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What’s happening in the world of public health? We take a look at the latest stories affecting the professions.
NMC expands temporary register
The NMC has announced further expansion of the Covid-19 temporary register to overseas-trained nurses (5 January 2021).
Calls to extend self-harm intervention to primary school children
Three per cent of more than a thousand Melbourne children reported self-harm at age 11 and 12. They had been assessed annually from the age of eight to nine (wave 1) to 11 to 12 years (wave four) . Of those who self-harmed, 64.3% were females and 35.7% were males.
Genetic risk of hypertension linked to pre-eclampsia
Researchers have found that the genetic predisposition to hypertension and increased BMI is related to the risk of pre-eclampsia.