Racism is the “fundamental cause” of COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy among ethnic minority groups, according to a newly published briefing from the Runnymede Trust and The University of Manchester’s Center on the Dynamics of Ethnicity. During the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program in the U.K., explanations for the lower vaccination rates in people from ethnic minority groups focused on differences […]

The U.S. Senate passed a bill by Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., that aims to improve maternal health in rural areas that lack internet access. The Data Mapping to Protect Moms Lives Act will locate areas where there is both a lack of access to broadband and high maternal mortality rates to see where investment in programs such as Telehealth would […]

When it comes to studying food and diet, it's difficult to know what people are eating – let alone their risk of disease caused by what they eat. Doctors and researchers usually ask people to fill out a long-from food frequency questionnaire that estimates caloric intake, food groups and nutrients. That relies on a person's memory and may not provide […]

A new meta-analysis shows that psychiatric medications can give some protection against COVID-19, with the common antidepressant fluvoxamine showing the strongest effect. Patients taking fluvoxamine showed reduced symptoms, with the analysis indicating that mortality was around 15% lower than in those not taking fluvoxamine. The analysis considered 30 clinical studies, including 145,000 patients. The resulting paper, “Psychotropic drug repurposing for […]

There has been a lot of debate recently about the quality, safety and cost of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) services. Some of it relates to the types of providers people purchase services from. Some NDIS service providers are registered with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. To be registered, service providers must undertake compliance and auditing processes, which can […]

Although it is both a religious rite and cultural practice, male circumcision is primarily done in the United States as a means of preventative health care. Yet Medicaid funding for this neonatal procedure has been decreasing for decades. A new article in the journal AIDS and Behavior titled "The 1982 Medicaid Funding Cessation for Circumcision in California and Circumcision Rates" […]

Another THREE kids die of Strep A in UK as death toll hits 19 and pharmacists get power to prescribe alternative antibiotics because of drug shortage Some 19 children have died with the bacterial infection across the UK  Pharmacists will now be able to prescribe alternative antibiotics for Strep A  READ MORE: Prescriptions for penicillin increase five-fold in three weeks  Another […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – A growing number of China’s doctors and nurses are catching COVID-19 and some have been asked to keep working, as people showing mostly moderate symptoms throng hospitals and clinics, according to medical staff and dozens of posts on social media. China’s health authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment on infections among medical […]

How a FIFTH of Britain is waiting on the NHS: Poll lays bare dire state of health service – and reveals over HALF of country finds it ‘difficult’ to see GP The poll, carried out by the Office for National Statistics, surveyed 2,542 people It showed a third of those felt the wait to be seen made their condition worse […]

Cultured meat (also known as cell-based or lab-grown meat) is a promising, more environmentally friendly alternative to meat produced from traditional livestock farming. However, production costs are still high and need to be reduced before it can become widely available. Now, researchers from Singapore and China have found a way to use food waste for culturing meat, reducing production costs […]