Record numbers of nurses and midwives have registered to work in the UK with 18,000 more than a year ago. By the end of March, there were 716,600 nurses, midwives and nurse associates on the register, according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council. Despite this the NMC is worried coronavirus will hit the ability to… Read More: Nurse and midwife numbers jump by record amount »
The number of people dying hit a record weekly high in England and Wales at the start of April, figures show. There were 16,387 deaths in the week ending 3 April – the highest since the Office for National Statistics started publishing weekly data in 2005. Coronavirus cases contributed to the jump in deaths with… Read More: Coronavirus: Virus causes jump in total number of deaths »
SEOUL, South Korea — The number of new virus infections in South Korea jumped again Wednesday and the U.S. military reported its first case among its soldiers based in the Asian country, with his case and many others connected to a southeastern city with an illness cluster. South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention… Read More: South Korean virus cases jump again, 1st US soldier infected »
“Oh my God, is that guy gonna jump off the bridge?” Musso remembers saying. The man had climbed on the outside of the chain-link fence barrier. He was making his way toward the center of the bridge over a busy road below, according to Musso. They immediately called 911, and then began to drive off… Read More: They saw a man about to jump off a highway… »