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Care sector was 'afterthought' during pandemic as virus 'spread like wildfire' and led to thousands of deaths, inquiry finds

Scientists discover a way to kill dangerous gut bacteria without killing the good

Scientists have discovered a natural compound that targets dangerous C. difficile bacteria without wiping out the gut's beneficial microbes. Successful early tests suggest it could lead to a gentler, more effective treatment for stubborn intestinal infections that frequently return.

AI-powered research projects rise of antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella infections across China's food chain to 2050

Downtown datacenter? AI plan floated for boarded-up San Francisco mall

Developers propose turning San Francisco Centre into not a server-based facility but a ‘community-based AI exhibit’Downtown San Francisco has shown signs of revival since being battered by the Covid pandemic, which led to what many called a “doom loop” of vacant buildings, a worsening homelessness crisis, and dwindling public transit. But one highly visible reminder of the city’s struggle to recov

People with learning disabilities were failed during the pandemic - and by the Covid inquiry

Indiana DNR: Bird flu cases detected in Hamilton County

Covid revealed ‘underlying fragility of adult social care workforce’, inquiry finds – UK politics live

Heather Hallett, chair of the Covid inquiry, has just published the report from the inquiry’s module 6, looking at what happened in care homesBadenoch says Britain needs tax cuts.We need to get out of the way of job creators who make our country richer. We need to encourage risk taking, wealth creation, enterprise.Britain’s tax burden has never been higher. You are taxed on the heating in your hom

Care homes 'afterthought' during pandemic as Covid 'spread like wildfire' killing thousands, inquiry finds

UK government failures led to Covid spreading ‘like wildfire’ in care homes, inquiry finds

Inquiry chair says failure to advise care homes to isolate people discharged from hospital was ‘significant oversight’• UK politics live – latest updatesThe care sector was “an afterthought” during the Covid-19 pandemic, and government failures caused the virus to spread “like wildfire” among vulnerable and elderly people, a public inquiry has found.Heather Hallett, who is leading the Covid-19 inq

‘Protect the NHS’ slogan hurt care home residents in pandemic, Covid inquiry finds

Poultry to be culled after bird flu confirmed at site in northern England

Poultry to be culled after bird flu confirmed at Northumberland site

Another mass shooter strikes, RSV surges, Ebola persists. Plus, what to know about waning flu vaccines.

Republic of Korea backs Unitaid with US$13 million to advance health innovation and pandemic preparedness

Bird flu outbreak near Belford prompts cull of free-range hens

High-risk antimicrobial resistance genomic traits in multidrug-resistant Salmonella across China’s food chain: projections to 2050

How people with learning disabilities were failed during the Covid pandemic

Riverhead man pleads guilty in pandemic grant fraud case

Kenya confirms eighth Ebola case, raising travel insurance concerns

DR Congo: $700m in Ebola aid unaccounted for as outbreak spreads