Michigan City to Pay $3.25 Million After Woman Was Mistakenly Declared Dead

NYT

7 janvier 2026 à 02:31

Timesha Beauchamp, 20, was found alive at a funeral home after she had been pronounced dead during a medical episode in Southfield, Mich. She died weeks later.

A lawyer for the family of Timesha Beauchamp said the city of Southfield had agreed to a settlement over the mistaken declaration of her death in 2020.

Shortage of NHS stroke specialists resulting in thousands dead or disabled, say doctors

The Guardian

Par :Denis Campbell Health policy editor

5 janvier 2026 à 19:00

Exclusive: Lack of consultants in UK health service means patients do not get drugs or surgery in time, say senior medics

Thousands of people who have had a stroke are ending up severely disabled or dying because the NHS has too few specialists to treat them quickly enough, senior doctors are warning.

A chronic shortage of stroke consultants across the NHS means that patients are suffering horrendous consequences because of delays in getting clot-busting drugs and surgery, they said.

70% of stroke units are short of at least one consultant in stroke care, and many are two down.

53 of 84 hospitals that responded had vacancies for a total of 96 consultants.

The NHS relies heavily on locum doctors to fill holes in the workforce caused by the difficulty in recruiting new consultants.

10% of the NHS’s 423 substantive (permanent) consultants are due to retire in the next five years, exacerbating the existing shortage.

What is norovirus and how contagious is it?

The Guardian

Par :Adrienne Matei

30 décembre 2025 à 18:00

Symptoms of the virus include diarrhea and vomiting and it infects about 684 million people globally every year

Norovirus is the term for a family of about 50 strains of virus that all share one miserable endpoint: copious time in the bathroom. Every year, an estimated 684 million people globally come down with it.

Norovirus is a kind of infectious gastroenteritis, “an inflammation of the bowel and the colon that can cause diarrhea” and vomiting, explains Dr Ambreen Allana, an infectious disease physician based in Texas.

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