Nearly a quarter of all new cancer cases may have been missed during the Covid pandemic, a World Health Organisation (WHO) study has found.
Researchers said lockdown restrictions and pressures on healthcare systems saw diagnoses of the disease drop by 23 per cent globally, suggesting it was not identified in around one million people.
The findings come after experts analysed the results of more than 240 different studies, providing the first comprehensive worldwide assessment of the impact of Covid on cancer care.
The researchers found there had been a 23 per cent drop in the number of cancer diagnoses made after spring 2020, a 39 per cent decline in cancer screening, a 24 per cent drop in diagnostic procedures and a 28 per cent reduction in treatments.
In 2022, approximately 20 million cancer cases were newly diagnosed and 9.7 million people died from the disease worldwide.
Writing in the journal Nature Cancer, the study’s authors said: “Applying this to the estimated number of new cancers diagnosed in 2020, and assuming that the impact was largest during the first three months of the pandemic, about one million cancer cases might have been missed during the pandemic.
“Many factors might have contributed to this finding, including reduced access to health centres because of lockdowns and suspension of non-urgent care at hospitals, patients’ and healthcare workers’ fear of contracting Covid-19 and equipment or medicine shortages due to supply chain disruptions.” --->READ MORE HERE
An appeals court has determined that Ohio State University students are not able to get refunds for fees paid for in-person classes, in addition to other fees, after classes moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a 3-0 decision, the Tenth District Court of Appeals, which has jurisdiction over Franklin County, determined Ohio State was entitled to immunity for its decision whether to provide refunds to students.
The decision is the result of a lawsuit filed by Brooke Smith, who was completing her final semester during the spring of 2020. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, Ohio State, like many universities, moved courses online. The university did not reduce student fees or credit hour tuition costs because of the change.
The Ohio Supreme Court decided earlier this year in a decision that fell along party lines that an appeals court ultimately needed to decide if Ohio State was entitled to immunity for decisions on closing classes.
The university had argued it should be allowed to make determinations and policy decisions using discretion and, because it is a state university, it should have discretionary immunity.
Smith had argued that because she and other students did not receive the full experience they signed up for when paying their student fees and tuition, a refund should be provided. --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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