15
Dec 2020
Monday, 14 December: Azeem Rafiq has filed a legal claim against Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) under the Equality Act. The former under-15 and under-19 England cricket captain is claiming direct discrimination and harassment on the grounds of race, as well as victimisation and detriment as a result of his efforts to address racism…
29
Jan 2016
Officials from Public Health England have announced that due to the success of the MMR vaccination, pregnant women will no longer be screened for rubella in England, from April 2016, with the rest of the UK also considering the measure. Rubella, also known as German measles, is usually quite mild, causing a fever and rash.…
27
Jan 2016
Scientists from hospitals and institutions in the US, including Harvard University, have been successful in halting Type 1 diabetes for at least six months by implanting cells that produce insulin. Following implantation in mice, the cells, which were generated from human stem cells, immediately started to produce insulin in response to blood glucose levels, and…
27
Jan 2016
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that, following a report into the unnecessary death of a child, the NHS 111 phone line service is to undergo a ‘fundamental’ reform. The phone service was introduced in early 2014 in order to replace the NHS Direct phone line. The change was criticised due to the fact that…
26
Jan 2016
Plans to close Huddersfield Royal Infirmary’s Accident and Emergency department have led to angry protests during a meeting to discuss the proposal. If the plans go ahead, it could mean that patients in Huddersfield would have to travel to Wakefield, Halifax or Barnsley for emergency treatment. The Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs)…
22
Jan 2016
A review involving over four million patients has suggested that an irregular heartbeat is riskier for women, and that women with atrial fibrillation (AF) are nearly 50% more likely to have strokes and fatal heart disease than men. Connor Emdin of the University of Oxford, part of the team that conducted the study, said “One…
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