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CukMet Eylül 04, 2021

ABC News: Health

UK economy showed resilience ahead of big lockdown easing

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:13 AM PDT

Official figures show that the British economy contracted by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, a relatively modest contraction given that the country was in the midst of a strict lockdown to combat a second wave of the coronavirus

Slovakia plans to keeping using AstraZeneca despite pause

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:09 AM PDT

Slovakia's health minister says the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine should remain part of his country's vaccination program

UK's Johnson urged to bring forward inquiry into pandemic

Posted: 12 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has confirmed that an independent public inquiry into the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic will start hearing evidence next year

The Latest: Japan leader pushes Olympics despite few shots

Posted: 12 May 2021 06:58 AM PDT

A newspaper ad in Japan has condemned the government for forcing people to endure the pandemic without vaccines

COVID-19 infections surge among prisoners in Bangkok

Posted: 12 May 2021 06:19 AM PDT

Nearly 3,000 inmates at two prisons in Thailand’s capital have tested positive for COVID-19 as the country battles a new wave of the coronavirus

Panel suggests WHO should have more power to stop pandemics

Posted: 12 May 2021 05:30 AM PDT

A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has published its final report, listing an array of recommendations about how the world can better prepare for another

Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo

Posted: 12 May 2021 02:23 AM PDT

When Shekinah was working as a nurse’s aide in northeastern Congo in January 2019, she said, a World Health Organization doctor offered her a job investigating Ebola cases at double her previous salary _ in exchange for sex

Official says fire at ICU in Egypt hospital kills 2 patients

Posted: 12 May 2021 02:13 AM PDT

An Egyptian official says a fire broke out in an intensive care unit of a government-run hospital, leaving two patients dead

Red Cross warns that coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia

Posted: 12 May 2021 02:09 AM PDT

The International Federation of the Red Cross says coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections over the past two weeks

16 new cases cause worry in Taiwan, Tsai says don't panic

Posted: 12 May 2021 01:59 AM PDT

Taiwan’s president has sought to reassure the public that the government is capable of withstanding a further outbreak of COVID -19 after 16 local cases were detected

Public service in the US: Increasingly thankless, exhausting

Posted: 12 May 2021 12:42 AM PDT

Historically, public service jobs have given people a chance to give back to their communities while earning solid benefits, maybe even a pension

COVID-19 pet boom has veterinarians backlogged, burned out

Posted: 11 May 2021 10:28 PM PDT

Veterinarians nationwide are dealing with a COVID-19 pet boom

Data expert testifies at landmark West Virginia opioid trial

Posted: 11 May 2021 06:30 PM PDT

A data expert testifying at a landmark opioid trial in West Virginia says the potency of prescription drugs sent to local communities increased over time, but the three large drug distributors being sued tried to discredit his analysis

AP PHOTOS: Jumbo Mumbai COVID-19 hospital treats thousands

Posted: 11 May 2021 06:10 PM PDT

Inside Mumbai's BKC jumbo field hospital, a health worker adjusts the oxygen mask of a COVID-19 patient as doctors, nurses and specialists keep a close eye and monitor hundreds of sick people. The pop-up mega hospital in India’s financial capital is mounted with tents and metal partitions and looks like a war room. It has a capacity of more than 2,000 beds with state-of-the-art medical facilities, including intensive care units and beds with oxygen and ventilators. It is mostly full. Its doctors and nurses constantly monitor patients, holding the hands of some to calm them as they have problems breathing, or touching them to see how responsive they are. In some cases they help patients use a mobile phone to speak to family members, who are not allowed visit. India’s western Maharashtra state, home to Mumbai, is one of the country’s worst-hit states, grappling with a surge of coronavirus infections that has overwhelmed hospitals and made field facilities like BKC...

'Monster': 7 life sentences for ex-hospital worker in deaths

Posted: 11 May 2021 05:58 PM PDT

A former nursing assistant has been sentenced to seven consecutive terms of life in prison for injecting seven elderly veterans with fatal doses of insulin

Younger adolescents get ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Posted: 11 May 2021 03:24 PM PDT

Parents, schools and vaccine clinics are rushing to get younger adolescents inoculated after U.S. regulators endorsed Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 12

Medicare requires nursing homes to report COVID vaccinations

Posted: 11 May 2021 02:13 PM PDT

Medicare says it will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff

US doctors group issues anti-racism plan for itself, field

Posted: 11 May 2021 01:58 PM PDT

The nation’s largest doctors group has released a comprehensive anti-racism plan

Dutch move toward further easing of coronavirus lockdown

Posted: 11 May 2021 11:42 AM PDT

The Dutch government says zoos and theme parks will be allowed to re-open next week under strict conditions and bars and cafes can extend the opening hours of their outdoor terraces, if hospital and ICU admissions continue to fall

Europe's rights body fears virus measures hurting democracy

Posted: 11 May 2021 10:00 AM PDT

Europe's human rights watchdog is warning that democratic rights and personal freedoms have been eroded during the coronavirus pandemic
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