by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Hollyoaks star Kieron Richardson has claimed his character’s upcoming HIV storyline is not a cliche and should help to raise awareness of the condition. Kieron plays Ste Hay in the Channel 4 soap, who will be diagnosed as being HIV-positive in the coming...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
About a quarter of Fraser Health’s full-time employees had not yet received the flu shot ahead of a Dec. 1 vaccination deadline and are now expected to wear masks in patient care areas of hospitals, long-term care homes and other health facilities. The health...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Europe’s drug regulator says there is no proof that a flu vaccine for the elderly was linked to side effects, including deaths in Italy. Last week, Italy pulled two batches of Fluad, made by Switzerland’s Novartis AG, after reports that people died after...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Millions of Medicare Advantage customers are fast approaching a deadline for a task they’d rather avoid: Researching and then settling on coverage plans for 2015. The annual enrollment window for the privately run versions of the government’s Medicare...
by Research Team | Dec 4, 2014 | Health News
Six per cent of 10-to-11-year-old children have used the electronic cigarettes compared to 2% trying real tobacco, a study by the Welsh Government found . The Childhood Exposure To Tobacco Smoke study said children who tried e-cigarettes were seven times more likely...
