#theguardian.com. × Trump disrupting US bird flu response as outbreak worsens. Experts’ concern grows as communication breaks down among federal agencies responsible for tackling epidemic
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × ‘Disruptive, unfair and cruel’: jobs lost and treatment stopped as USAid freeze hits HIV care in Zimbabwe. Facilities have been forced to close as halt in funding impacts country’s donor-dependent health sector
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Two die in far north Queensland as health authorities warn of spike in melioidosis. Surge in tropical bacterial infection since beginning of wet season possibly linked to recent heavy rainfall, Cairns doctor says
#Feb.14.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Robert F Kennedy Jr confirmed as health secretary by Senate. Vaccine skeptic will now lead US’s vast healthcare system after gaining backing of key Republican senators
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × NSW Labor accused of trying to ‘redesign’ a mental health system with no psychiatrists. Patient care compromised by closing beds and shifting workload to less qualified staff, motion claims
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Senate expected to vote on RFK’s bid to be health secretary – US politics live. Vaccine sceptic likely to face early vote after wavering Republicans said they would support appointment
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × ‘A fight for our lives’: Trump’s USAid freeze is harming millions of women and girls. A 90-day stop-work order means many clinics around the world will shut and vital care will be withheld
#Feb.13.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Minister to meet staff at Bankstown hospital as two nurses’ anti-Israeli video threats investigated. Ryan Park says it’s his job to regain Jewish community’s trust in the NSW health system
#Feb.12.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Share of wealth held by Australia’s poorest falls by almost 30% since 2004 – report. Study by Monash University recommends spending increase to fix inequalities in housing, health and education
#Feb.12.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Sydney nurses stood down after claiming they would kill Israeli patients in social media video. PM has condemned footage as ‘sickening’ as police and the healthcare watchdog investigate the incident
#Feb.12.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × UK health insurer Vitality to offer members discounted anti-obesity drugs. Third-largest healthcare insurer will be first to give 20% off treatments such as Wegovy and Mounjaro through health cover
#Feb.12.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Judge orders CDC and FDA to restore webpages removed after Trump order. US agencies told to reinstate critical public health information that had been scrubbed from public view
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × NSW Health could save $35m a year by giving psychiatrists a 25% pay rise, modelling suggests. Exclusive: Modelling assumes the pay rise would entice psychiatrists back to work and reduce state’s reliance on casual doctors over four years
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Dirty water and endless wars: why cholera outbreaks are on the rise again. The number of cases globally has surged since 2021, as war and the climate crisis pile pressure on vaccine supplies
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Lucy Letby and the medical experts who believe she is innocent – podcast. She was called the worst child serial killer in Britain in modern times. So why are medical experts saying her conviction is unsafe? Josh Halliday and Felicity Lawrence report
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × UK shoppers inspired by health food trends on social media ‘lift retail sales’. Year-on-year credit and debit card spending in January is highest upsurge since March 2024, says Barclays
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Mental health patients with nowhere to go cost NHS £71m in England, report finds. Accommodation shortages caused 109,000 days of delayed discharge in 2023-24, says National Housing Federation
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Migrant workers in UK to fill care roles ‘charged up to £20,000’ in illegal fees. Survey by Unison finds people on health and care worker visas also having to share beds and sleep rough
#Feb.11.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Trump’s anti-diversity executive orders threaten Americans’ health, experts say. As certain terms are scrubbed from US health agency websites decades of vital data is vanishing, advocates warn
#Feb.10.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × US-funded ‘social network’ attacking pesticide critics shuts down after Guardian investigation. v-Fluence halts operations after widespread backlash over private portal profiling environmental health advocates
#Feb.10.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Fears grow for health of social media influencer arrested on live TV in Sierra Leone. Hawa Hunt’s detention a month ago was politically motivated, say daughter and rights groups, who also raise concerns about her treatment in jail
#Feb.10.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK. Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers
#Feb.09.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × ‘I’m picturing my death’: alarm as RFK Jr closes in on health secretary role. The Trump ally’s health plans have delighted his supporters – but others are horrified by the potential for harm
#Feb.09.2025 ×
#theguardian.com. × Contraceptives and menopause treatments to be subsidised as federal government pledges $573m for women’s health. Birth control devices and HRT therapies to be listed on PBS alongside Medicare and bulk-billing changes, with Coalition immediately backing policy
#Feb.09.2025 ×
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