Cheap EVs for everyone: France launches ‘social leasing’ at €40/month

  • December 18, 2023
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France aims to democratize access to electric vehicles with a freshly launched “social leasing” program that allows low-income drivers to lease electric cars for as low as €40, about $43. That includes no down payment and free charging, in some cases, for six months. President Emmanuel Macron announced the program back on October 22, with […]

These were the most popular electric bike news stories of 2023

  • December 18, 2023
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Electric bikes have grown in popularity every year, and so too have their news stories. (If you don’t believe me, just ask yourself why your favorite car or motorcycle media sites are all suddenly covering e-bikes too.) This year was no exception to the expanding e-bike takeover, with millions of you surfing on over to […]

Canada, too, wants to wait until 2035 to ban ICE vehicles

  • December 18, 2023
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Photo by Social Soup Social Media on Pexels.com This week, Canada will announce new regulations requiring all vehicles sold in the country to be zero-emissions by 2035, according to a report. The move works to phase out fossil-fuel-burning vehicles in the country but also shorten the biggest barrier for Canadian consumers: long wait times. “This […]

Two health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland go live with Clinisys WinPath

  • December 18, 2023
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Two health and social care trusts in Northern Ireland have gone live with Clinisys WinPath, at the start of a series of deployments from the Core Laboratory Information Management System or Core LIMS project. This project, which is being led by the Business Services Organisation, will see every pathology service in Northern Ireland adopt the laboratory information […]

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Experts call for more value to be given to patients’ lived experiences

  • December 18, 2023
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Experts are calling for more value to be given to patients’ lived experiences as a study of over 1,000 patients and clinicians found multiple examples of patient reports being under-valued. The research, led by a team at the University of Cambridge and King’s College London, found that clinicians ranked patient self-assessments as least important in […]

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What Parents Should Know About Tongue-Tie Releases

  • December 18, 2023
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It’s an increasingly common scenario faced by new mothers across the country: A lactation consultant examines their newborn and suggests that cutting a “tongue-tie” may ease their difficulty breastfeeding. The quick procedure, known as a tongue-tie release, involves a dentist or doctor snipping a tight band of tissue connecting the tongue to the bottom of […]