Nhs Expand Opt Out - QuikReader

NHS to expand opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing

The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at 90 hospitals.

BBC News - 5d

Meta and Google opt out of Sydney Mardi Gras amid move away from DEI in US

Former sponsors walk away from 2025 event – while organisers say they do not meet partnership requirements. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email ...

The Guardian - 14h

MLB free agency: 10 players who could hit the market after 2025 season thanks to opt-outs, player options

Edwin Díaz, Cody Bellinger, Alex Bregman and more hold their futures in their own hands

CBS Sports - 3h

'There could be no NHS dentists in two years'

Dentists say NHS contracts are becoming more challenging to fulfil and they need to hand them back.

BBC News - 2d

Musk and the Right Co-Opt the Left’s Critique of U.S. Power

Suspicion about covert operations and soft power used to be mostly the purview of the left. No more.

The New York Times - 1d

Measles outbreak expands in West Texas

At least two dozen cases of measles have been reported in a West Texas county with one of the highest rates of vaccine exemptions in the state. All of the confirmed cases there involve unvaccinated ...

CBS News - Feb. 12

NHS productivity plunged after the pandemic, data shows

ONS figures ‘in development’ highlight challenge facing government in improving health service performance

Financial Times - Feb. 10

Deficits at NHS trusts in England more than double

Rising cost of temporary staff and increased outsourcing to the private sector weigh on health service

Financial Times - Feb. 12

How much is the NHS going to cost us?

Spending on the NHS has been going up for decades and is set to rise further. BBC Verify has examined some of the key numbers.

BBC News - Feb. 13

NHS training bottleneck in England leaves doctors in limbo

Lack of specialised medical placements prevents many applicants from starting careers as consultants

Financial Times - 2d

Digital Bandidos expands game publishing staff

Digital Bandidosannounced it has hired three new leaders as the company strengthens its ability to provide services for game developers.

VentureBeat - Feb. 6

How the NFL is expanding its fanbase in Brazil

Football fans will have their eyes on New Orleans on Sunday, but the NFL is looking overseas. A record 62.5 million people outside the U.S. watched the Super Bowl last year, and the league is ...

CBS News - Feb. 8

BCG expands London office in bet on in-person working

US consulting firm is latest company to boost office space in sign of hope for UK capital’s commercial property market

Financial Times - Feb. 10

Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their tour to Europe

Fresh off their Super Bowl halftime spectacle, Kendrick Lamar and SZA are expanding their upcoming tour to make stops in Europe

ABC News - Feb. 10

Layoffs Expand at Federal Agencies, Part of Trump Purge

Mass firings have rocked multiple agencies as President Trump and Elon Musk ramp up plans to drastically slash and reshape the federal work force.

The New York Times - 4d

Japan’s economy expands for third straight quarter

Growth buoyed by stronger corporate spending despite onset of interest rate rises

Financial Times - 3d

C.I.A. Expands Secret Drone Flights Over Mexico

The covert program, begun during the Biden administration and stepped up by President Trump, is hunting for the location of fentanyl labs.

The New York Times - 2d

Firings Expand at Interior Department With Purge of Probationary Workers

More than 2,000 workers at the Interior Department were fired in recent days, according to counts from workers groups and those familiar with the cuts, as probationary workers were targeted across ...

The New York Times - 1d

NHS leaders call for use of private finance to build hospitals

NHS Confederation says such funding is needed to fix dilapidated infrastructure

Financial Times - Feb. 11

NHS trust fined £1.6m over failings in baby deaths

The fine over the deaths of Adele O'Sullivan, Kahlani Rawson and Quinn Parker is the largest for an NHS trust in maternity care.

BBC News - Feb. 12

'Fined NHS trust failed to learn from our daughter's death'

The parents of Wynter Andrews, who died under NHS care in 2019, say a trust has "failed to learn".

BBC News - Feb. 12

NHS 'recovery plan' fails to deliver new dentists or more appointments

NHS leaders say the contract for dentists to carry out NHS work needs redrawing.

BBC News - Feb. 13

Inside the Royal Free - what it tells us about the NHS

From frustrated staff and ageing equipment to life-saving care, what life on the frontline is like.

BBC News - Feb. 13

Pledge of two million extra NHS appointments met, PM says

Sir Keir Starmer says the figure is a "shot in the arm", but "the job isn't done" to bring down waiting lists.

BBC News - 3d

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. The NHS in England is facing a “ticking timebomb” when it comes to retaining young staff, ...

The Guardian - 19h

Apple launches first major health study in 5 years. Here's how you can opt in

Apple launched the new project called Apple Health Study with Brigham and Women's Hospital.

CNBC - Feb. 12

2025 NFL Mock Draft: Three quarterbacks taken in Round 1 after Titans opt for best player available

The NFL Combine could shake up the prospect rankings next week.

CBS Sports - 3h

Texas to eliminate spring game, joining growing list of college football teams opting for NFL-style OTAs

Longhorns coach Steve Sarkisian is the latest coach to do away with the traditional format

CBS Sports - 1h

Musk’s expanding role triggers efforts to check his power

Elon Musk has seen a flood of attempts to check his power as he expands into nearly every corner of the government. In the few short weeks that President Trump has been in office, Musk and his team ...

The Hill - Feb. 8

Inside self-driving Waymo ride as company looks to expand to highways

The future of driving could mean no one behind the wheel -- at least that's what the autonomous driving tech company Waymo is hoping. To shift that goal into high gear, the company has started ...

CBS News - Feb. 11

Snowflake expands AI tools with Anthropic partnership — what it means for businesses

Snowflake and Anthropic launch Cortex Agents, bringing Claude's enterprise-grade AI capabilities directly into corporate data environments.

VentureBeat - Feb. 12

Skybound Entertainment expands its universe with Maple Media acquisition

Skybound Entertainment, owner of The Walking Dead, announced the acquisition of Maple Media from Shamrock Capital.

VentureBeat - Feb. 13

Singapore's GDP expands by 4.4% in 2024, fastest growth since 2021

For the fourth quarter, Singapore's GDP grew 5% year on year, higher than the 4.7% forecast by a Reuters poll.

CNBC - 6d

Online searches for gambling addiction surge as sports betting expands, study finds

The study analyzed search queries mentioning gambling, addiction, addict, anonymous or hotline — such as gambling addiction hotline — from January 2016 through June 2024.

CBS News - 2d

Watch: Trump signs executive order at Mar-a-Lago expanding IVF

President Trump gave a press briefing Tuesday afternoon while in Florida. The president was slated to sign an executive order expanding access to in vitro fertilization (IVF). "The Order directs ...

The Hill - 1d

Trump signs order to expand White House control of independent agencies

President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aiming to expand the White House’s authority over various independent regulatory agencies, a move likely to prompt legal challenges. Trump issued ...

The Hill - 1d

Green groups sue over Trump moves to expand offshore drilling

Conservation groups filed two legal challenges Wednesday to the Trump administration’s moves to shrink areas protected from offshore oil and gas development. In the first lawsuit, a coalition of ...

The Hill - 23h