FRANKFURT, July 28 (Reuters) – Germanys LR Health & Beauty is preparing for a Frankfurt stock market flotation in the fourth quarter as its private equity owner seeks to take advantage of high equity valuations and monetize part of its holdings, people close to the matter said. LR Health &…

The tyranny of the Excel spreadsheet continues, and especially in rostering staff. Nowhere is this more acutely felt in todays COVID-pressured hospital wards, which are now depleted not just by the disease but by staff burnout from patchy-over or under-scheduling of staff hours. Two doctors realized this and decided to…

Interior Health says it has administered over a million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine since the immunization campaign began earlier this year. There have been 1,021,323 doses of a vaccine administered throughout Interior Health to date, including 563,334 first doses and 457,989 second doses. “We are proud to report that…

Tokyo Olympic Games on the BBC Dates: 23 July-8 August Time in Tokyo: BST +8 Coverage: Watch live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Red Button and online; Listen on BBC Radio 5 Live, Sports Extra and Sounds; live text and video clips on BBC Sport website and app. The…

VICTORIA — As B.C. continues to expand its COVID-19 vaccination efforts, the province has released some stats on vaccination rates for each health authority. As of Monday, 80.6 per cent of British Columbians aged 12 and older have received their first dose of vaccine, while 61.3 per cent have received…

Posted Gymnast Simone Biles’ bid for a record six gold medals, what would make her the most successful female Olympian of all time, ended abruptly on Tuesday when she pulled out of a team event. Russia’s gymnastics team went on to carry the gold.read more…

A woman wears a protective mask as she exercises on the street amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in Hanoi, Vietnam, May 31. REUTERS/Thanh HueHANOI, July 27 (Reuters) – Vietnam reported 7,913 new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, the fifth straight day the country has recorded more than 7,000 cases as it…

The new requirement in California, which covers 246,000 state government employees, plus the two million health care workers in the public and private sectors, will begin on Aug. 2 and be implemented by Aug. 23, Mr. Newsom said. We are exhausted by the right-wing echo chamber that has been perpetuating…

Oculus owner Facebook may soon allow its Oculus virtual reality headsets to report workout data to the Apple Health app, reports Bloomberg. The Oculus iPhone app has code that would allow workouts completed with the Oculus headset to be recorded in the Health app like other workout data. The Oculus…

Theresa Brown is a nurse and author of “The Shift: One Nurse, Twelve Hours, Four Patients’ Lives.” The views expressed here are hers. Read more opinion on CNN. (CNN)Covid-19 has killed over 600,000 Americans and sickened many more. It’s hard for me to understand why people would refuse a vaccine…