HEALTH

Beijing appears to retract vaccine mandate after pushback from residents

Beijing appears to retract vaccine…

The Chinese capital Beijing appears to have backed off a plan to launch a vaccine mandate for entry into certain public spaces after pushback… Read more

US allows pharmacists to prescribe Pfizers COVID-19 pill

US allows pharmacists to prescribe…

Pharmacists can prescribe the leading COVID-19 pill directly to patients under a new U.S. policy announced Wednesday that’s intended to expand… Read more

US to diversify infant formula industry to avoid shortages

US to diversify infant formula…

The Biden administration is trying to help foreign makers of baby formula stay on the U.S. market for the long term, in an effort to diversify… Read more

Sleep problems can lead to teen depression

Sleep problems can lead to teen…

New evidence suggests that sleep difficulties, long thought to be a symptom of adolescent depression, might actually come first.

A new paper,… Read more

Marital status likely key factor in predicting early stage gastric cancer survival

Marital status likely key factor…

Marital status is likely to be an important contributory factor in predicting long term survival in people with early stage gastric cancer, suggests… Read more

Vitamin D supplement overdosing is possible and harmful warn doctors

Vitamin D supplement overdosing…

'Overdosing' on vitamin D supplements is both possible and harmful, warn doctors in the journal BMJ Case Reports after they treated… Read more

Rural women who use illegal drugs less likely to use contraception risk dangerous pregnancies

Rural women who use illegal drugs…

Women in rural areas who use illicit drugs have low rates of contraceptive use and high rates of unintended pregnancies compared with women living… Read more

Covid infections jump by half a million in UK says ONS

Covid infections jump by half…

Covid infections are rising again across the UK, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show.

An estimated 2.3… Read more