2014年11月16日 星期日

2014-11-17 U.K. Health

  BBC News   
Bird flu confirmed at Yorkshire duck farm  BBC News
A case of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck breeding farm in East Yorkshire, officials have said. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said the risk to public health was very low. A cull of poultry is being carried out at the site and ...

Bird flu detected on duck breeding farm in Yorkshire   The Guardian
Dutch act after bird flu outbreak   Herald Scotland
6000 ducks will be culled after bird flu is found in Yorkshire: 10-mile restriction ...   Daily Mail
Mirror.co.uk   
Reuters   
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  The Guardian   
GlaxoSmithKline leads Access to Medicine Index  Financial Times
GlaxoSmithKline is leading the pharmaceuticals industry in efforts to widen global access to medicines, according to a closely watched barometer that showed broad improvement in big pharma's approach to the developing world. The UK drugmaker came ...

GSK and Novo top access to meds table for por   PharmaTimes
Corruption tars drug industry drive to improve access for poor   Reuters UK
GlaxoSmithKline tops table in effort to get drugs to developing countries   The Guardian
NEWS.GNOM.ES   
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  Reuters UK   
US heightens Ebola screening for travelers from Mali  Reuters UK
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is adding Mali to the list of countries whose travelers get special Ebola screening after a number of cases in the West African nation, the government said on Sunday. Enhanced screening will start on Monday for ...

Mali added to countries for special Ebola screening in the US   Telegraph.co.uk
Mali Ebola threat back in focus, 'Band Aid 30' single airs   Deutsche Welle
US to screen Mali travellers for Ebola   Aljazeera.com
Jakarta Post   
Huffington Post   
Reuters Africa   
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  The Independent   
New one dollar contraceptive shot for women in developing countries announced  The Independent
Women in 69 of the world's poorest countries will have access to an injectable contraceptive shot priced at just $1. The move to expand access to the contraceptive was announced by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and the ...

Pfizer offers $1 contraceptive to the world's poorest countries   Beta Wired
Pfizer Announces $1 Contraceptive for Women in the Developing Countries   American Live Wire
New $1 Contraceptive to Reach 69 Poor Countries   The Utah People's Post
New Vision   
The Seattle Times   
Daily News & Analysis   
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  Express.co.uk   
Elderly at risk after hospital release  Herald Scotland
Older people returning home from hospital are not getting enough support and are more than twice as likely to be readmitted within three months, according to a new report. Older people returning home from hospital are not getting enough support and are ...

Hospitals 'leave elderly to fend for themselves': Patients sent home without ...   Daily Mail
Crisis for home alone elderly out of hospital   Express.co.uk
More support urged after discharge   Yahoo News UK

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  Mirror.co.uk   
Patients have difficulty booking an appointment at one in every SIX GP surgeries  Mirror.co.uk
Patients had difficulties booking appointments at one in six GP surgeries, new inspections have found. The Care Quality Commission also discovered some practices did not identify problems well, and did not learn from their mistakes. Chief GP inspector ...

Care Quality Commission warns over GP appointment struggle in England   Western Daily Press
Health watchdog calls for hospitals to improve   Lancashire Evening Post
Some patients 'struggling to book with GP', watchdog says   BBC News

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  Gloucester Citizen   
Gloucestershire councillor's call for graphic safety messages on e-cigarette ...  Gloucester Citizen
Graphic safety messages should be displayed on all e-cigarette chargers say fire authorities, after new statistics show a surge in fires connected to the devices. Latest reported figures from fire services up and down the country reveal that since 2012 they have ...

E-cigarette Kits Should Have Safety Warnings Due to Explosions   Digitpedia
Fire chiefs call for warning labels on e-cigarette kits   Lincolnshire Echo
Calls for safety warnings after 'exploding' e-cigarette chargers cause more than ...   The Independent
Daily Mail   
Daily Echo   
Gloucestershire Echo   
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  Daily Mail   
Sharp rise in women over 60 treated for alcoholism: Number seeking help for ...  Daily Mail
Over-60s now make up nearly one in ten of all women undergoing formal alcohol dependency programmes. Experts say the startling rise in older problem drinkers has been driven by our growing culture of stay-at-home boozing. More people than ever have ...

older women seek help for alcoholism   The Times (subscription)
More over-60s treated for drinking   South Wales Guardian

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  Mirror.co.uk   
Auld Enemy stars unite to help fight Ebola  Herald Scotland
SCOTLAND and England footballing stars will appeal to millions of TV viewers to help protect children from Ebola before tomorrow's kick-off in the friendly between the two sides. SCOTLAND and England footballing stars will appeal to millions of TV viewers ...

Government to match donations to Ebola fund raised from appeal by Wayne ...   Mirror.co.uk
Ebola appeal to air during football   Yahoo News UK
UK Government to match Ebola charity donations at Scotland v England game   stv.tv
Scottish Football Association   
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  The Times (subscription)   
Doctors punished for hiding death rates  The Times (subscription)
Surgeons will face penalties if they refuse to publish figures on the death rates of their patients, the medical director of NHS England said yesterday. Sir Bruce Keogh said that the move was necessary to help with quality of care, but doctors' representatives ...

Publish death rates or you will be sacked, NHS warns surgeons: Cancer units ...   Daily Mail
NHS medical director: Surgeons must publish death rates   The Independent
Surgeons told to publish mortality rates or face penalties   BBC News
Darlington and Stockton Times   
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