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“If all of us wear one, we protect each other and thereby ourselves, reducing transmission. We lower the chances of future surges and lockdowns which are economically and psychologically disruptive, and we increase the chance of eliminating the virus. Not doing so increases the risk for everyone, from NHS workers to your grandmother.” … [Read more...] about Refusal to wear mask should be as taboo as drink-driving, says Royal Society chief

“What Covid-19 has done is to lay this inequality, this postcode lottery in health, bare overnight. This deadly disease has been able to carve its way quite easily through those communities where there has been inaction and ignorance of their health needs. The problem of years of a community’s health needs not being met are now coming to roost,” said the 41-year-old. … [Read more...] about ‘I was preparing for death’: coronavirus in England’s Bangladeshi community

Longfield said it was vital to identify these young people and “do whatever it takes” over the summer to stabilise their lives, calling on councils, schools, police and youth workers to work together, and summer schemes to be made available to the most vulnerable. … [Read more...] about England’s vulnerable teenagers at risk of ‘falling off the radar’

In separate research, published by Diabetes UK, experts found that fewer than one in four of the million people diagnosed with diabetes type 2 in the last four years had their condition "under control". The charity's chief executive, Barbara Young, said lack of such control raised the risk of kidney failure and amputations and reflected the fact that the NHS was offering just 14% of these patients vital education on their condition as soon as they were diagnosed. … [Read more...] about Healthier living could prevent Alzheimer’s

“The EU strongly condemns targeted killings, which have risen sharply in recent weeks, directed against clergy, journalists ... human rights defenders, healthcare personnel and others,” the statement said. “It appears to be a deliberate attempt to stifle debate in advance of peace negotiations.” … [Read more...] about Gifted young Afghan returnee is victim of campaign attacking civil society