Ebola in DR Congo: first month of outbreak sees record number of cases – UN humanitarians
Ebola has been spreading at unprecedented speed in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bringing risk and fear into people’s daily lives, UN…
Health
First drug to delay onset of type 1 diabetes made available on NHS
The immunotherpay can give children and adults three extra years before they need to use insulin.
Puberty blocker trial will help reduce harm, says Cass report author
Dr Hilary Cass says she is “absolutely convinced that more children will be harmed if we don’t do the trial than if we do.”
Rewiring the life sciences: why foundations come first for AI in science
AI could transform cancer research, but the science will only deliver if we get the foundations right first – learn how we can ensure just…
Data science: new data strategy hails exciting future
As CRUK launch their new Data Science in Cancer Research strategy, Melissa Lewis-Brown talks about the importance of AI and data science for researchers
The post…
World at ‘perilous moment’ as leaders warn HIV gains are at risk
Four decades after AIDS first emerged as a global crisis, world leaders, advocates and community representatives gathered at UN Headquarters on Monday issued a stark…
Global Ebola cases top 1,000 as UN races to reach DR Congo’s most vulnerable
As global confirmed Ebola cases reach 1,000, nearly three million children and adolescents are at risk in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of…
Lysenkoism 2.0 in action: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abuses his power to bully journal editors over a retraction
A journal editor decided to retract and remove a bad study by an antivaxxer named Neil Z. Miller. RFK Jr. publicly demanded to know why….
New facebook group: Critical Counsellors Collective
Over recent years, we have become increasingly troubled by the direction of travel within counselling, psychotherapy and the wider mental health field. A profession that…
Impact of Medical Training Prioritisation Act on specialty training recruitment
The latest NHS England management data has shown the real life and immediate impact of the Medical Training Prioritisation Act. The Act came into force…