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While most people don’t experience symptoms after bite of infected mosquito, about one in 150 develop serious illnessTwo people in eastern Wisconsin and one person in northeastern Illinois have died of West Nile virus, according to health officials.A third person in Wisconsin has been hospitalized because of the mosquito-borne illness, the Wisconsin department of health services said Thursday in a release. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/aug/29/west-nile-virus Author : Associated Press Publish date : 2024-08-29 19:58:35 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

Samaritans charity calls on government to invest in suicide prevention as it has with smoking reductionMinisters have been urged to treat suicide as a public health crisis after the rate at which people killed themselves in England and Wales reached the highest level in more than two decades.The official figures, described by the suicide prevention charity Samaritans as “worse than expected”, showed 6,069 suicides were registered in the two nations in 2023, up from 5,642 in 2022 and the highest rate since 1999. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/aug/29/suicide-rates-in-england-and-wales-reach-highest-level-since-1999 Author : Robert Booth Social affairs correspondent Publish date : 2024-08-29

Planned 20 days of disrupted weekend services suspended after Aslef resolves workplace issues with employerA series of weekend strikes by train drivers on LNER have been called off.Members of Aslef were due to walk out on Saturday after the union claimed there had been a breakdown in industrial relations. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/aug/29/lner-train-driver-strikes-called-off-after-talks Author : PA Media Publish date : 2024-08-29 18:16:07 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.

First shop in £130m investment to open next summer as questions raised over DIY chain’s futureSainsbury’s has said it will invest £130m in buying 10 stores from Homebase and converting them into big supermarkets in the retailer’s biggest expansion in more than a decade.The deal marks the changing fortunes of two big British retail brands as questions are raised over the future of the DIY chain.Birmingham Sutton ColdfieldBromsgroveCromerDerryFarehamInverurieLowestoftNewarkOmaghRugby Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/29/sainsburys-buy-homebase-stores-convert-supermarkets Author : Sarah Butler Publish date : 2024-08-29 17:05:05 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.