Getty Images A child receiving a vaccination The UK is at a “tipping point”, with low uptake of routine vaccinations putting children at risk of catching severe diseases, health officials say. Stalling vaccination rates against some diseases, such as whooping cough and measles, means population immunity is no longer high enough to stop outbreaks. Latest … Read more
A minister responds to a coroner over the death of Melissa Kerr, who died during surgery in Turkey. Source link
He explained that he had not been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, but had been warned of the heightened risk. “It’s not a pre-deterministic gene, but it is a strong indication,” he said. “Ten years ago, I think it was more thought of as determinant.” Source link
Scrap dealers attending a meeting called by authorities in Coimbatore on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The recent car blast in Coimbatore has made authorities dust off provisions of the Tamil Nadu Scrap Merchants and Dealers in Second-Hand Property and Owners of Automobile Workshops and Tinker Shops (Regulation, Control and Licensing) Act, 1985. Scrap … Read more
A lack of staff to care for people giving blood is thought to be behind the shortage in England. Source link
Dr Sylvie Briand, director of global infectious hazard preparedness at the WHO, added: “It’s the first time, so it means that dogs can be infected, but it doesn’t mean that the dog can transmit the disease and infect other dogs, nor does it mean that the dog can re-infect human if it is infected.” Source … Read more
“I thought why not, it’ll be an adventure, it’d be something different,” she said. “It’ll be a change from what I’m used to. It will be good for the children as well. They’ll be exposed to a new culture, new environment, you know, they learn how the world works.” Source link
The NHS website has had thousands more visits this week after the campaigner’s death. Source link
In rare cases, that can be passed on to others – although it shouldn’t make them ill, particularly if they have already been vaccinated themselves, according to Prof Beate Kampmann, an immunologist and vaccine expert at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Source link
FRIDAY, March 5, 2021 (HealthDay News) — You might decide your frizzy locks aren’t so bad after all, given a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that most hair straightening/smoothing products release formaldehyde gas, a human carcinogen. Being exposed to formaldehyde for longer periods of time and at higher concentrations increases … Read more