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Two east London hospitals have asked patients to stay away after their emergency departments were hit by flooding on Sunday. Whipps Cross is without power and evacuating 100 inpatients and Newham hospital is asking patients to use other A&Es for urgent care. Ambulances are being redirected after torrential rain caused severe flooding in homes, roads […]

Raleigh have unveiled the Stride, the first consumer electric cargo bike from the well-known British brand, which is scheduled to go on sale this August. Two versions are available: the Stride 2, a two-wheeled model with a long wheel base, and the Stride 3 trike, a three-wheeled version with two wheels in front and one […]

PA Media Senior doctors in England will be asked whether they want to consider industrial action over the 3% pay rise offered by the government. The British Medical Association union says tens of thousands hospital consultants will be contacted. It previously said industrial action may be considered if senior doctors were not given at least […]

Getty Images Throughout the pandemic, statistics have been used in misleading and false claims about the impact of Covid-19 and the use of vaccines. Here are four recent claims we’ve fact-checked. Claim: Cremations and burial rates are no higher than normal Verdict: This is not correct. Across the UK, there was a sharp increase in […]

Scientists in the Netherlands have mimicked the way parasitoid wasps lay eggs to design a new tool for keyhole surgery. Currently tools used in these procedures are prone to clogging because they use suction. The new device avoids this by using friction. The team, at Delft University of Technology, have a working prototype and hope […]

Pacemaker Two Northern Ireland health trusts have appealed for off-duty staff to come to work on Sunday evening and overnight due to hospital pressures. The Belfast and South Eastern trusts said they were under “extreme pressure” due to a rapid increase in patients with Covid-19. The South Eastern Trust said it had significant staff shortages […]

Convenience is the currency of the modern world—be it in entertainment, business and, yes, healthcare. Many of healthcare’s best innovations to date are born with convenience in mind. From faster, more accurate diagnostic tools, simpler lab work, and administrative streamlining, to telehealth and virtual appointments, patients have reaped significant benefits when inventors, researchers, and providers […]

PA Media The number of people testing positive for Covid-19 has continued to fall in the UK, the latest daily figures show. The UK recorded 29,173 new cases on Sunday – down from 48,161 logged a week earlier on 18 July. The number of new infections by date reported has fallen for five days in […]

Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) posed a roadblock in the path of sequencing giant Illumina’s $7.1 billion proposed acquisition of Grail, a healthcare company focusing on early cancer detection, and importantly, a 2016 spin-out from the former. Right now, the European Commission (EC) is also investigating the soundness of this deal. The […]

Payers are expecting healthcare utilization to return to pre-pandemic levels, and as a result, are not factoring in additional costs or savings into their 2022 premiums, according to a report by the Kaiser Family Foundation. For the report, authors reviewed the initial 2022 premium rate filings for insurers participating in the Affordable Care Act exchanges’ […]

With the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s  eviction moratorium set to expire in days, millions of households are still behind on rent. As of the first week of July, about 1.4 million people out of 7 million surveyed said it was very likely that they would face eviction in the next two months, according […]

Adverum Biotechnologies disclosed in late April that a patient treated with its experimental gene therapy for diabetic macular edema (DME) experienced an unexpected drop in eye pressure, inflammation, and vision loss. That patient has been treated and is improving, though monitoring of the remaining patients has revealed similar problems in four others—two of which required […]