U.K. to extend Covid mix and match vaccines trial
A UK study into using different COVID-19 vaccines in two-dose inoculations is being expanded to include shots made by Moderna and Novavax
The trial, known...
Government achieves goal of vaccinating all over 50’s, the venerable and health and social...
The Government has confirmed last night that it had now offered coronavirus vaccines to all those over-50, the clinically vulnerable and health and...
Research shows end of life care was not seen as an essential, frontline service...
A new report published today shows how palliative and end of life care in the UK was compromised by shortages of PPE, essential medicines,...
Country in the grip of a mental health crisis with children worst affected, new...
Children and young people are bearing the brunt of the mental health crisis caused by the pandemic, new analysis by the Royal College of...
Government approach to negative body image ‘dangerous’
As the country prepares for the reopening of gyms and beauty salons, a new report into body image has branded the Government's approach to...
New national study of long-term impacts of debilitating lung damage from COVID-19
A new national study will investigate the long-term effects of lung inflammation and scarring from COVID-19. The study, launched with £2 million of funding from...
LIVE-People under 30 are to be offered an alternatice to Astra Zeneca vaccine in...
Live updates here as the European Medical Agency and Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) and the Joint Committee for Vaccination and Immunisation...
New link between high testosterone in men and increased risk of melanoma
Melanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer in the UK, with around 16,200 people diagnosed each year. And in the last decade...
Specialist new ultrasound clinic at Stepping Hill Hospital helping to prevent blindness
A new state-of-the-art specialist ultrasound clinic service at Stepping Hill Hospital is helping to improve the diagnosis of a condition which can cause blindness,...
More than 350 deaths and 31,000 infections linked to Covid-19 exposure at work
More than 350 deaths and 31,000 infections have been linked to Covid-19 exposure at work, new Health and Safety Executive (HSE) figures reveal.
The data, released in response to a GMB...