Apple is reportedly developing its own subscription-based healthcare service, but is struggling to get it off the ground due to failed tests among its own employees, The Wall Street Journal reports. The service is said to link data from users’ Apple Watches with ‘virtual and in-person care provided by Apple doctors.’ Testing of the service, … Read more
Coronavirus cases among healthcare workers declined dramatically after staff got their first vaccine dose, two new studies have found. In one study of employees at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, 2.6 percent of all workers who were unvaccinated tested positive for COVID-19 compared to 1.82 percent of those given their first shot, a … Read more
A senior hospital consultant is suing one of Britain’s biggest private healthcare chains for £2.7million after he was accused of sexually assaulting a nurse by commenting on her ‘lovely biscuits’. Vascular surgeon Simon Payne was suspended and later barred from working at Spire Healthcare over the alleged incident, in which he is said to have … Read more
Almost a quarter of frontline NHS staff in London, including some doctors and nurses, have failed to accept the Covid jab, shock Government figures reveal. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday today exposes how the drive to inoculate health workers has stalled amid an alarming vaccine hesitancy, particularly among some ethnic minority employees. More … Read more
An Israeli healthcare group on Friday said coronavirus infections had plunged among people aged over 60 who had been vaccinated. Israel is currently leading the global vaccination drive, with around 30 per cent of its citizens having had at least a single dose of a jab so far. But concern had risen globally over infection, … Read more
Anger as Tory donor’s firm gets £350m coronavirus contract: Healthcare company controlled by Lord Ashcroft is given Covid-19 testing role Deal requires Medacs Healthcase to provide staff for both lab and mobile testing Lucrative contract was awarded without an open competitive tender process Lord Ashcroft’s involvement fuels controversy over the so-called ‘chumocracy’ By David Rose … Read more
Boots-owner agrees £4.8bn deal to sell majority of its Alliance Healthcare wholesale and distribution business By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:55 GMT, 6 January 2021 | Updated: 22:10 GMT, 6 January 2021 Walgreens Boots Alliance is to sell the majority of Alliance Healthcare to US drug wholesaler AmerisourceBergen Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) … Read more
The CEO of Whole Foods is being blasted on social media as an out-of-touch multimillionaire after he told a podcast that Americans need to eat healthier and change their lifestyles rather than insist on affordable insurance. ‘I mean, honestly, we talk about health care. The best solution is not to need health care,’ John Mackey … Read more
The CEO of Whole Foods is being blasted on social media as an out-of-touch multimillionaire after he told a podcast that Americans need to eat healthier and change their lifestyles rather than insist on affordable insurance. ‘I mean, honestly, we talk about health care. The best solution is not to need health care,’ John Mackey … Read more
According to Forbes, there are 10 notable new healthcare leaders who have claimed the billionaire status: 1. Uğur Şahin, of Germany – Net Worth: $4.2billion 2. Stéphane Bancel, of France – Net worth: $4.1billion 3. Yuan Liping, of Canada – Net worth: $4.1billion 4. Hu Kun, of China – Net worth: $3.9billion 5. Carl Hansen, of Canada – Net worth: $2.9billion 6. Timothy Springer, … Read more