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Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low

The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data

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Will Dr. Oz Push Medicare Advantage Plans if Confirmed?

As original Medicare faces funding shortfalls, Dr. Oz may shift to private insurance providers through Medicare Advantage. Here's what we know so far.

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Multimillion-dollar settlement for passengers on trip described by lawyer as ‘cruise from hell’ – as it happened

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Pope resting as Argentines in Rome pray for his recovery

Pope Francis remains in critical condition and is resting

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Scottish government ‘firmly’ backs single-sex spaces amid equality watchdog warning

EHRC raises issues from tribunal brought by nurse who objected to sharing women’s changing room with trans doctor

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Scottish Government 'committed' to working with equalities body on single-sex spaces

The Scottish Government is "very committed" to working with the UK’s equalities regulator after it wrote to Holyrood ministers about…

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Ministers ‘committed’ to working with equalities body on single-sex spaces

The Equality and Human Rights Commission has contacted the Scottish Government following a high profile employment tribunal centred on the issue.

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Carlyle Group co-founder Bill Conway’s $1 billion plan to end the nursing shortage

No other wealthy donor has dedicated as much money to such a wide range of nursing programs as Bill Conway, the 75-year-old co-founder of the private equity giant the Carlyle Group, and his late wife, Joanne Barkett Conway, who died in January, 2024

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Worried About Premature Aging? Expert Recommends To Avoid 3 Food Items

An expert reveals three food items that could make people look older than they actually are.

Medical Daily

Thousands gather outside the Vatican to pray for Pope Francis' health

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for his efforts to steer the Catholic Church in new directions

The Independent UK

Isle of Man set to take historic step closer to legalising assisted dying

Tuesday could be the last time the Bill is debated by the directly elected chamber of the island’s parliament.

Evening Standard

Doctors cry out for investment after survey finds GP access is top priority for patients

Chair of the Royal College of GPs says it is ‘no surprise’ that better access to GP appointments was the main priority for the public

The Independent UK

One Retirement Safeguard You've Never Heard of

Even with a power of attorney or joint bank account, the Social Security Administration may hamstring your financial representative without one of these.

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Brisbane bus drivers push back strike action – as it happened

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Labor 'waited too long' to announce big election pledge

With a federal election looming, an expert warns it will take more than a rate cut and a health promise to turn the political tides in Labor's favour.

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Domestic violence victims must be included in the assisted dying debate, campaigners say

Charities warn of ‘significant risk’ that victims of coercive control could be put under pressure to end their lives under assisted dying legislation

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UK equalities watchdog intervenes in NHS Fife gender changing rooms row

THE UK equalities regulator has intervened in a tribunal about staff access to single-sex changing facilities at NHS Fife ...

Evening Standard

Equalities regulator ‘concerned’ by reports of Government transitioning guide

The Equality and Human Rights Commission said it wants to meet with Scotland’s Health Secretary, Neil Gray.

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Labour 'allowing racist enslavement of care workers', says top trade union

THE Home Office is presiding over the “racist enslavement” of care workers, a top trade union has warned.

Evening Standard

Assisted dying Bills aim to ‘fix problem’, says ex-MP whose father took own life

Paul Blomfield said his elderly father died alone after being diagnosed with terminal cancer.

The Guardian - AU

Problematic Age Gap discourse is back – but we need more nuanced understandings of power dynamics

I may be a startled elderly lesbian out of touch with the youth but I don’t think we should apply the same arbitrary rule across all relationships

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I love my kids but I regret having them. How can I accept my life as a parent?

It may help to view parenthood as a rapidly changing condition, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith says. It’s also important not to struggle with these feelings alone

The Guardian - UK

Dissatisfaction among gen Z staff is ‘ticking timebomb’ for NHS

Warning from the Royal College of Nursing is based on Nuffield Trust analysis of NHS England staff surveys

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Seek legal advice on NHS trans staff policy, gender-critical group urges Government

THE Scottish Government has been urged to seek legal advice on a new NHS Scotland policy which would formally permit transgender staff to use…

The Independent UK

Cemetery refused to bury gay spouse in family plot, husband claims

Exclusive: Retired physician Mark Goldberg is now seeking a court order to lay his longtime partner to rest in accordance with his wishes

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