WHO: COVID still an emergency but nearing ‘inflection’ point
The World Health Organization chief says the coronavirus remains a global health emergency.
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Firefighters vote for first national strike in 20 years as talks to avert teacher strikes fail – as it happened
Firefighter say government and employers have ten days to avert strike as teaching union says talks produced no breakthroughQ: There are 1.5m people with learning disabilities, but only 17,000 learning disability nurses. What can you do improve that?Su…
Rishi Sunak set to unveil emergency care plan to slash NHS waiting times
Experts warn plan does not address staff vacancies and £1bn fund pledged is not new money Rishi Sunak will vow to rapidly slash long waiting times for urgent NHS care with a promise of thousands more beds, 800 new ambulances and an expansion of communi…
Long-term sickness leaving 1.6m UK adults over 50 unable to work
Campaign charity Rest Less says figures illustrate not only a national health issue but an economic oneMore than 1.6 million adults aged 50 and over are unable to work because of long-term sickness amid ballooning NHS waiting lists and an exodus from t…
‘Debilitating’ effects of pandemic linger on for Britain’s young
Exclusive: from physical and mental and health to education and careers, two studies detail ways in which young still suffer‘We’re on permanent catch-up’: how Covid has changed young Britons’ livesYoung people have been “disastrously” affected by the c…
NHS faces ‘alarming’ exodus of doctors and dentists, health chiefs warn
Exclusive: Report suggests four in 10 doctors and dental professionals may quit health service by 2028‘Please help us’: NHS workers reveal extent of workplace pressuresThe NHS faces an alarming mass exodus of doctors and dental professionals, health ch…
New technology deployed in search for tiny, potentially deadly missing radioactive capsule
Authorities have conceded the capsule of highly radioactive material may never be found after disappearing on a 1,400km journeyFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news p…
‘Risk of future deaths’: coroner issues rare warning to health secretary over hospitals crisis
Inquest into case of a 61-year-old Norfolk woman left in an ambulance queue triggers challenge to Steve BarclayA coroner has urged the health secretary to take action to prevent needless deaths after a woman died of heart failure following a four-hour …
Czech pair defend Australian Open doubles title; millions of RATs to expire in coming months – as it happened
This blog is now closed. Follow our next Australia news live blog here when it launchesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThere are reports of delayed and diverted flights at Sydney airport after an air control tow…
Australian period underwear makers deny using ‘forever chemicals’ after Thinx settles suit in US
Modibodi and Bonds say they avoid using PFAS chemicals, which break down slowly over time and have unclear health impactsFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast…