The US drug epidemic has likely claimed the lives of twice as many Americans as currently estimated, new research suggests. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there were 63,000 drug overdose deaths in 2016. But that estimate doesn’t include non-overdose deaths that have drugs at their root, like those from HIV, … Read more
Aldi have apologised to a carer who was refused early entry into one of their stores after she was told her ‘uniform doesn’t count’. Marion Kilmurray was denied priority access to an Aldi in Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, yesterday after she went in to buy bread for an elderly client. The frustrated carer went on to … Read more
Ecuador’s government said on Thursday it was building a ‘special camp’ for coronavirus victims in the country’s largest city of Guayaquil, where an outbreak has killed over 80 people, with many bodies left at home for days. President Lenin Moreno said the official total of 120 deaths across the Andean nation, among the highest tallies … Read more