Demand for cancer surgery is expected to increase from 9.1 million to 13.8 million procedures over the next twenty years, requiring a huge increase in the workforce including nearly 200,000 additional surgeons and 87,000 anaesthetists globally. With access to post-operative care strongly linked to lower mortality, improving care systems worldwide […]
Adult hospital admissions for dog bites triple in 20 years
A new study by the University of Liverpool reveals adult hospital admissions for dog bites tripled in England between 1998-2018. Published today in Scientific Reports, it is the most in-depth epidemiological study of dog bites in England to date and highlights the urgent need to tackle this growing public health […]
Canada buys additional 20 million Pfizer vaccine doses
Canada announced Tuesday a deal to secure an additional 20 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, which would allow for more than half of Canadians to be inoculated before summer. The American and German pharmaceutical giants will also accelerate deliveries of their jointly-developed vaccine over the coming months, Prime […]