April 19, 2022 – It’s become all too familiar in recent years: People gather for holidays, COVID-19 cases rise, and hospitalizations follow. Now, just beyond our first batch of holidays since Christmas and New Year’s Eve – which led to a massive Omicron spike – the medical community is watching closely for a potential rise … Read more
Health authorities in Scotland and England are looking into 71 unusual cases of the illness. Source link
Feb. 22, 2022 — The calls kept coming into the National Runaway Safeline during the pandemic: the desperate kids who wanted to bike away from home in the middle of the night, the isolated youths who felt suicidal, the teens whose parents had forced them out of the house. To the surprise of experts who … Read more
“The continual drip-feed approach to funding, which, as a result of bureaucracy, fails to reach providers in a timely manner, is indicative of an approach that does not properly value the people who receive or deliver care,” NCF chief executive Vic Rayner says. Source link
Dec. 17, 2021 — Top infectious disease officials expect a surge of COVID-19 cases after the holidays and say Omicron will soon take over as the dominant strain in the United States. The best way to stay protected is by getting vaccinated and boosted, they say. “For the unvaccinated, you’re looking at a winter of … Read more
Schools open their classrooms to millions of pupils in England and Wales with hopes and fears. Source link
The decision comes after hundreds of medical workers caught Covid despite being fully vaccinated. Source link
The town has seen a sharp spike in Covid cases – driven by the emergence of the Indian variant. Source link
MUMBAI: It’s just not the novel coronavirus that is keeping pharma and healthcare honchos awake at night. Pharma companies, hospitals and healthcare firms are being increasingly hit by another lethal virus lately, and this one is from the virtual world. Researchers reported a 45% increase in cyberattacks on healthcare organisations worldwide between November and December. … Read more
Christmas gatherings were cut back but was there still an impact on Covid cases? Source link