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Senior Toy MP Steve Brine is being investigated over claims he lobbied the NHS on behalf of a recruitment firm.Parliamentary Standards Commissioner Daniel Greenberg will carry it out.Leaked messages from 2021 show Mr Brine had been "trying for months" to contact health bosses while acting as a paid consultant for Remedium Partners.

Opposition parties are calling for Tory MP Steve Brine to be investigated over claims he lobbied the NHS on behalf of a recruitment firm.Leaked messages from 2021 show he had been "trying for months" to contact health bosses on behalf of Remedium Partners, where he was a paid adviser.The texts show the company wanted to supply the NHS with anaesthetists.

Rishi Sunak has turned on the scandal-hit Tory peer Michelle Mone, telling MPs he is absolutely shocked by the allegations about Covid contracts.The prime minister also confirmed the lingerie millionaire has lost the Conservative whip  after she announced a leave of absence from the House of Lords to try to clear her name.

Gammeeok, a Koreatown restaurant that was sued this week for allegedly serving two customers a rat carcass in their soup, was closed by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene following an inspection on Wednesday, TMZ reports.Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Mayor Eric Adams, tells the publication: "No New York City restaurant is authorized to have mice or rats on the menu and we are investigating further."

A crucial meeting will be held on Tuesday between unions and NHS employers which is expected to pave the way for the Government to implement a pay rise aimed at resolving the long-running health workers dispute.The NHS Staff Council will hear reports from unions which have balloted hundreds of thousands of health workers in recent weeks.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Cafe de Olla, once part of the Mission Economic and Development Agency's incubator program, graduates into its own spot on Tuesday at 3388 19th Street.It's been a pandemic-like journey to survive and to do all the repairs in their new spot, so the owners Eduardo Antonio and Francisco Camacho launched a Go Fund Me campaign in January that has raised nearly $5,000 toward their goal of $75,000.

In front of a red brick Brooklyn rowhouse, it was clear that Mayor Eric Adams's ongoing war on rats had reached another level of absurdity.In the middle of a busy New York City workday, a dozen or so reporters had gathered, along with at least eight police officers, three Guardian Angels in red berets (including Curtis Sliwa, who lost to Mr. Adams in the 2021 mayoral election), two charismatic cats in a cage, and one very dead rat, plastered on Lafayette Avenue, its hairless tail still largely intact.

Yankees star Aaron Judge is coming off a season in which he hit 62 home runs.His previous career-high was 52, back in 2017.No other player in the game since Barry Bonds has eclipsed 60 dingers.It's safe to say his raw and game power are unmatched in the league.Having said that, it's hard to see him replicating the kind of power numbers he had this past season.

Amid the eight nights of Hanukkah and less than a week before Christmas, Mayor Eric Adams issued updated guidance on Tuesday to help New Yorkers protect themselves during the holiday season from the so-called "tridemic" of COVID-19, the flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) hitting the city.

Plans to create a dozen "wellness hubs" around the city to replace the Tenderloin Center and permit safer consumption of dangerous drugs like fentanyl are stalled due to legal concerns.But several supervisors are pressing the mayor and health department to stop having cold feet about the legal issues.

For millions of low-income New Yorkers, access to routine dental care has long hinged on whether or not they still have eight crucial teeth.A mouth with just four pairs of matching back teeth is considered "adequate for functional purposes" according to the state's rules for Medicaid recipients.

A Long Beach elementary school was closed this week after a norovirus outbreak infected more than 120 students, city health officials said.Illnesses at Carver Elementary School were first reported to the Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services on Feb. 22. Symptoms of norovirus include sudden vomiting and diarrhea, health officials said, adding that the virus is usually not dangerous but is extremely contagious.

A pair of community health centers - Heritage Health and Housing in Harlem and Evergreen Health in Buffalo - filed a lawsuit late last week against the New York State Department of Health to block the upcoming launch of a new prescription drug plan for Medicaid members, known as NYRx.It's part of a final attempt by several stakeholders to derail the plan, which takes effect this Saturday.

At the beginning of the pandemic, when dining rooms shuttered per state mandate, a company that managed parking lots positioned itself for success.Reef Technology, based in Florida, had started tip-toeing into the food industry via something akin to food carts: trailers parked in lots that housed kitchens.

The brown rat has lived in New York City since the time of the Revolutionary War, or thereabouts.And for at least a century, city officials have tried, and failed, to eradicate it.And so it was that on Wednesday, centuries after the Rattus norvegicus first stowed away on a New York-bound ship, New York City tried again, advertising for a newly created position of director of rodent mitigation.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine (R) called on President Joe Biden to visit East Palestine and see the environmental damages caused by last month's toxic chemical spill.DeWine spoke with Fox & Friends on Thursday about his latest visit to the train derailment site, plus his updates on the effort to remove hazardous waste from the area.

The New York State Department of Health is "exploring its options" after a state Supreme Court judge struck down a statewide mandate requiring health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the agency said Saturday.Judge Gerard Neri wrote in a ruling released Friday that Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul and the health department overstepped their authority by mandating a vaccine that's not included in state public health law, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported.

Local The petition has over 1,000 signatures in 5 weeks.A new petition is urging the Brookline Select Board to take additional steps to fight the town's rodent crisis.The petition, written by retired neighbors Fran Perler and Marilyn Rosenbaum, calls for the town to increase staff and approve additional funding for rodent prevention and has accumulated over 1,000 signatures in about 5 weeks.

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The New York State Department of Health is "exploring its options" after a state Supreme Court judge struck down a statewide mandate requiring health care workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, the agency said Saturday.

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The city Health Department is issuing an advisory as three respiratory illnesses are seeing high spikes.Due to the rise of cases of COVID-19, influenza and RSV, the New York City Health Commissioner  issued a Health Advisory that urges New York City residents to use high-quality masks when indoors and in crowded outdoor settings, particularly those who are at an increased risk for complications, such as those age 65 and older and people who are immunocompromised.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, and many Brooklyn residents set to gather with family and friends for the occasion, New York Governor Kathy Hochul is urging New Yorkers to take preventative measures this holiday season to prevent the spread of severe respiratory illnesses - including COVID-19, influenza and respiratory syncytial virus.