Covid Inquiry: Abuse of experts must stop, says Whitty

“A broader question, though, is more a public policy question. For example, if an NHS hospital deems a patient not suitable for bariatric surgery and they then go abroad to have that surgery, and then have, effectively a predictable complication… is the NHS obligated from a public policy perspective to effectively incentivise that behaviour, by…

Raw oysters from certain parts of Mexico could be a source of norovirus, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning. The agency has advised restaurants and retailers to stop selling and to dispose of oysters harvested from Bahia Salina, Sonora, Mexico — which were shipped by freight carrier Sociedad Acuicola GolPac on Dec….

Measles outbreaks in the U.S. and U.K. have sparked concern among health officials. In Philadelphia, the state’s health department is currently tracking a measles outbreak, with nine cases confirmed as of Jan. 16. Potential exposure dates ranged from Dec. 19 to Jan. 7. The health department listed several addresses where people might have been exposed, including…

People were mistakenly taken off waiting lists for operations such as knee and hip surgeries.

BBC political editor Chris Mason asked Rishi Sunak if the government was challenging the full release of messages between ministers and officials during the pandemic, to the Covid inquiry, because he was worried about something embarrassing him. The PM said: “Not at all”. He said it was “right that we learn the lessons of Covid”…

Cases of whooping cough are rising rapidly in Wales for the first time in five years.