Background The introduction of advanced practitioners (APs) is one approach to addressing health and care workforce shortages, with around 6000 APs working in primary care in England. There is…

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In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.

Glasses use verbal cues and floating text to assist wearers and are expected to be available in early 2027 AI software that can be embedded into smart glasses has won a £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia. Built into chunky, black-rimmed frames that have a camera, microphone and speakers, the tech – known as CrossSense – guides wearers through everyday life by means of a chatty assistant called Wispy. Continue reading...

Last year it was China’s answer to tariffs, now it’s Iran’s retaliation to airstrikes – ‘America First’ keeps foundering on global economics, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

At times like this you have to thank your lucky stars that the opposition leader is not in Downing Street

In his first speech as Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F Kennedy Jr laid out a plan to restore trust. The COVID-19 pandemic saw public faith in Federal health...

Company admits three pollution events that killed fish and insects in Pools Brook country park near Chesterfield

Anand Giridharadas tells The News Agents why he believes there is a lesson of unity to be taken from the Epstein Files, and why the suppression of global citizens is as much a story as the horrific…

COVID-19 vaccination with a booster reduces the odds of PE by 30% approaching 60% reduction among women with pre-existing morbidities.

Intranasal CR9114 is safe in humans, and twice-daily dosing confers protection against influenza virus challenge in macaques.

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