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Time To Celebrate Adult Learning As A Positive Force For Change Across Wales

Learning can take many forms. The Learning and Work Institute’s Adult Participation in Learning Survey (AP L S) takes a broad definition of learning and tells us that, in 2025, nearly half (47%) of adults in Wales…

Nearly 3m more lives could be saved in next pandemic if vaccines are shared more fairly, says report

Researchers modelling a hypothetical global outbreak of flu found that fast-tracking vaccine development could cut deaths from 58.5m to 23.9m. If the vaccines were then distributed equitably, according to population size…

Why Every Placement Needs a Design, not just a Plan?

Why experience must be designed by providers to be in line with the government’s skills reforms, rather than simply offered? The author believes the fundamental principle of all these reforms is the same and underlies…

Smart beds and motion sensors - is this the future of dementia care?

Their movements and habits are monitored constantly. But this doesn't worry them, in fact it gives them peace of mind. Jyoti was diagnosed with dementia five years ago, and they are now part of an NHS trial using…

Trump reportedly to form health funding board that could veto ‘woke’ initiatives

The executive order, reported by outlets including the Washington Post and Politico , was discussed in a meeting on Friday in which senior administration officials accused the NIH of funding "woke" initiatives that went…

Double cleansing benefits the beauty industry, not consumers | Letters

We currently use fresh water at a faster rate globally than it can be replenished. Here in the UK, it is predicted that by 2055 we will have a 5bn litre a day shortfall for public water supplies – with a further 1bn…

Rabies concerns grow in the US – but it’s unclear if there’s an increase of the fatal disease

In recent months, rabid beavers have attacked three people in Maryland , and hundreds of people were exposed to goats with rabies at a petting zoo in North Carolina , according to news reports. The CDC issued a health…

Tell us: what’s in your packed lunch?

According to a poll by Ocado, nearly half of UK professionals bring a packed lunch more frequently than they did a year ago, with 69% saying that buying lunch near their office was now too expensive. We would love to…

Baby born via surrogate can leave Texas for treatment in California, court rules

"Sustaining the life of the medically fragile child is the paramount concern in this time-sensitive matter," the court wrote in a Thursday order, referring to the baby's rare severe heart defect . West had attempted to…

California warns of measles exposure in six counties from unvaccinated train passenger

The warning comes as the US faces its largest measles resurgence in more than three decades , fueled largely by growing vaccine hesitancy. The California department of public health said the traveler passed through at…