14 March 2023
Junior doctors in England go on strike to protest against low pay, part of a larger trend of NHS staff demanding pay increases amid rising inflation and declining morale.
Tag: United Kingdom (UK)
21 February 2023
A ballot by the British Medical Association among nearly 37,000 junior doctors, covering more than half of all junior doctors in England, shows that 98% support a 72-hour walkout in March that will be the longest yet to hit NHS services.
9 January 2023
Senior doctors describe the NHS as being on a “knife-edge”, with A&E units struggling to keep up with demand.
15 September 2022
Artificial intelligence can help spot the early signs of deteriorating patients in hospital wards, but its application is yet to be tested.
10 December 2021
UK health secretary Sajid Javid says Omicron cases double every 2.5 to 3 days, faster than Delta’s 7 days.
9 November 2021
Travellers from approved countries, including Malaysia, who are fully vaccinated with the newly authorised Sinovac, Sinopharm, or Covaxin, will be exempt from quarantine requirements upon arrival in England from Nov 22.
22 October 2021
Dr Eric Topol highlights waning immunity and vaccine coverage below 80%, factors that could lead to similar outbreaks in other countries.
13 October 2021
More than 20,000 deaths could have been prevented if a national lockdown was instituted at least a week earlier, according to a report by two UK parliamentary committees.
6 September 2021
The independent JCVI considers the margin of benefit too small to support universal vaccination of healthy children aged 12 to 15, as Covid-19 infection is asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic in the vast majority of children.
22 April 2021
The UK -- whose 67.1-million population is double Malaysia’s 32.7-million population -- reported 2,524 new Covid-19 cases yesterday (April 21), slightly higher than Malaysia’s 2,340 fresh infections.