Volunteers from North West England needed for COVID-19 detection dog trial

Researchers investigating whether bio-detection dogs can detect COVID-19 in humans are asking people in the North West region of England for help with the...

The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack...

The death rate for patients who experienced what is normally a lower-risk heart attack rose sharply during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according...

Warning over dangers of baby face masks

Parents and carers are being warned of the risk of suffocation from 'cute' baby coverings being promoted online. The Bury, Rochdale and Oldham Child Death...

Outdoor seating in Manchester to become smoke-free areas

Pop-up seating brought in to support Manchester businesses get back on their feet following the nationwide lockdown will be made smoke-free zones. In the run...

Almost all doctor are concerned about the general indirect impact of COVID-19 on their...

A survey by the Royal College of Physicians which represents over 33,000 doctors in the UK found that doctors are concerned for patients as...

New temporary testing units open in Rochdale town centre and Littleborough

New temporary coronavirus mobile testing units are opening from Wednesday, 5 August 2020 in the borough of Rochdale.  In Rochdale town centre, 2 units are opening at...

Testing and tracing must be scaled-up to prevent second COVID-19 wave

A second COVID-19 peak can be prevented if enough people are tested and traced with schools opening and more people returning to workplaces, finds...

Rise in Greater Manchester Covid cases is a warning to complacent white middle class...

Eleanor Roaf, the director of public health in Trafford, told the Guardian that 80% of its infections in the last week were in the...

Post-menopausal women at higher risk of developing severe COVID-19, study finds

Research published recently in medRxiv, led by King’s College London, has found that high levels of estrogen may have a protective effect against the novel...

North’s Covid measures ‘rash based on data which is not backed up by the...

The imposition of a partial lockdown in parts of the North of England we’re rash’ decision which is not backed up by the data,...