Dr. Anthony Fauci thanked America’s health care workers, who “every single day put themselves at risk” during the pandemic, even as he acknowledged that PPE shortages had contributed to the deaths of more than 3,600 of them. “We rightfully refer to these people without hyperbole — that they are true heroes and heroines,” he said… Read More »
An experienced pharmacist who went against her concerns and dispensed a hardcore chemotherapy drug to a patient who died days later has been found guilty of professional misconduct. Melbourne pharmacist Jennifer Barca inappropriately dispensed an unsafe dose of methotrexate to Ian Gilbert, 77, despite raising concerns with his doctor the dose prescribed was too high.… Read More »
People with HIV were more likely to be admitted to hospital with COVID-19 and more likely to die in hospital due to COVID-19 than people without HIV, and people with more advanced HIV disease or unsuppressed viral load were more likely than other people with HIV to be hospitalised, a review of surveillance data in… Read More »
A report from Public Health England (PHE) found the death rate for those with a learning disability was 30 times higher in the 18-34 age group. BBC News – Health
Officials record 13 more coronavirus victims in hospitals in England but none in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland amid confusion over government’s decision to have five different death tolls Scotland today marked four full weeks without a single death from coronavirus, its government revealed A full round-up of the total number of Covid-19 fatalities will… Read More »