COVID-19, H5N1 Avian Flu, Measles and other virus UK and World News Update 8th August 2025
The British Medical Association (BMA) and Department of Health are set to start detailed talks on pay issues and working conditions for Resident Doctors.
Wes Streeting has repeatedly said there is no more money, however making changes to working conditions could go a long way towards making folk a bit happier.
UK Nurses unions are also threatening strike action, after members of the Royal College of Nursing voted overwhelmingly to reject a 3.6% pay offer.
In the UK the latest COVID figures suggest we may have escaped the expected Summer COVID wave. Still steady up until 30th July, if anything cases are dropping, although as we've seen before, people don't seem to want to test positive during the holiday season. Hospitalisations remain steady at just over 100 a week.
In the US their rising Summer COVID wave is continuing, with cases up 4 weeks in a row. Hospital admissions were up 5% last week and 13% this week. Levels are creeping upwards, but still no massive wave Asia as experienced when the latest variants arrived there.
