NHS boss issues plea over repeat prescriptions ahead of bank holiday
Thousands of people call the NHS 111 phone line every month over forgotten prescriptions. Source link
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This Year’s Flu Season: Repeat of Last Year or a ‘Twindemic?’
Nov. 19, 2021 — Cases of the flu, that once annual viral intruder that was regularly the country’s worst annual health crisis, is showing signs of waking up again this fall. But, experts say, it is far too early to say if the country will have a normal – i.e., bad – flu season or … Read more
History Does Repeat: Pandemic Vaccine Uproar Is Nothing New
Oct. 14, 2021 — Even as the fourth wave of COVID-19 cases trends downward, one aspect of the pandemic remains strong: differing opinions on the value of COVID-19 immunization and vaccine mandates across the U.S. Strong feelings around vaccination are nothing new. Claims that link the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine to autism and … Read more
Healing Haiti: The Emotional Trauma of Repeat Crises
Aug. 24, 2021 — Steeve Verdieu was at his workstation in his bedroom when the shaking started the morning of Aug. 14. He jumped under his desk and held on as a 7.2-magnitude earthquake tore through his childhood home in southern Haiti. Verdieu, 25, says all he could think about was 2010, when a … Read more