Current Nice guidelines used by GPs in England miss up to 95% of women under 50 who will develop breast cancer, research from the University of Cambridge and ICR suggests.
UK's Gambling Commission will introduce financial risk assessments for online gamblers spending over £1,000 in 24 hours or £3,000 in 90 days. Lower thresholds apply to under-25s. The industry expressed dissatisfaction, fearing a rise in black market gambling.
The UK's Gambling Commission will introduce financial risk assessments for online gamblers spending over £1,000 in 24 hours or £3,000 in 90 days. These checks, not termed 'affordability checks', will use credit reference data to identify those at risk of financial harm.
Hong Kong labour unions are calling for increased risk assessments and safety measures following a surge in industrial accidents, with 62 reported in the first half of the year, including 24 fatalities. Recent incidents include a worker killed by a toppled excavator and another by a road roller.
Ireland's government has launched a new action plan to combat financial crime, specifically naming crypto-assets as an evolving threat. Measures include enhanced safeguards for digital finance and establishing industry standards for verifying crypto funds.
US-based Management and Training Corporation (MTC), operating Australia's immigration detention centers via Secure Journeys, faces multiple investigations due to catastrophic security failures. These include detainee escapes, staff assaults, and a lack of basic safety equipment, prompting warnings from regulators about risks to staff and detainees.
An Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo strain with a 50% mortality rate, is spreading rapidly in central Africa. Congo reports 867 suspected cases and 204 deaths, with the outbreak now in three provinces. Uganda has confirmed cases and deaths. WHO has raised the risk assessment to 'very high' in Congo and declared a global public health emergency.
WHO declared the Ebola outbreak a health emergency, raising the national risk to 'very high'. Congo reports 82 confirmed cases, 7 deaths, and hundreds of suspected cases. Neighboring Uganda has it 'under control' with 2 cases linked to Congo.
Fahad Ansari says it was ‘chilling’ that police ‘equated him with his client’ after he was stopped on return from family holiday in IrelandA lawyer who filed Hamas’s challenge to proscription in the UK was recorded by police as being a member of the banned group, “equating him with his client”.On a risk assessment form, a detective inspector, who authorised the detention of Fahad Ansari under the Terrorism Act on his return from a family holiday in Ireland, wrote “Hamas” in the space reserved for “membership of a known group”. Continue reading...
Researchers have developed 'Obscore,' an AI-driven tool that uses 20 health and lifestyle markers to predict the risk of obesity-related complications, potentially helping the NHS better allocate weight-loss treatments.
