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New Zealand is enforcing its new lockdown with gusto after shutting down Auckland over three new Covid-19 infections in the community – with one healthcare worker slamming ‘complacent’ citizens for not wearing masks correctly. Thousands of motorists who fled Auckland before the 72-hour lockdown took effect have also been scolded by politicians, with one person … 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
A second healthcare worker in Alaska has suffered an allergic reaction after receiving Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. The man, a staff member at Bartlett Regional Hospital in Juneau, started experiencing eye puffiness, light headedness and a scratchy throat 10 minutes after being injected, a statement from the hospital read. Doctors determined he was … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Alaska healthcare worker with no history of drug allergies suffered serious ‘anaphylactic-like’ reaction after getting Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine A healthcare worker in Alaska suffered a severe allergic reaction after receiving Pfizer Inc’s coronavirus vaccine Her or she was hospitalized and is still being treated as of Wednesday morning The worker had no history … Read more
The company’s journey to the summit of the technology industry has been a rocky one, having seen Jobs (pictured right in 1976) leave the firm in the mid-1980s after his pet project, the first Macintosh computer, struggled and he attempted to oust then chief executive John Sculley. Wozniak is pictured left 1976: Founders Steve Jobs, … Read more