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Thursday, July 03, 2025

IT failures causing patient deaths, says NHS safety body

Dr Rosie Benneyworth, interim head of the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB)

One patient was wrongly identified as not to be resuscitated because of slow access to digital records.

Racism produces subtle brain changes that lead to increased disease risk in Black populations

The U.S. is in the midst of a racial reckoning. The COVID-19 pandemic, which took a particularly heavy toll on Black communities ^[1], turned a harsh spotlight on long-standing health disparities that the public could no longer overlook.

Although the health

Autism diagnosis wait times hit 300 days - NHS data

The number of people waiting for an autism diagnosis is up 50% over the past 12 months.

'Long flu' has emerged as a consequence similar to long COVID

New research comparing the viruses that cause the flu and COVID-19 shows that people hospitalized with seasonal influenza also can suffer long-term, negative health effects, especially involving their lungs and airways. The study also found that in the 18 months after infection, patients hospitalized for either COVID-19 or seasonal influenza faced an increased risk of death, hospital readmission, and other health problems.

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