24 h. ago Valneva Scotland earns prestigious global health and safety award

Valneva Scotland earns prestigious global health and safety award

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6 d. ago No, South Africa’s HIV care is not ‘under control’. To pretend so recalls the dark days of Aids denialism | Yvette Raphael and Sibongile Tshabalala

It is not just Trump’s funding cuts that have led the country to a health crisis. The real collapse comes from a lack of political courage to actNo one should be surprised that the health system in South Africa is straining in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s cruel gutting of HIV funding. What is shocking is the political will to pretend otherwise.As public health workers, researchers, academics, people living with HIV and civil society organisations, we reject the narrative put forward by the government that things are “under control”. Testing has dropped. Frontline workers are being dismissed. Clinics that served our most marginalised communities have closed or are struggling to keep their doors open. And those most affected, such as transgender people, sex workers and drug users, have not been meaningfully included in any transition planning. The National Treasury and the Department of Health are at odds with each other. Officials within the health department are at odds with each...

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7 d. ago Ayrshire hospitality firm earns prestigious B Corp certification

Buzzworks has become the first multi-venue hospitality business in Scotland to achieve B Corporation certification.

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2 w. ago Progress unravelled, and millions left vulnerable: how British aid cuts threaten British health too | Sarah Champion

The UK faces a critical choice: follow the global trend of disengagement or stand firm in backing health securityRight now, aid reductions across the globe are jeopardising decades of progress against preventable diseases, leaving millions of people vulnerable. This retreat from global health threatens to unravel hard-won advances against diseases we have nearly conquered.Polio, which paralysed hundreds of thousands of children annually just 40 years ago, has been eliminated in most parts of the world. Meanwhile, there has been a resurgence of diseases such as measles and cholera in populations besieged by conflict and climate emergencies.Sarah Champion is the Labour MP for Rotherham Continue reading...

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2 w. ago What has caused the global spike in new Covid variant 'Nimbus' NB.1.8.1?

The new 'Nimbus' strain is the latest Covid variant, and cases have been confirmed in the UK.

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2 w. ago Matt Vogt: Business booming at my dental practice after US Open qualification

Vogt earned his place at the prestigious tournament when he swapped the drill for the driver and made it through qualification.

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2 w. ago Why has there been a global surge of new Covid variant NB.1.8.1?

Scientists and experts believe the variant is more transmissible than previous variants

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2 w. ago It’s my goal to live to 100 – and it’s not just diet and exercise that will help me achieve it | Devi Sridhar

Every time my mind goes down the ‘optimisation’ route, I’m reminded of my job as a public health scientist, looking into the factors that affect how long we will liveProf Devi Sridhar is chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh, and the author of How Not to Die (Too Soon)For much of the past century, life expectancy continually increased. In most countries in the world, children could hope to live, on average, longer, healthier lives than their parents. This expectation is still true of the mega-wealthy. In fact, tech billionaires and multimillionaires have recently been fixated on finding the secret to longer life, convinced that with enough money, technology and cutting-edge science, they can stave off the inevitable for a few more decades to reach 120 or even 150 years old.But their efforts aren’t trickling down to the rest of us. The world’s health crises are getting worse, with life expectancy going backwards in several high-income countries, such as the UK ...

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2 w. ago Ayrshire school earns prestigious gold award for 'flexible learning experiences'

The school offers a wide range of flexible learning experiences.

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2 w. ago Concerns raised over measles risk as families take summer breaks in Europe

Health experts said there had been a global increase in measles cases.

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3 w. ago Are there billions more people on earth than we thought? If so, it’s no bad thing | Jonathan Kennedy

A study suggests the global population has been undercounted – but we shouldn’t let the overpopulation alarmists win the argumentAccording to the UN, the world’s population stands at just over 8.2 billion. However, a recent study suggests the figure could be hundreds of millions or even billions higher. This news might sound terrifying, but it is important to remember that anxieties about overpopulation are rarely just about the numbers. They reflect power struggles over which lives matter, who is a burden or a threat and ultimately what the future should look like.The world’s population reached 1 billion just after the turn of the 19th century. The number of people on the planet then began to grow exponentially, doubling to 2 billion by about 1925 and again to 4 billion about 50 years later. On 15 November 2022, the UN announced the birth of the eight billionth human.Jonathan Kennedy teaches politics and global health at Queen Mary University of London, and is the author of Pathoge...

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