New study launches into COVID-19 vaccine responses in patients with impaired immune systems
A new UK study sponsored and run by the University of Birmingham has launched aiming to better understand the immune response to COVID-19 vaccinations...
COVID-19: Backlog of half a million endoscopies and rising
A backlog of nearly half a million endoscopy procedures, essential for diagnosing gastrointestinal cancers and diseases*, has built up during the COVID-19 pandemic, finds...
Government to keep under review imposing COVID checks on Chinese visitors
In an about turn the Government has said that it will keep under review COVID restrictions on visitors from China
Ben Wallace, the Defence Secretary,...
Study links depression to air pollution in our cities
The first systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence connecting air pollution and a range of mental health problems, published in Environmental Health Perspectives, reviewed...
New plan could see up to 2.5 million additional NHS dental appointments delivered for...
The Government says that a new plan could see Dental Patients benefit from millions more NHS dental appointments over the next year
NHS dentists will be...
A quarter of cancer patients experience avoidable delay to diagnosis
One in four cancer patients experienced a delay to their diagnosis that could have been avoided, according to a new study by Cancer Research...
Exercise increases the body’s own ‘cannabis’ which reduces chronic inflammation, says new study
Exercise increases the body’s own cannabis-like substances, which in turn helps reduce inflammation and could potentially help treat certain conditions such as arthritis, cancer...
Van Tam-“ I don’t think we’ll eradicate coronavirus ever, I think it’s going to...
"I don't think we'll eradicate coronavirus ever, I think it's going to be with humankind forever.” said Professor Van-Tam during this evening’s Downing Street...
Hospitals recommended to relax some of the Covid rules to ease pressure on the...
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has recommended a reduction of physical distancing from 2 metres to 1 metre In hospitals in order to...
Public Health England report links severe illness and death from Covid to obesityto
Being obese or excessively overweight increases the risk of severe illness and death from COVID-19, a new Public Health England (PHE) report confirms.
The report...