San Francisco’s ban on flavored nicotine products may have had the reverse effect of what they expected. The use of cigarettes among the cities youth has increased in the past three years.
Mass appeal for new generation: PETER HOSKIN reviews Mass Effect Legendary Edition and Famicon Detective Club By Peter Hoskin For The Daily Mail Published: 01:37 BST, 21 May 2021 | Updated: 01:37 BST, 21 May 2021 Mass Effect Legendary Edition (PlayStation, Xbox, PC, £59.99) Verdict: Reach for the stars Rating: Can you be nostalgic about … Read more
Nicola Sturgeon hands Scottish NHS staff 4% salary rise with ‘immediate’ effect – on top of health workers’ £500 bonus for working during pandemic Pay rise to benefit around 154,000 employees covered by ‘Agenda for Change’ If NHS England maintain current position, Scottish staff will be much better off Nicola Sturgeon offering pay rise as … Read more
Britain’s chief medical officer has inspired thousands more school leavers to apply for careers in medicine during the pandemic, a new report says. A surge dubbed the ‘Chris Whitty effect’ saw a record-breaking number of teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry. Applicant numbers jumped by a fifth compared to the … Read more
Britain’s chief medical officer has inspired thousands more school leavers to apply for careers in medicine during the pandemic, a new report says. A surge dubbed the ‘Chris Whitty effect’ saw a record-breaking number of teenagers apply for university courses in the medical field for 2021 entry. Applicant numbers jumped by a fifth compared to the … Read more
Employing more hospital nurses cuts deaths and saves twice as much money as it costs, a study reveals. The odds of dying or being readmitted to hospital fell by 7 per cent for every fewer patient a nurse had under their care. The smaller workload also led to a 3 per cent reduction in the … Read more
We’ve seen studies saying that scrolling through your social media feed on your smartphone before going to bed contributes to bad sleeping habits. And so we’ve seen things like Dark Mode for phones and apps and the Night Shift from Apple that adjusts the screen colors to warmer hues. This way, the phone’s blue light … Read more
Early in its history Mars may have had a thin layer of icy clouds creating a greenhouse effect that kept conditions warm enough for water to flow, study finds. As seen in images shared by NASA’s Perseverance rover, Mars is a dust covered desert planet with no clear signs of life, but the SUV-sized vehicle … Read more
A new COVID-19 variant spreading through New York City has mutations that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to two new studies. The B.1.526 variant, which first appeared in samples collected in New York City in November, now makes up about 27 percent of viral sequences deposited into a database shared by scientists called GISAID, … Read more
A new COVID-19 variant spreading through New York City has mutations that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to two new studies. The B.1.526 variant, which first appeared in samples collected in New York City in November, now makes up about 27 percent of viral sequences deposited into a database shared by scientists called GISAID, … Read more