Vaccine rollout won’t reduce COVID deaths until ‘well into February’, warns NHS ch …
THE vaccine rollout will not reduce hospital admissions or deaths until “well into February”, an NHS chief warned yesterday.
Medical management without dialysis offers alternative therapy
When patients face advanced kidney disease, dialysis and transplantation are usually considered the two likely modality options.
тем не мение, nephrologists and other care givers who support conservative management of patients with chronic kidney disease – often called active medical management or medical management without dialysis – said offering this option and collaborating with patients who prefer management of their life with kidney failure without dialysis is taking a patient-centered approach.
“Medical management without dialysis is about quality of life the way the patient
‘We won’t save Union’ Czech MEP issues stern warning as she blasts EU’s vacc …
CZECH MEP Katerina Konecna issued a stern warning to Brussels chiefs over the bloc’s unified plan to deliver coronavirus vaccines, as she claimed the system simply “doesn’t work”.
ДО Н.Э. teenager free to move forward with gender-affirming surgery after mother’s lawsuit tossed
A teenager in B.C. is free to move forward with his gender-affirming chest reconstruction surgery after a Supreme Court justice tossed his mother's attempt to stop the procedure, finding she made "egregious misstatements" while fighting an issue that's already been settled in court.Lawyers for the teenager, who turns 18 this spring, said he was "relieved" to hear the justice had ruled in his favour. "Our client is hopeful he can get on with his life ......
Janet Yellen says Biden must ‘act big’ with coronavirus relief package
The treasury secretary nominee says that despite debt implications, benefits of big spending outweigh the risks
Janet Yellen, US president-elect Joe Biden’s nominee for treasury secretary, told lawmakers on Tuesday that “the smartest thing we can do is act big” on the next coronavirus relief package, adding that the benefits outweigh the costs of a higher debt burden.
In testimony at her virtual confirmation hearing, Yellen said her task as treasury chief would be twofold: first to help Americans endure the final months of the coronavirus pandemic, and second to rebuild the US economy “so that it creates more prosperity for more people and ensures that American workers can compete in an increasingly competitive global economy”.
‘Clearly irresponsible’ EU officials shamed after ‘essential’ trip sparks Co …
EUROPEAN UNION officials have been shamed as they desperately try to defend a visit to Lisbon as “essential business” – despite three European commissioners going into isolation following the trip due to coronavirus fears.
Single Covid vaccine dose in Israel ‘less effective than we hoped’
Surge in infections dampens optimism over country’s advanced immunisation programme
Israel’s coronavirus tsar has warned that a single dose of the Pfizer/BioNtech vaccine may be providing less protection than originally hoped, as the country reported a record 10,000 new Covid infections on Monday.
In remarks reported by Army Radio, Nachman Ash said a single dose appeared “less effective than we had thought”, and also lower than Pfizer had suggested.
UK hits another devastating milestone as highest-ever daily Covid death toll recorded
THE UK has hit another grim milestone as the nation recorded 1,610 more Covid-19 deaths today, the highest total since the pandemic began.
Manitoba Metis Federation partners with local firm to create COVID-19 testing site for Métis people
The organization that represents Manitoba's Métis community is partnering with a local private bioinformation services firm to open a COVID-19 testing site exclusively for Métis people in Winnipeg and the surrounding area.Meanwhile, St. Boniface-St. Vital MP Dan Vandal, who is minister for northern affairs, has written to Premier Brian Pallister, asking that the Manitoba Metis Federation be included in Manitoba's COVID-19 vaccination task force and in vaccine distribution. The Manitoba Metis Federation opened a testing site...
Alberta First Nations leaders frustrated by delay in vaccine rollout
Alberta First Nations leaders say they are frustrated with the way the province is handling COVID-19 vaccine distribution after the government paused the rollout of first doses until supply is restocked."The province continues to make unilateral decisions on First Nations health with questionable First Nation involvement. How many times must it be said that sovereign First Nations must be involved in the decisions that affect them?" Assembly of First Nations...
