Health
UK nurses stage new walkout over pay
UK nurses on Tuesday staged a second one-day strike amid an increasingly acrimonious fight with the government for better wages and warnings that patient safety could be jeopardised.
Dec 20, 2022
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Health
UK nurses stage unprecedented walkout
UK nurses on Thursday staged an unprecedented one-day strike in a fight for better wages and working conditions, despite warnings patients could be put at risk.
Dec 15, 2022
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Health
Striking UK nurses say walkouts over pay 'last resort'
UK nurses are set to walk out on strike for the first time in their union's 106-year history this week, insisting they are taking action as a "last resort".
Dec 12, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Research suggests deaf children more at risk of developing emotional well-being issues
Research from Queen's University Belfast suggests that deaf children are more at risk of developing mental health and emotional well-being issues compared to children who can hear.
Nov 10, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Transitioning from the military to civilian life can take a lifetime, new research shows
The process of transitioning from the military to civilian life can take a lifetime and support should be available for decades after people leave the services, a major new study shows.
Oct 24, 2022
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
COVID infections rise in England and Wales
The number of people testing positive for COVID-19 has gone up in England and Wales for the first time in two months, official statistics showed on Friday.
Sep 23, 2022
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Vaccination
UK approves Pfizer bivalent COVID vaccine ahead of booster drive
The UK's drug regulator said Saturday it had approved an updated COVID-19 jab by Pfizer/BioNTEch targeting the original virus and a subvariant ahead of an autumn booster drive.
Sep 3, 2022
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Health
Children and teens more physically active, but inequalities remain
Physical activity levels in children and teenagers across Ireland and Northern Ireland have improved slightly over the past eight years but not all children and teens have an equal chance to be active, a new Active Healthy ...
Aug 29, 2022
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Health
Death literacy: Why it's important to talk about dying
When it comes to talking about death, we have no shortage of euphemisms. This is perhaps most famously illustrated in Monty Python's dead parrot sketch from 1971. A pet shop worker insists to a customer that his new parrot ...
Jun 29, 2022
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Global access to abortion still highly unequal
After the US Supreme Court on Friday made the country the first to withdraw abortion rights, here is a snapshot of highly unequal access to terminations around the world.
Jun 24, 2022
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