Hundreds of thousands of 999 calls each month are from patients asking why their ambulance hasn’t arrived yet, health chiefs reveal Calls to 999 hit a record 1.3million last month, up by 273,025 compared to 2020 75% of these extra calls are from patients waiting desperately for an ambulance Ambulance […]
Calls to city 311 lines can predict opioid overdose hotspots
Service requests to city non-emergency telephone lines can help identify “hotspots” for opioid use and overdoses, a study in Columbus found. Researchers found that calls to the 311 line—used in many cities across the United States to report non-emergency issues—tracked closely to places and times in Columbus in which opioid […]
Fauci Calls for National Mask Mandate
THURSDAY, Oct. 29, 2020 — America’s leading infectious diseases expert called for a national mask mandate on Wednesday as coronavirus cases surged across the country. After expressing regret that face masks haven’t been more widely adopted, Dr. Anthony Fauci said for the first time on Wednesday that the United States […]
Fauci calls coronavirus herd immunity approach ‘nonsense, very dangerous’
Fox News Flash top headlines for October 15 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, on Thursday called herd immunity and implications from The Great Barrington Declaration “nonsense and very dangerous,” when it comes to […]
UN calls Europe’s virus restrictions ‘absolutely necessary’
The head of the World Health Organization’s Europe office said the exponential surge of coronavirus cases across the continent has warranted the restrictive measures being taken across the continent, calling them “absolutely necessary” to stop the pandemic. In a press briefing on Thursday, Dr. Hans Kluge warned that even more […]
WHO calls for action against rising ‘pandemic fatigue’
The World Health Organization warned European countries Tuesday about “pandemic fatigue” which it says threatens the continent’s ability to tackle the coronavirus. “Although fatigue is measured in different ways, and levels vary per country, it is now estimated to have reached over 60 percent in some cases,” WHO Europe director […]