Over 50’s and the vulnerable to receive Covid booster jab this autumn
Half the population will be offered a third Covid jab alongside the flu vaccine to reduce the risk of more restrictions this winter.
Under...
Pandemic leads to big increase in calorie consumption
Britons increased their calorie intake during the Covid pandemic according to research published today by the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
Using data on millions of...
New study at Salford University reveals how social media could help understand kidney patient...
With funding from Kidney Research UK, researchers have discovered social media could help healthcare professionals understand and respond to the questions and concerns of...
Joint venture in Manchester to test new treatments in clinical and digital health.
The University of Manchester, together with Health Innovation Manchester and its Academic Health Science Centre, are launching a joint venture with the Morningside Group...
Decent pay rise vital to ensure the NHS is fighting fit post-pandemic, say unions
Health unions have written to new health secretary Sajid Javid stressing the crucial importance of pay in ensuring the NHS is ‘fighting fit’ to deal with its...
COVID-19 vaccines have prevented 7.2 million infections and 27,000 deaths
Latest modelling analysis from Public Health England (PHE) and the University of Cambridge’s MRC Biostatistics Unit suggests that the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination programme has...
16,000 additional beds might be needed for the NHS to cope this winter
The NHS urgently needs a rapid increase in bed numbers if it is to meet potential demand this winter according to new analysis from...
Health watchdog recommends that girls as young as 12 should be taught about pelvic...
Starting from the age of 12, all women should be encouraged to do pelvic floor muscle training to help prevent the symptoms of pelvic floor...
Government to bring in watershed cut off for unhealthy food adverts
The Government has announced that it will be pressing ahead with his ban on unhealthy food adverts online and before the 9pm television watershed,...
Over two million people may have Long Covid says study
A new study has found that around two million people may be suffering from long Covid in the UK.
The REACT-2 study, led by Imperial...