Plans for £1.5m birth centre announced for Warrington

Warrington Hospital is to open a new, £1.5m midwife-led birth centre at Croft Wing, Warrington Hospital in the spring of 2020.  The Centre, which...

Based on work at Manchester University new human Zika vaccine trials begin

The first participant has received a dose of a new Zika virus vaccine being trialled by the University of Liverpool at the Clinical Research...

Cloudy with a Chance of Pain? smartphone study shows pain more likely on humid,...

People with long-term health conditions are 20 per cent more likely to suffer from pain on days that are humid and windy with low...

Communities tackling the harms caused by alcohol

Radcliffe residents are among the first in Greater Manchester to take part in the Communities in Charge of Alcohol (CICA) programme. This new regional initiative...

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus...

86% of people who tested positive for Covid-19 during lockdown did not have virus symptoms (cough, and/or fever, and/or loss of taste/smell), finds a...

Leading optician reveals the impact screens are having on Manchester children’s overall wellbeing

Technology is becoming a bigger part of children’s lives every day, but many parents are left unaware of the consequences of extended screen time. From...

First year of NHS England’s three-year recovery programme already falling short say MP’s

A critical report from MP’s out today says that the Government’s £14bn plan to reduce NHS backlogs caused by Covid is failing to meet targets...

Manchester Researchers identify early signs of bipolar disorder

Other mental illness diagnoses, taking psychotropic medication (prescribed to treat those illnesses, and specific health service use patterns are strong indicators of bipolar disorder,...

Meet the Chorlton chemist who says talk is a tonic as he sees at...

Manchester chemist Maneet Kapoor is leading a call for more awareness of loneliness and its effects – as he estimates that he sees at...

Rapid Covid tests are now available from Manchester’s local libraries

Free at-home Covid-19 testing kits are now available to collect from Manchester’s 10 local libraries. As part of the drive to support the lifting of...