Just one in eight of those who wear washable, reusable face masks are actually...

Just a third of people are washing their reusable face masks after every use, the correct procedure according to figures released by You Gov The...

Study has identified 2,085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease...

Amajor new study has identified 2,085 excess deaths in England and Wales due to heart disease and stroke during the peak of the COVID-19...

Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital to reopen next week

Manchester’s Nightingale Hospital is preparing to open at the end of next week It was one of three hospitals put on alert to reopen two...

A few kilograms weight loss nearly halves the risk of diabetes, large scale research...

Providing support to help people with prediabetes make small changes to their lifestyle, diet and physical activity can almost halve the risk of developing...

Covid-19 vaccine ready for Manchester community rollout

The final preparations are being made in anticipation of Manchester’s first cohort of patients being given the Covid-19 vaccine. From Wednesday 16 December, Manchester residents...

More than 1 in 3 people in the UK report deteriorating eyesight due to...

Over a third of people in the UK who have been using screens more during lockdown believe their eyesight has been affected as a...

Disabled people make up six out of every ten Covid deaths

Disabled people made up six in 10 of all deaths involving Covid-19 in England up to November 2020 - with the risk of death...

Miniature cameras which patients can swallow to get checked for cancer are being trialled...

Miniature cameras which patients can swallow to get checked for cancer are being trialled across the NHS. The imaging technology, in a capsule no bigger...

Manchester Study no rise in English suicide rates during first lockdown

Suicide rates in England did not rise following the first national lockdown in 2020 despite higher levels of greater distress, University of Manchester researchers...

World-first COVID-19 vaccine booster study launches in Stockport

Volunteers from Stockport will soon be able to receive a third ‘booster’ COVID-19 vaccine through a new clinical trial launching this week, the Health...