Climate change through a disaster medicine lens
Australia is heading for a “perfect storm” as climate change ramps up the frequency of disasters and as the population…
Welfare & Policy
63% of nurses choosing food or fuel
RCN strike ballot insights: Two thirds (63%) of nurses choosing between food and fuel and one in five (14%) turn…
Half of health care facilities globally lack basic hygiene services
Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients…
Junk food ad restrictions save £200M
Junk food advertising restrictions prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases and is expected to save the NHS £200m. Restrictions on advertising…
WHO report on vulnerable refugees and migrants
Around the world, millions of refugees and migrants in vulnerable situations, such as low-skilled migrant workers, face poorer health outcomes…
Cost of living is hitting British women’s health
Healthily survey finds cost of living crisis is hitting British women’s health hard: Women hit by the cost of living crisis…
Poverty affects growth of unborn babies
New research led by the University of Aberdeen has shown that poverty is already affecting the growth of unborn babies…
Bring back wartime era ‘national kitchens’
Bring back wartime era, Government-backed 'British Restaurants' to feed those in need - and help take the stigma away from…
African kids medically disadvantaged due to COVID
African kids among those to miss medical appointments due to COVID: Patients seeking treatment for HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, maternal and child…
Exposing inequities in life expectancy
Exposing inequities in life expectancy : a surge in people dying in their own homes is ‘deeply worrying,’ risking a…