Lockdown weight gain averaging half a stone – survey
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Four in 10 adults in England have become fatter during the pandemic, a survey suggests. BBC News – Health
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Pre-pandemic, more than half of hospitals nab above-average Leapfrog safety grades
Dive Brief: One-third of the nation’s hospitals received A grades for the quality of care they provide, according to the Leapfrog Group’s annual survey, which graded more than 2,700 acute care facilities nationwide. Another 24% received B grades, suggesting that the nation’s hospitals are generally performing well in terms of the quality and safety of… Read More »
Covid London: Just half of carers vaccinated in Lambeth care home with South Africa variant outbreak
Revealed: Just 50% of care home staff have been vaccinated in London borough where nursing home is at centre of South African Covid variant outbreak Ten residents and 13 staff infected with the South Africa variant at a single care home in Lambeth, London Outbreak is thought to have been triggered by someone who travelled… Read More »
Almost half of HIV diagnoses in Europe are late, with serious impact on health outcomes
Almost half of HIV diagnoses in Europe are among people whose immune systems have already been seriously weakened by HIV, an international team of investigators report in BMC Infectious Diseases. Just under half a million people, half of them in Russia, are estimated to have received a late HIV diagnosis between 2010 and 2016. Late… Read More »