by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
PAFailing hospitals will be revealed in league tables and NHS managers sacked if they do not turn things around, the health secretary will tell health leaders at a conference in Liverpool.Wes Streeting is promising a “no-holds-barred, sweeping review” of...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
KFF Health News has sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General to compel it to release a range of Medicare Advantage health plan audits and other financial records. The suit, filed Nov. 12 in U.S. District Court in San Francisco...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
BBCThe question of whether terminally-ill people should have the right to end their lives is dividing MPs as they consider a proposed law to legalise assisted dying.If passed, the landmark bill would offer this choice to those who are expected to die within six months...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
ReutersThe MP behind a bid to legalise assisted dying in England and Wales has argued it would help stop people experiencing “very harrowing” deaths, as she unveiled details of her proposals.Under a bill published on Monday, terminally ill adults expected...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
Getty ImagesA proposed law to legalise assisted dying for terminally ill adults in England and Wales has been formally introduced in the House of Commons. MPs are due to debate and vote on the bill on 29 November – further debates and votes would be needed...
by News Feed Editor | Nov 12, 2024 | Health
Jason Farned and his team at the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District had spent years preparing for the likely arrival of dengue, a dangerous virus typically found in tropical climates outside the mainland United States. They’d watched nervously as...