Up to a fifth of workforce could be off sick in Coronavirus outbreak
The UK government says up to a fifth of the workforce could be off sick at the peak of the epidemic as it reveals...
Government pledges £3m funding food redistribution organisations
The government has announced a £3 million fund for food redistribution organisations help them cut food waste during the coronavirus outbreak.
The programme will help...
UK coronavirus policy could put 7.3 million over-60s at increased risk
The UK’s policy for shielding older adults from COVID-19 overlooks 7.3 million adults aged 60-69, placing them at increased risk and death.
These are the...
Covid-19 tests going into a data black hole claim
Data on the outcome of tens of thousands of tests carried out outside the NHS is ‘disappearing into a data black hole’, making it...
Government launches Test and Trace system
From Thursday, anyone who tests positive for coronavirus will be contacted by NHS Test and Trace and will need to share information about their...
Mass testing is the safest way to reopen the economy and society and will...
Implementing a mass testing policy is the safest way to reopen the economy and society and has much less of a damaging impact on...
Aerosol transmission may spread COVID-19
The World Health Organisation needs to recognise that coronavirus might be spread by tiny respiratory droplets that remain in the air for prolonged periods,...
Hearing deterioration reported by discharged COVID-19 patients
A significant number of patients reported a deterioration in their hearing when questioned eight weeks after discharge from a hospital admission for COVID-19, according...
Blood pressure medication improves Covid-19 survival rates
Medication for high blood pressure could improve Covid-19 survival rates and reduce the severity of infection - according to new research from the University...
Research team discover possible basis for a drug which could prevent Covid-19 from entering...
druggable pocket in the SARS-CoV-2 Spike protein that could be used to stop the virus from infecting human cells has been discovered by an...