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What Is the Heat Index? What To Know About the Metric During a Heat Wave
The metric of how hot the air actually feels has roots in a 1979 journal paper called “The Assessment of Sultriness.”
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Health professionals across Europe are calling for an EU climate and health strategy, write Mark Wilson and Dr Paul De R...
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The NHS will divert billions of pounds from essential services to pay for new medicines, under the terms of the US-UK tr...
WHO says Hantavirus outbreak linked to ship is over
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WHO adds first diagnostic test for Ebola Bundibugyo virus to its Emergency Use Listing
Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has added the first molecular diagnostic test for Bundibugyo virus (BDBV) to ...
Ethnicity pain gap: the epidural failed and no one believed me – I could feel everything
Women from minority backgrounds are less likely to receive adequate pain relief during childbirthWomen from minority bac...
From birth until death: how the ethnicity pain gap follows people through life
Patients from minority ethnic backgrounds often have to demonstrate higher levels of pain, only to receive less effectiv...
Patient enrolment begins in a scientific trial to identify the first effective treatments for Bundibugyo virus disease
In a major international effort to evaluate potential treatments for Ebola disease due to Bundibugyo virus (BVD), the PA...
How to deal with excessive sweating
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Going outside in this heat? Follow these guidelines to stay safe
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