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Important Events Ophthalmologists say private cataract surgery is hurting the NHS The survey found that the majority of eye surgeons in England believe that the increase in the outsourcing of cataract surgery to private clinics in recent years has had a negative impact on the NHS sector. Almost three-quarters of eye doctors surveyed said that […]
Dozens of US beaches closed or hit with swimming advisories on July Fourth
Dozens of US beaches have been closed or advised against swimming on the Fourth of July due to high levels of bacteria in the water. While local and state governments have issued warnings for local beaches, there is no central database to determine whether a beach is under a health advisory. The Centers for Disease […]
Mexico evacuates turtle eggs from beaches as Hurricane Beryl approaches
The Mexican government, painfully aware of past failures in hurricane preparedness, began evacuating even sea turtle eggs from the coast on Wednesday ahead of the approach of Hurricane Beryl. Beryl is still far off the coast of Jamaica in the Caribbean but is expected to make landfall somewhere south of Cancun by late Thursday or […]
South Carolina lawmaker wants police trucks banned from beaches after fatal hit
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Officials close popular California beaches amid sewage-contaminated waters
SAN DIEGO – Sewage contamination has led to elevated bacteria levels in the water, raising medical safety concerns at several San Diego beach areas. The Department of Environmental Health Quality warned that water closure orders have been issued for Tijuana Slough, Silver Strand and Imperial Beach shorelines. Three more beaches are currently under water contact […]
Swimmers warned of rip currents along US beaches after multiple deaths
As temperatures rise and people flock to beaches to cool off, beachgoers are being urged to be aware of a hidden danger that has already claimed several lives along the U.S. coast so far this summer: rip currents. Rip currents are strong, narrow currents of water that move quickly from the shoreline out to sea […]
North Carolina crews rescue over 150 swimmers from rip currents on beaches during first week of summer
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Shark attacks nationwide result in closed beaches
A number of shark attacks have led to beach closures in Florida and California. Florida’s Walton County Sheriff Michael Adkinson Jr. reported that his office was aware of two clashes with sharks on Friday alone. In one case, a woman was attacked and sought medical treatment. The other case involved a teenager later in the […]
Shark attack off California coast leaves 46-year-man hospitalized, beaches closed
Lifeguards in Del Mar, California, north of San Diego, have closed their beaches to swimming and surfing following a shark attack Sunday morning. Del Mar authorities said in a press release that a 46-year-old man was bitten by a shark on his torso, left arm and hand around 9 a.m. The man was taken to […]
Women of D-Day: while men stormed the beaches, women worked as codebreakers, ship plotters, radar operators
On D-Day, as soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, hundreds of thousands of women served as code breakers, shipping planners, radar operators and cartographers. During World War II, over 1.1 million women served in the Western Allied armies, of which 640,000 served in the British Army. In total, around seven million British women served their […]