Latest edition of Haleon Pain Index finds half (49%) of people in pain feel stigmatised[1][2] 42% regularly feel lonely due to their pain, and one third feel serious loneliness (based on UCLA loneliness scale)[3] 32% of people living in pain fear they will be judged Women, people of colour and the LGBQ+ community are worst [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul’s ritzy southern neighborhood of Daechi, known as a major cluster of cram schools in the country, may be one of the areas that has been most affected by the government’s toughened social distancing guidelines aimed at containing the new coronavirus. The neighborhood, where one can sometimes spot people [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (korea Bizwire) – South Korea is bracing for a prolonged virus combat as the number of cases involving unknown transmission routes and critically ill patients increases, with the country’s infection cases surpassing the grim 20,000 mark. South Korea, once praised for its successful containment of COVID-19, reported 235 new cases Tuesday, raising [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) –Basic hygiene measures against COVID-19 are contributing to a sharp decline in other viral illnesses common during the summer season. According to public health authorities, as wearing masks, hand washing and social distancing have become a normal part of daily life in the pandemic era, other viral and bacterial infections [...]