Britain’s daily Covid cases are DOWN for first time in two months with 39,906 infections – but map reveals outbreak grew in all but FIVE of areas of England last week and more have been pinged than ever Today’s case numbers mark a 17.8% drop on the number last Thursday and first time they’ve fallen… Read More »
Shoddy, incomplete, fawning news coverage of screening tests is one of the most clearly established problems in health news coverage – something HealthNewsReview.org has revealed countless times over the past 15 years. A public relations news release 22 days ago – from “a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early” – touted study… Read More »
Four-month-old kitten has to be put down after catching Covid from its owner: Study confirms two cases of human-to-cat transmission in Britain during 2020’s first wave The Ragdoll cat developed critical lung damage from a case of pneumonia University of Glasgow study said sick owners could pass virus onto their pets It is not clear,… Read More »
Dive Brief: A new survey by Doximity concludes that physician incomes rose only 1.5% this year compared to 2019, a steep drop compared to the steady 4% average increases recorded in recent years. The 2020 pay bump is also nearly a full point below the U.S. inflation rate, although they are still compensated handsomely. The survey… Read More »
Doctors in the US recently published a fascinating case of a 17-year-old boy presenting to emergency with a three-day history of chest pain. Multiple tests failed to diagnose the cause of the mystery illness, until the teenager revealed he made his own clothes and often held sewing pins in his mouth. Sure enough, x-rays and… Read More »
The city of Leicester may be facing a localised lockdown after a rise in coronavirus cases, Home Secretary Priti Patel has confirmed. Speaking on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show, she said it was “correct” that the government was considering the move, reported in the Sunday Times. Figures on June 16 showed about 25% of the… Read More »
Losing weight can seem overwhelming—you have to figure out how to eat healthily and fuel your body properly, plan an exercise regimen that wborks for you, get plenty of sleep, and ultimately make hundreds of choices each day that will either bring you closer to your goal or throw you completely off track. But if… Read More »