Ministers are being urged to roll out a better testing regime for one of the country’s biggest killers, with the most recent figures showing death rates for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease more than three times higher in some of the most deprived areas of the country. More than 20,000 people a year in England die… Continue reading Lung disease patients waiting up to 10 years for diagnosis in poorer areas of England | Health
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Latino kids in anti-immigrant states linked to poorer health: study
Latino children living in states with more anti-immigrant laws and policies — and the resulting inequities in access — were linked to higher odds of chronic physical or mental health conditions, according to a study published Tuesday in the medical journal Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed data from the National Survey of Children’s Health from 2016 to… Continue reading Latino kids in anti-immigrant states linked to poorer health: study
Can a WHO pandemic treaty help poorer nations in future outbreaks? | Global health
Covid-19 caught the world unprepared; the scramble it prompted for treatments, tests, protective equipment and vaccines favoured the world’s richest nations. To avoid the same thing happening in future pandemics, a group of world leaders has proposed a pandemic treaty, which is being negotiated in a series of international meetings hosted by the World Health… Continue reading Can a WHO pandemic treaty help poorer nations in future outbreaks? | Global health
Britons living in deprived areas have poorer sleep quality, study finds | Sleep
People living in deprived areas of the UK have poorer sleep quality than those in affluent areas, the first large-scale study of sleep across the population has found. Black people reported the worst sleep overall, with the research finding both social deprivation and ethnicity affect sleep quality, irrespective of age, sex, personal wealth, employment and… Continue reading Britons living in deprived areas have poorer sleep quality, study finds | Sleep