Daily News on Health

AI projects to tackle racial inequality in UK healthcare, says Javid

2021-10-20 05:00:05 UTC

AI projects to tackle racial inequality in UK healthcare, says Javid Exclusive: health secretary signs up to hi-tech schemes countering health disparities and reflecting minority ethnic groups dataArtificial intelligence is to be used to tackle racial inequalities in the NHS under government plans to level up healthcare.It Read more at The Guardian

NASA's Lucy probe is 'healthy' but experiencing problem with solar array - CNET

2021-10-18 04:34:00 UTC

NASA NASA said Sunday one solar array hasn't latched properly, noting it should pose "no threat to its health and safety."
Read more at CNET

BC removes fees from influenza shot as part of COVID-19 effort Cowichan Valley Citizen - Cowichan Valley Citizen

2021-10-19 18:55:00 UTC

BC removes fees from influenza shot as part of COVID-19 effort Cowichan Valley CitizenCowichan Valley Citizen
Death toll rises to 12 as COVID-19 outbreak continues in B.C. care homeCBC.ca
Manitoba says 30 health-care workers Read more at Cowichan Valley Citizen

BC health officials to provide live COVID-19 update on Tuesday | News - Daily Hive
2021-10-19 16:23:00 UTC
1. BC health officials to provide live COVID-19 update on Tuesday | NewsDaily Hive
2. No big staffing holes at southern Manitoba care homes as worker vaccine deadlines kick inCBC.ca
3. B.C. health officials to speak Tuesday as Pfizer as Read more at Daily Hive
  
  How climate change is affecting Canadians' health: report - CTV News
  2021-10-20 23:56:24 UTC
  1. How climate change is affecting Canadians' health: reportCTV News
  2. Reports: Health problems tied to global warming on the riseCP24 Toronto's Breaking News
  3. More needed to prevent deaths from climate-change driven heat waves, fire Read more at Ctvnews.ca
    
    Inaugural speech: Quebec to decentralize health, create daycare spaces - Montreal Gazette
    2021-10-19 19:21:14 UTC
    1. Inaugural speech: Quebec to decentralize health, create daycare spacesMontreal Gazette
    2. In inaugural speech Legault forecasts big changes, especially decentralizing health managementCTV News Montreal
    3. With health emergency ending Read more at Montreal Gazette
      
      Polish daily COVID-19 cases rise almost 85% in one week, says deputy minister - Reuters
      2021-10-19 06:13:00 UTC
      Poland will report 3,931 COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, a deputy health minister said, an increase of almost 85% compared to the previous week.
      Read more at Reuters
      
      Czechs report highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases since April - Reuters
      2021-10-19 06:53:00 UTC
      The Czech Republic detected 2,521 new cases of COVID-19 on Oct. 18, the highest daily tally since late April, data from the Health Ministry showed on Tuesday. Read more at Reuters
      
      Slovakia's daily COVID-19 cases hit new peak since early March - Reuters
      2021-10-20 08:54:00 UTC
      Slovakia reported 3,480 new COVID-19 cases on Oct. 19, its highest daily tally since March 9, health ministry data showed on Wednesday.
      Read more at Reuters
      
      Lebanon's suffering Roman ruins | Reuters Video - Reuters.com
      2021-10-18 17:27:29 UTC
      Thousands of tourists used to flock to the Baalbek UNESCO heritage site, but the global health crisis and Lebanon's deep economic crisis are hitting tourism. Natalie Powell reports. Read more at Reuters
      
      Surgeons test transplanting pig kidney into human - Reuters.com
      2021-10-20 16:07:58 UTC
      Surgeons at NYU Langone Health say they successfully transplanted a kidney from a gene-edited pig into a human recipient without the patient immediately rejecting the organ. Read more at Reuters
      
      Senegal logs zero new COVID-19 cases for first time since pandemic began - Reuters
      2021-10-20 11:23:00 UTC
      Senegal recorded zero new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday for the first time since the pandemic began, the health ministry said.
      Read more at Reuters
      
      Team USA to have plenty of mental health support in Beijing - Reuters
      2021-10-18 17:21:00 UTC
      The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) said on Monday it will have a number of mental health resources in place at the 2022 Beijing Olympics to help protect the well-being of its entire delegation. Read more at Reuters
      
      Singapore extends COVID-19 curbs to Nov. 21 - health ministry - Reuters
      2021-10-20 11:27:00 UTC
      Singapore will extend its social curbs to contain the spread of COVID-19 for around a month in order to ease the pressure on the healthcare system, its health ministry said on Wednesday. Read more at Reuters
      
      Pension, health costs to dwarf COVID debt legacy in long term -OECD - Reuters
      2021-10-19 09:02:00 UTC
      The costs of repaying debt raised to help households and businesses through the COVID-19 crisis will be dwarfed by those from long-term trends like funding pensions and health services as societies age, the OECD said in a report on Tuesday. Read more at Reuters
      
      On the edge: UK health service facing growing winter pressures - Reuters
      2021-10-20 06:36:00 UTC
      The National Health Service is close to the edge of being overwhelmed in many parts of Britain and pressure is only going to increase as winter approaches, the head of a healthcare system body said on Wednesday. Read more at Reuters
      
      At the edge: UK health service facing growing winter pressures - Reuters
      2021-10-20 06:44:00 UTC
      The National Health Service is close to the edge of being overwhelmed in many parts of Britain and pressure is only going to increase as winter approaches, the head of a healthcare system body said on Wednesday. Read more at Reuters
      
      Italian police use water cannon to break up health pass protest at port - Reuters
      2021-10-18 11:38:00 UTC
      Italian police used water cannon and tear gas on Monday to clear a sit-in at the port of Trieste, where opponents of the government's mandatory COVID-19 health pass have tried to block access. Read more at Reuters
      
      Hollywoods Behind-the-Scenes Workers Reach Deal, Averting Strike
      2021-10-17 14:36:38 UTC
      The tentative agreement came hours before a strike deadline and avoids a production shutdown at TV and movie studios already scrambling to make up for time lost in the pandemic. Read more at New York Times
      
      Sen. Blumenthal says Zuckerberg needs to testify about Instagram and kids
      2021-10-20 19:48:05 UTC
      Senator Richard Blumenthal is again calling on Mark Zuckerberg to testify about Facebooks research into Instagram and child safety. It is urgent and necessary for you or Mr. Adam Mosseri to testify to set the record straight and provide members of Congress Read more at Engadget