From surgical masks and gloves to disposable hospital gowns and aprons, the COVID-19 pandemic is creating a mountain of plastic medical waste that is polluting the land and sea – alarming doctors and ...

Total carbon emissions from NHS Wales have risen by 20% since 2018-19, despite targets to reduce them by 16%. NHS Wales has blamed the increased rise in emissions on its suppliers, and vowed to work ...

When Sam Foster, the chief nursing officer at Oxford University Hospitals, entered an I.C.U. ward for COVID-19 patients for the first time, in April, she wore a long-sleeved gown, a plastic apron and ...