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Headlines From the UK, US and around the World - 31 March 2020 New blood test can detect 50 types of cancer System uses machine learning to offer new way to screen for hard-to-detect cancers   Dr Geoffrey Oxnard of Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, part of Harvard Medical School, said the test was now being explored in clinical trials. Here comes the bit where I ask for your help The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon . If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help to fund improvements. The channel can go from strength to strength with your support.  Please look in on us at the following: youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube twitter: https://twitter.com/PuffinPolitics podcast: bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast patreon: https://www.patreon.com/partypoliticalpuffin

Headlines From the UK, US and around the World for 30 March 2020 As always, whatever the time is with you, I hope you are having a good day. Please look after yourself, your family, friends and loved ones. All the best, Dave Here comes the bit where I ask for your help. The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon. If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help it survive and fund improvements. The channel can go from strength to strength with your support. Please look in on us at the following: youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube  twitter: https://twitter.com/PuffinPolitics podcast: bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast patreon: https://www.patreon.com/partypoliticalpuffin

Todays Summary of Headlines From the UK, US and around the World for 28 March 2020 Have a look at the webpage that the podcasts are hosted on. I'd like to keep on doing these as I've got some ideas on how better to use them for you the audience and for me to be able to get across ideas and paint a picture with words. https://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffins-Podcast As always, whatever the time is with you, I hope you are having a good day. Please look after yourself, your family, friends and loved ones. All the best, Dave Here comes the bit where I ask for your help.  The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon.  If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help to fund improvements.  The channel can go from strength to strength with your support.  Please look in on us at the following:  youtube: http://bit.ly/PartyPoliticalPuffinonYouTube   ...

It has been difficult to realise the original vision of what the channel would look like. Originally, the thought was that a 'Daily News' article would go up on YouTube every day, giving an overview of the days news. The channel would also provide a weekly 'Opinion' piece at the weekend. The 'enthusiastic' view of being able to get this done was just that, enthusiastic, but it wasn't realistic. With the channel just starting and having to be organised, the fact that I am just one person, for the moment and all the technicalities of getting pieces up, there just wasn't the time to do all of this. As those of you that have see the YouTube videos will be aware, they go quite in depth in an attempt to cater for those of us that do not spend every waking minute reading, listening to or watching some sort of news content. I wanted to make sure that if people didn't quite get some of the nuance or terminology or background to a piece then they woul...

Coronavirus: First Let's ALL Be Safe - Healthcare and Coronavirus part 1 This is the first part of the series of videos called  Healthcare and Coronavirus In this we discuss the most important aspect of this crisis, YOU! The practical aspects of the virus and the steps we need to take to keep ourselves healthy and safe. Such as: How and where do I get information that will help and will be accurate? What is 'Social Distancing' and what do I have to do to conform? We also talk about the type of healthcare systems there are around the world. Will they be up to the job and do they look after ALL of society around the world. Here comes the bit where I ask for your help. The most tangible way you can show your support is through Patreon. If you could consider helping the channel in all it's variety with a membership it would help to fund improvements. The channel can go from strength to strength with your support. Please look in on us at the following: ...

The Coronavirus, COVID-19, has swept across the planet in a matter of weeks. As it is a novel version, no one has immunity to it and there are currently no vaccines. A robust and urgent response is and was required to this. A 'Universal' healthcare response to it, if you will. However, there are countries that have no form of 'nationalised' healthcare system and require their citizens to essentially fend for themselves. Of course, this means there is no joined up, national system to coordinate not just the medical aspect of fighting this virus but also the logist aspect of it. I'm not talking about some small, basically unknown 'tribe' or clan off the top of Scotland here. No, I'm talking about the richest country on the planet, the USA. I've filmed a four part series looking at the relationship between coronavirus and healthcare and the systems that will be employed. Please join me to look at what this could mean for the countries invol...

Coronavirus is creating a lot of data. Could this help to establish healthcare as a human right? I appreciate that not everyone is a 'big nerd'. Nor is the planet occupied by 'number junkies'. The World Health Organisation seems to have realised this, and thankfully so. The WHO are doing a good job at getting information and data out to not just the media, but also the public and in simple, straightforward ways. One way they communicate how the world is fairing during this pandemic is through their situation dashboard ( WHO Covid-19 Dashboard ). For anyone looking at the data plots of coronavirus for each country, you can see a general theme. Over the first 4 to 6 weeks, the number of cases are relatively low. Then buckle up as the next 4 to 6 weeks will be like a rocket launch. Those numbers of increase in confirmed cases just take off. Watching TV can be scary. There's wall to wall coverage on a 24/7 basis of something that is very serious and new t...