vote from Monday on a 3.6% pay increase. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has already dismissed the award as “grotesque” and says the vote will be crucial in determining the next steps which could include a ballot for strike action. … Read more
A view of solar panels and wind turbines installed at the Adani Green Renewable Energy Plant in Khavda, Gujarat, October 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP As the sweltering heat of summer reaches its peak, our thoughts turn towards the approaching rainy season. Data collected by weather stations and rain gauges for over a century tell … Read more
Michelle Roberts Digital health editor, BBC News Getty Images Scientists believe they have found a new effective antibiotic for gonorrhoea, which could be one of the most promising in decades. Gepotidacin can treat and clear the sexually transmitted infection just as well as existing antibiotics and appears to be able to tackle some emerging drug-resistant … Read more
CDFD Director Ullas Kolthur-Seetharam is also involved in the TIFR study on how sweet beverages consumption leads to obesity and diabetes. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Researchers at the Advanced Research Unit on Metabolism, Development & Aging (ARUMDA), at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)-Mumbai and TIFR-Hyderabad, have unveiled a comprehensive understanding of the … Read more
Getty Images The hike in national insurance contributions (NICs) set for April will see some Northern Ireland GP practices going under if the government does not provide a bail-out, according to a senior doctor. The Royal College of GPs in Northern Ireland (RCGP) told Stormont’s Public Accounts Committee the move could be “catastrophic”. Employers currently … Read more
People who have already had norovirus, the winter vomiting bug, could be at risk of catching it again this season, experts from the the UK’s Health Security Agency say. Data shows a different strain of the virus is on the rise and having had one strain doesn’t necessarily protect you from catching another, they advise. … Read more
RAJAMAHENDRAVARAM All workers in chicken shops and poultry farms within the 10-km surveillance zone of the three bird flu hotspots in East Godavari district are being sent for medical tests to check for possible human infections. The measure follows the recent detection of avian influenza in the district’s poultry sector. The first bird flu case … Read more
Chartered accountants V. Bhagyateja and Gopi Devarakonda at a meeting organised on the Union Budget in Tirupati on Sunday. PRSI president K. Srinivasa Rao and Secretary D. Chandramohan are seen. | Photo Credit: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar Speakers at the ‘Discussion on annual budget 2025’ organised by the Tirupati chapter of Public Relations Society of India … Read more
Annabel Rackham Health reporter, BBC News Getty Images Health watchdog NICE is asking doctors and other healthcare professionals to identify patients at risk of gambling addiction GPs and other healthcare professionals in England should help identify potential problem gambling, in the same way they look for alcohol and smoking addiction, new guidance says. In its … Read more
Mumbai: As digital technology is dominating the discourse of contemporary and future healthcare solutions, the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI) has stressed that India is yet to fully realise that potential and it is crucial to develop models that ensure Digital Health solutions extend to rural India.” “Currently, most digital health solutions are concentrated … Read more