All news on the topic: Public Health

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Southern Water fined £7.1m for illegal sewage dumping off Kent coast
Southern Water has been fined more than £7 million at Canterbury Crown Court after dumping sewage illegally off the Kent coast between 2019 and 2021.
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Experts warn 90% pure cocaine is driving surge in deaths across Britain
A woman whose sister was left brain dead after taking super-strength cocaine has sent an urgent warning to users as crime gangs flood UK streets with lethal coke which is 90% pure.
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Peru bans imports from five pharmaceutical firms after substandard cancer drugs probe
As reported by The bureau investigates, back in March, we told you about some early impact from our investigation into bad cancer drugs that had been imported by Peru.
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Rare crusted scabies outbreak forces closure of hospital ward in Wales
A Welsh hospital ward has been forced to close following an outbreak of a rare and highly contagious form of scabies.
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Scotland’s only specialist heart surgery unit investigated after rise in patient deaths
Families whose loved ones died after surgery at a specialist heart service have been contacted by health bosses amid a spike in mortality rates.
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Classified audit found no Hungarian hospital met minimum patient safety standards
At least ten years ago, the Orbán government already had documentation showing that the healthcare system was struggling with systemic problems, yet they never spoke about this openly.
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Boy, 11, dies of rabies after waking up with bat on his face despite no visible bite
An 11-year-old boy died from rabies less than three weeks after he woke up with a bat lying over his nose and mouth.
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Ebola scare at Glasgow hospital ends after patient tests negative
A patient feared to have the deadly and contagious Ebola virus at a Glasgow hospital has tested negative, health officials have confirmed.
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Ebola case detected in France as virus kills 267 and infects 1,000 in spiralling outbreak
The first case of the deadly Ebola virus has been detected in France after a doctor returned from a visit to the Congo.
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NHS maternity scandal: hundreds of babies and mothers died in “toxic” Nottingham failures
A damning inquiry has found that hundreds of babies and mothers died or suffered harm due to deeply rooted systemic failures and “cruel” care at Nottingham hospitals over more than a decade.
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Over 30,000 Scots sought urgent mental health help — two thirds turned away
Two thirds of Scots seeking urgent mental health help are turned away, with waits in some areas stretching beyond three years.
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“Zombie” drug crisis haunts Boston as World Cup fans arrive for England clash
The district has been dominated by sprawling tent encampments and brazen open-air drug dealing - with desperate addicts openly injecting and taking drugs in broad daylight.
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UK hit with rare red heat warning as temperatures set to soar to 40C
A rare red weather warning has been issued for extreme heat as temperatures are set to skyrocket to 40C this week.
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Two children die from measles in England as cases surge past 700 this year
Two children have died from measles in England this year, while more than 100 new cases have been reported in the past two weeks, health officials said on Thursday.
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From council estate to coup plotter: Wes Streeting quits as Labour civil war erupts
As Health Minister Wes Streeting announces his resignation today, it’s believed he stands poised to fight for the top spot as the Labour Party navigates a civil war.
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Ten Britons flown to UK after deadly rat virus outbreak on quarantined cruise ship
Ten Brits linked to a deadly rat virus outbreak on a cruise ship are being flown to the UK to isolate.
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Deadly “rat virus” may have spread beyond quarantine groups after passengers flew to multiple countries
Two rat plague ship evacuees have tested positive for the deadly disease just hours after health officials had given them the all-clear to leave the ship.
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Trapped at sea: Why the deadly hantavirus outbreak aboard the Hondius has alarmed health authorities worldwide
As the MV Hondius set sail from Ushuaia, the world’s southernmost city, on April 1st, the gray skies over Tierra del Fuego cleared, lighting up the fresh snow on the mountain peaks and the autumn foliage closer to the shore.
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UK launches emergency repatriation of passengers from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship
Brits are being flown home from the virus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius, with passengers and crew scheduled to arrive back on British shores on Sunday.
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UK traces contacts after Britons exposed to hantavirus aboard quarantined cruise ship
Two British people are self-isolating at home after potentially being exposed to hantavirus aboard the cruise ship at the centre of a deadly outbreak.
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Farage under pressure as party candidates accused of spreading deadly Covid misinformation
Families who lost loved ones in the Covid pandemic have written to Nigel Farage, after a Byline Times‘ investigation revealed that one of the party’s local election candidates branded the coronavirus crisis a “staged event”.
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Public health experts call tobacco bill a ‘gamechanger’ for future generations
More than 1,200 public health leaders have urged for the quick passage of the tobacco and vapes bill through parliament to “protect future generations.”
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UK authorities raid factory producing counterfeit weight loss injections
A factory producing counterfeit weight loss injections has been raided and dismantled, in what officials have called the largest single seizure ever recorded.
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British woman dies of rabies after puppy scratch in Morocco: first photo of the victim released
A British woman who died of rabies after contracting the disease by being scratched by a puppy on holiday has been pictured for the first time.
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Birmingham offers free pest control as garbage hasn’t been collected for over a month
Birmingham Council is offering ’temporarily free’ pest extermination services amid the bin strikes plaguing the city.
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