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OPINION AND COMMENT Editorials and other Opinion content provide perspectives on issues important to our community and are independent of the work of our newsroom journalists. Children are particularly affected by poor oral health. NATI HARNIK PA Oral health is one of the greatest unmet health needs of all Americans …

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A doctor from Shanghai has been appointed co-chair of the World Stroke Organization’s pre-hospital medical committee. The committee, a new branch of the organization, is made up of seven leading medical experts on stroke prevention and control, at home and abroad. Dr Zhao Jing, from the Minhang District Central Hospital …

Priority security screening is given to persons with disabilities at all major airports operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), as well as at joint venture airports and public-private partnership (PPP) airports. Security personnel are trained during induction to assist people with disabilities and are also made aware of …

Using race-based equations to assess lung disease – a practice promoted in the 2019 American Thoracic Society guidelines – may mean severe lung disease in black patients is classified as moderate, study finds conducted by UC San Francisco. Race-based equations derive conceptually from the era of slavery in the United …

Friday, December 17, 2021, 12:22 p.m.Press release: Canterbury District Health Council Canterbury Regional Civil Service Commissioner for Canterbury and the Chatham Islands, Ben Clark, said that while Health was the lead agency, all government agencies in Canterbury had a role to play in ensuring that people who ‘they serve and …

A disabled activist who led a successful campaign on child care costs 20 years ago calls on her council to abandon ‘immoral’ plans to increase charges and set an example for other local authorities in providing care and free support for everyone. In 2001, Sue Ferguson (on the picture) forced …

Phillip Schofield has been inundated with 600 complaints to Ofcom for his treatment of Matt Hancock. Mr Hancock, the former health secretary, appeared on ITV This Morning for an interview last week. But a remark from Schofe left fans inundating Ofcom, the broadcast’s watchdog, with complaints. READ MOREDan Walker posts …

A person with cancer won a harassment case after her coworker called the times she had to work from home “comfortable days”. Human resources worker Ranjit Panesar said she was “looked down upon” by members of her team for being away from the office while undergoing treatment. She said she …

The Department of Work and Pensions has seen 67% of its initial decisions regarding the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) changed as a result of a court. New figures from the Justice Department have highlighted how some decisions about disability benefits are being overturned. Of disposition hearings by the Social Security …