by News Feed Editor | Mar 30, 2026 | Health
In 2013, a scientist at Abbott Laboratories saw study results with potentially big implications for the company’s profits and the lives of some of the world’s most fragile people: preterm infants. The upshot, she wrote in an email: Babies fed rival Mead Johnson...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Health
As with many skin conditions, TSW can manifest differently with different skin colours. On white skin it glows an intense red, but on black or brown skin it can appear as deep purple, brown, or with a greyish tinge, which often makes it even harder to spot and...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 28, 2026 | Health
In England, where there are 1,821 sonographers, vacancy rates have doubled since 2019 – from 12% to 24%, their analysis found. In the south east of England, 38% of posts were vacant, with 30% vacant in the North West. Only 11% were unfilled in the North East and...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Health
The Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, has asked independent experts in the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) to look again at the decision not to vaccinate teenagers. There have been separate calls to consider an immunisation programme for...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Health
Children’s commissioner for England Dame Rachel de Souza and Russell Viner, professor of paediatrics and adolescent health at University College London, have reviewed the latest evidence, finding that long periods of time spent on screens alone can affect...
by News Feed Editor | Mar 27, 2026 | Health
Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claiming wins in reducing the problem while simultaneously saying more controls are needed. It has...
