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Almost half of NHS critical care staff show symptoms of PTSD, depression or anxiety
Intensive care staff have faced, and continue to face, high mortality rates among their patients. Terelyuk/shutterstock.com A new study has measured the impact of working during the pandemic on NHS workers’ mental health. It found almost half of critical care staff met thresholds for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, anxietyContinue Reading
Vaccines alone aren’t enough to eradicate a virus – lessons from history
Dryvax, smallpox vaccine with bifurcated needle. James Gathany Content Providers/CDC Public Health Image Library Smallpox killed countless millions – 300 million people in the 20th century alone – before it was finally declared eradicated on May 8 1980. It was a momentous day, marking what the current director general ofContinue Reading
Manchester City vs Brighton: Phil Foden Strike Against Brighton Sends Manchester City Third In Premier League | Football News
Phil Foden fired Manchester City into third place in the Premier League on Wednesday as Pep Guardiola’s men saw off a feisty challenge from Brighton to win 1-0. Much of the recent talk has been about a potential duel between leaders Manchester United and champions Liverpool but Pep Guardiola’s menContinue Reading
ISL: Chennaiyin FC Inches Closer To Top 4 With 2-1 Win Over Odisha FC | Football News
Their first clash in this season’s Indian Super League (ISL) on Sunday may have ended in a goalless draw, but Chennaiyin FC’s encounter against Odisha FC at the GMC Stadium on Wednesday wasn’t short of goals. After struggling for goals all season, Csaba Laszlo’s men turned on the style againstContinue Reading
Ankita Raina Falls Short Again, Loses Final Round Of Australian Open Qualifiers | Tennis News
Ankita Raina’s bid to qualify for a Grand Slam singles main draw failed yet again, when she lost the final round of the Australian Open qualifying event to Serbian Olga Danilovic on Wednesday. In the women’s singles qualifiers being held in Dubai, Ankita lost the third and final round 2-6Continue Reading
Trump’s Twitter ban obscures the real problem: state-backed manipulation is rampant on social media
ozrimoz/Shutterstock Donald Trump’s controversial removal from social media platforms has reignited debate around the censorship of information published online. But the issue of disinformation and manipulation on social media goes far beyond one man’s Twitter account. And it is much more widespread than previously thought. Since 2016, our team atContinue Reading
BBC’s lockdown educational programming is way better than the dull fare of yesteryear
Schools are closed and parents face the dreaded task of homeschooling while juggling work and domestic responsibilities. Hoping to help, the BBC is airing several hours of educational programming each day throughout the lockdown for both primary and secondary school students. As someone from the baby boomer generation, born inContinue Reading
Iran: US policy of ‘maximum pressure’ has failed – why the west needs to re-engage Tehran
Amid all the sound and fury accompanying US domestic politics – and particularly the recent attack on the Capitol in Washington, two developments in the Persian Gulf have highlighted one of the major foreign policy issues facing president-elect, Joe Biden, when he takes office on January 20: how to dealContinue Reading
Nurses report PTSD symptoms due to the pandemic – here’s why
Nurses have been putting themselves in harm’s way every day since the pandemic began. But as coronavirus spreads rapidly in the UK, it has become clear that those in intensive care units are now under more pressure than others. Hospitals are nearing capacity in many parts of the country, andContinue Reading
How government spending goes to certain voters – and shapes inequality
Governments face pressure in the years ahead to ramp up social security payments to help people affected by the coronavirus pandemic. However, in the UK, it has historically been voters who support the parties of government who get the money. My research, outlined in a paper awaiting full review, showsContinue Reading