Investment in addiction treatment needed in Manchester more than ever in wake of COVID-19 

The full extent of the challenges Greater Manchester faces with alcohol and drugs have been explored in a new report. And the authors are calling...

Covid-19 could widen mental health inequalities for a generation

The Covid-19 pandemic could entrench and exacerbate inequalities in mental health for a generation unless concerted action is taken to close the gap, according...

Welcoming early results on use of dexamethasone in sickest COVID-19 patients, WHO warns it’s...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday hailed news from the United Kingdom that a common steroid, dexamethasone, can potentially help save the...

Major breakthrough in treating Covid-19 patients on ventilators

A £5 steroid, Dexamethasone,  has been found to reduce the deaths of Covid-19 patients on ventilators and will be rolled out within 24 hours. The...

Urgent testing, tracing, and isolation could save lives and economy

Population-wide testing, contact tracing, and isolation (PTTI) in the UK could save 50,000 lives and £700bn of GDP over the next two years, finds...

Striking differences revealed in COVID-19 mortality between NHS trusts

A University of Cambridge team is calling for urgent research into the striking differences in COVID-19 deaths they have discovered between the intensive care units...

25,000 released from hospital into care homes at start of Covid crisis without being...

As the Government freed up space in the NHS at the beginning of the Covid 19 crisis, around 25,000 people were discharged from hospitals into...

An aspirin a day keeps the bowel doctor away

A regular dose of aspirin to reduce the risk of inherited bowel cancer lasts at least 10 years after stopping treatment, research has revealed. The...

We live in an information age, to fight COVID-19 and prevent a second wave,...

Dr Stephanie Steels, Lecturer in Integrated Health and Social Care. at MMU Dr Steels has previously worked for and advised the World Health Organization...

Introducing the lockdown a week earlier could have saved 25,000 lives says former Sage...

According to Professor Neil Ferguson in comments made to the House of Commons from Science and Technology Committee today, putting the country in lockdown a...