Prepare for ‘postcode lockdowns’: Minister Helen Whately hints there WILL be localised restrictions to stop spread of Covid variants when national curbs are eased – but care homes could be back open for visits in WEEKS Government considering using postcode lockdowns when national curbs eased Would see localised areas hit by variants shutdown and subject… Read More »
Flights between Australia and New Zealand have resumed after nearly a week, following a coronavirus outbreak scare. The travel bubble between the nations was put on hold when a 56-year-old woman New Zealand woman tested positive for the highly-contagious South African COVID-19 variant after completing 14-days in hotel quarantine in Auckland. She had tested negative… Read More »
New HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men fell by 20% after the implementation of a publicly funded PrEP programme in Scotland, while HIV incidence in a large cohort of men attending sexual health clinics fell by 43%, Professor Claudia Estcourt of Glasgow Caledonian University and colleagues report in AIDS. “We show that it is… Read More »
In a state of insulin resistance, blood sugar stays too high for too long. The vast majority of the studies used digestible starch as the control. Also, fg seens to be higher than evening glucose. You should always wash your hands before testing, but some soaps have additives like honey or a fragrance that can… Read More »
Can’t see the audio player? Click here to listen. Emergency care gets complicated after a hospital closes. On a cold February evening, when Robert Findley fell and hit his head on a patch of ice, his wife, Linda, called 911. The delays that came next exposed the frayed patchwork that sometimes stands in for rural health… Read More »