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Long Covid: 10K UK healthcare workers sick for over 3 months
London, June 19 Long Covid has affected more than 10,000 staffers of the UK's National Health Service (NHS), making them sick for 12 weeks or more since February 2020, the media reported. However, these healthcare workers have found least support from their bosses and have also faced bullying and punishments ...UN expert criticises UK’s Rwanda asylum plan
Geneva, June 18 A UN human rights expert urged the UK to halt plans to transfer asylum seekers to Rwanda and voiced serious concern that the plan violates international law. "There are serious risks that the international law principle of non-refoulement will be breached by forcibly transferring asylum seekers to ...UK Home Secy approves Julian Assange’s extradition to the US
London, June 17 UK's Home Secretary Priti Patel has approved Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's extradition to the US, noting that the courts found that the measure would not be "incompatible with his human rights", reports said on Friday. Patel also noted while in the US, "he will be treated appropriately", ...Origins of mid-14th century pandemic Black Death identified
London, June 16 Researchers believe to have identified the origins of Black Death, a bubonic plague that killed tens of millions in Europe, Asia and north Africa during the mid-14th century. In 1347, plague first entered the Mediterranean via trade ships transporting goods from the territories of the Golden Horde ...Human brains are hotter than thought, particularly women’s: Study
London, June 14 Average human brain temperature is 38.5 degrees Celsius, with deeper brain regions often exceeding 40 degrees Celsius, particularly in women during the daytime, finds a study. Normal human brain temperature varies much more than previously thought, and this could be a sign of healthy brain function, said ...1 in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome raising risk of diseases: Study
London, June 13 Around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome - most of them unaware - putting them at increased risk of diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis, and thrombosis, according to a study. Sex chromosomes determine our biological sex. Men typically ...In listening to Lord Swraj Paul’s advice, Tony Blair was listening to Lady Aruna Paul’s ...
London, May 11 Lady Aruna Paul, wife of Lord Swraj Paul of Marylebone, was cremated at north London's Golders Green crematorium on Wednesday in the presence of family members and close friends. At the service preceding the cremation, Cherie Blair, eminent barrister and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony ...Indian-origin MPs likely to vote for Boris Johnson in confidence motion
London, June 6 With voting scheduled for between 10.30 p.m. and 12.30 a.m. (IST) on Monday, how will Indian origin MPs in Britain's ruling Conservative party cast their ballots in a no confidence motion against Prime Minister Boris Johnson? The vote was triggered after more than 15 per cent of ...New diabetes drug significant in fight against obesity: Study
London, June 6 A weekly intake of a drug, approved to treat Type 2 diabetes, can provide substantial and sustained reductions in body weight, according to a study. The experimental drug, called tirzepatide, developed by US pharma major Eli Lilly has also been hailed as an alternative to bariatric surgery. ...UK workers begin world’s biggest trial of 4-day week
London, June 6 More than 3,300 workers at 70 UK companies, ranging from a local fish and chips shop to large financial firms, start working a four-day week from Monday with no loss of pay in the worlds biggest trial of the new working patter. The pilot is running for ...
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