A revised approach to how emergency services respond to patients in motor vehicle collisions (MVCs) could help to save lives, according to new research.
Aug 8, 2022
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After news broke that the U.S. declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency, friends and family started asking me, an infectious disease epidemiologist, if monkeypox is about to begin causing widespread death and chaos. ...
Aug 8, 2022
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Stricter COVID-19 lockdown measures coincided with an increase in serious self-harm triggered by social isolation in children and young people, according to a new study published in BJ Psych Open.
Jul 29, 2022
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A study from the University of Warwick has found that school-based defibrillators (AEDs) that are accessible outside of school hours could be effective in treating over two thirds of Out of Hospital Cardiac Arrests (OHCAs) ...
Jul 28, 2022
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In the first year of the pandemic, San Francisco and other communities in California offered private hotel rooms, three meals a day and on-site medical services to homeless people who were at risk of getting severe COVID-19.
Jul 27, 2022
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Having emergency services work together to attend mental health emergencies reduces the likelihood of the person in crisis ending up in hospital, a study from the University of Otago in New Zealand has found.
Jul 21, 2022
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As the latest Omicron subvariant fuels climbing case counts in the United States, the Biden administration has extended the country's public health emergency status through mid-October.
Jul 18, 2022
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Research from the University of Southampton has found around 58% of Ukraine refugees and displaced people are struggling to access health care in their new location.
Jul 14, 2022
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Citing federal law, the Biden Administration on Monday said that if a pregnant woman's life is in danger, hospitals must provide her with care, including abortion services.
Jul 12, 2022
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University of Liverpool researchers have played their part in an evaluation showing that key workers in Liverpool carrying out daily testing prevented COVID-19 from crippling emergency services.
Jul 5, 2022
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