Medical students in England will have to pass mandatory training to diagnose and treat female health conditions under plans to improve women’s health, as part of a new health strategy announced by the government. The government opened a call for evidence in Spring 2021 to collect views on women’s health from members of the public, … Read more
A hospital in the US is trying to deal with stress amongst staff and patients. They’ve created therapeutic gardens and had visits from baby goats. Find out more about fighting stress in hospitals on the People Fixing the World podcast. Produced and edited by Richard Kenny. Filmed by Dan Pred. Reporter: Myra Anubi. Source link
[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: How does a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine work? COVID vaccines are now available. Some of the COVID-19 vaccines are mRNA vaccines, but what does this mean? mRNA vaccines are different from traditional vaccines. mRNA vaccines don’t expose you to any real virus instead, they’re made with messenger Ribonucleic Acid or mRNA. This is … Read more
This post appears as part of our Healthier 2021 series, in which we follow three WebMD team members as they strive to improve their health this year. You can follow their journeys here. By Laura J. Downey I was on the phone with my sister the other day and she told me … Read more
By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Feb. 11, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Could one shot of a coronavirus vaccine be sufficient if you suffered a case of COVID-19 earlier in the pandemic? Yes, new research claims. A pair of new, small studies found that patients previously infected … Read more
Marjorie Wells, who is 91 and lives alone, says loneliness can be devastating but “it’s no good feeling sorry for yourself”. The retired maths teacher has only left her house once since the lockdown in March. She says the restrictions she experienced during WWII has helped her cope during the pandemic. Source link
The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Monday reportedly chided the UP Police for cremating the 19-year-old Dalit woman who died after allegedly being raped by four upper-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s Hathras in the middle of the night. According to the counsel for the victim’s family, the Bench of Justices Pankaj Mithal and … Read more