Jacqui Wise

Improving infection prevention could avoid 750 000 deaths a year, say experts

Over 750 000 deaths associated with antimicrobial resistance could be prevented in low and middle income countries every year by…

1 month ago

Sixty seconds on . . . the pandemic treaty

What’s this about?In March 2021, in response to the covid-19 pandemic, more than 20 world leaders and the director general…

2 months ago

Whooping cough: What’s behind the rise in cases and deaths in England?

Five infants died of whooping cough in England in the first three months of 2024. As rates of the disease…

2 months ago

Pregnant women in UK offered extra opportunity to screen for Edwards’ syndrome

The UK National Screening Committee has recommended including a test for Edwards’ syndrome as part of the fetal anomaly screening…

2 months ago

RCGP and Faculty of Public Health top climate and health scorecard

The Royal College of General Practitioners and the Faculty of Public Health have jointly topped this year’s climate and health…

3 months ago

RCP members vote to limit physician associate roles amid calls for president to resign

Members and fellows of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) have voted overwhelmingly to limit the pace and scale of…

3 months ago

Homelessness is a public health emergency, report warns

People who are homeless are “at the bottom of the pile” when trying to access healthcare and are frequently discharged…

4 months ago

Fertility clinic in east London has licence suspended over “significant concerns”

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) has ordered the Homerton Fertility Centre in east London to stop any new…

4 months ago

Covid-19: Two rare vaccine side effects detected in large global study

The largest vaccine safety study to date has identified two new, but very rare, side effects associated with covid-19 vaccines—transverse…

4 months ago

Covid inquiry: Tears and tensions as Sturgeon takes the stand

Jacqui Wise reports on the final week of evidence taken in Scotland, which included that from the country’s former first…

5 months ago

This website uses cookies.