Tag: national-health

  • UK doctors call off strike action

    The British Medical Association (BMA) had planned a full withdrawal of labor by junior doctors on Oct. 5-7 and 10-11, Nov. 14-18 and Dec. 5-9, which would have been the longest stoppages in the nearly 70-year history of the National Health Service. Junior doctors – a term covering recent medical school graduates right through to…

  • UK doctors call off strike action

    The British Medical Association (BMA) had planned a full withdrawal of labor by junior doctors on Oct. 5-7 and 10-11, Nov. 14-18 and Dec. 5-9, which would have been the longest stoppages in the nearly 70-year history of the National Health Service. Junior doctors – a term covering recent medical school graduates right through to…

  • Thousands march in Dublin, abroad for Irish abortion rights

    By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) – Thousands of protestors marched in Dublin, and Irish expatriates joined in demonstrations around the world on Saturday, to put pressure on the Irish government to hold a referendum to repeal restrictive abortion laws. Regulations in the once stridently Catholic Ireland are among the strictest in the world and next…

  • Feds push back on states targeting Planned Parenthood funds

    WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — The Obama administration has proposed barring states and other recipients of federal family planning grants from placing their own eligibility restrictions on where the money can go, which would undermine the efforts of 13 Republican-led states to prevent such money from going to Planned Parenthood.

  • Britain seeks to fight the fat with soft drinks sugar levy

    By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children. Urging food and drinks firms to act swiftly to cut sugar in their products,…

  • Britain seeks to fight the fat with soft drinks sugar levy

    By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Thursday launched a strategy aimed at curbing childhood obesity by taxing companies which sell sugar-laced soft drinks and investing that money in programmes to encourage physical activity and balanced diets for school children. Urging food and drinks firms to act swiftly to cut sugar in their products,…

  • ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ spins Bollywood twist on time and love

    It is not easy fusing a cocktail of genres including music, comedy and time travel into a movie, but the leading stars of new Bollywood film “Baar Baar Dekho” hope to convey a multi-faceted love story. “Baar Baar Dekho,” which translates as “Look Again and Again,” centers on Jai (Sidharth Malhotra) and Diya (Katrina Kaif),…

  • ‘Baar Baar Dekho’ spins Bollywood twist on time and love

    It is not easy fusing a cocktail of genres including music, comedy and time travel into a movie, but the leading stars of new Bollywood film “Baar Baar Dekho” hope to convey a multi-faceted love story. “Baar Baar Dekho,” which translates as “Look Again and Again,” centers on Jai (Sidharth Malhotra) and Diya (Katrina Kaif),…

  • China launches nationwide inspection of vaccines

    China health authorities have started a nationwide inspection of vaccinations four months after a scandal broke involving nearly $90 million worth of illegal vaccines that were suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces. Authorities will track purchases as well as the distribution of vaccines and vaccination records, to ensure they are legally traded and…

  • China launches nationwide inspection of vaccines

    China health authorities have started a nationwide inspection of vaccinations four months after a scandal broke involving nearly $90 million worth of illegal vaccines that were suspected of being sold in dozens of provinces. Authorities will track purchases as well as the distribution of vaccines and vaccination records, to ensure they are legally traded and…