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COVID
Professor Dame Jenny Harries, who now heads up the U.K. Health Security Agency

There is no solid proof masks ever slowed the spread of Covid and they may have made things worse, England’s former Deputy Chief Medical Officer said on Wednesday.

CATHOLIC VALUES

Doctors Could Refuse Patients Over Religious Beliefs Under New Bill
Anew bill being advanced by Republican legislators in Iowa would allow healthcare workers and institutions to refuse medical procedures based on the religious or moral beliefs they hold.

PRAYER

Christians should pray for the grace to look at others with the same mercy and care with which Jesus looks at them, Pope Francis said.

GENE THERAPY

Modular system can perform strand-specific editing without any cuts, but team says more research is needed
It comes as China’s biotechnology sector is bracing for possible export restrictions from the United States

GENDER

The suspension of a senior staff psychiatrist over her approach to transgender patients has thrown the Queensland Children’s Hospital into turmoil, casting a spotlight on widespread concerns among doctors at the treatment of children with gender dysphoria.

MEDICAL STUDIES

Funding from Big Pharma and Big Food biases scientific health research at every step of the way — from research questions to study methods to results and conclusions — according to a new report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM).

CATHOLIC VALUES

Calvary Hospital will take its fight against a forced takeover by the ACT Government to the ACT Supreme Court next Wednesday 7 June.

CATHOLIC VALUES

In the Bible, Jesus says “Let the children come to me” — but parents and teachers in the US state of Utah have decided it’ll have to wait until high school.

CATHOLIC VALUES

Catholic healthcare provider Calvary will challenge the “validity”of new legislation that has allowed the ACT Government to take ownership and control of the Calvary Public Hospital in Canberra.

CATHOLIC VALUES

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has backed the ACT Government takeover of Calvary Public Hospital, just two days before legislation is likely to pass the ACT Legislative Assembly.