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Health Europa partners with ‘Empowering & Mobilizing PAGs on COVID-19’ event

Health Europa partners with ‘Empowering & Mobilizing PAGs on COVID-19’ event

Health Europa is proud to announce its role as a media partner for the upcoming 'Empowering & Mobilizing PAGs on COVID-19' event. This important event...
NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens

NIH-sponsored trial of nasal COVID-19 vaccine opens

A Phase 1 trial testing the safety of an experimental nasal vaccine that may provide enhanced breadth of protection against emerging variants of SARS-CoV-2,...
52% of England’s care home residents get spring COVID-19 vaccine

52% of England’s care home residents get spring COVID-19 vaccine

NHS England confirms that over half of England’s care home residents have received their spring COVID-19 vaccine.  In April 2024, the NHS booking system for...
mri technology, covid-19

Advanced MRI technology detects brain changes after COVID-19

Researchers used advanced MRI technology to examine the brains of 16 patients previously hospitalised for COVID-19 with persisting symptoms.
OpenSAFELY

NHS extends COVID-19 OpenSAFELY research platform to develop new disease treatments

The NHS is embarking on a pioneering initiative to expand the groundbreaking OpenSAFELY research platform to propel advancements to combat other significant diseases. Collaborating with...
NHS winter vaccination programme

NHS winter vaccination programme breaks flu and COVID-19 jab records

The NHS winter vaccination programme in England has accomplished an extraordinary milestone by delivering more than ten million flu vaccinations and over seven million...
Informal carers suffered mentally during the COVID-19 pandemic

Informal carers suffered mentally during the COVID-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, many people were forced to become informal carers; according to new research, many of these people experienced a decline in...
NHS COVID-19 app saved 10,000 lives in the first year

NHS COVID-19 app saved 10,000 lives in the first year

Experts from the University of Oxford and the University of Warwick have estimated the NHS COVID-19 app prevented around one million cases, 44,000 hospitalisations...
NICE recommends three treatments for COVID-19

NICE recommends three treatments for COVID-19

The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended three treatments for COVID-19 that are cost-effective. Everyone with COVID-19 at the highest risk...
Evusheld not recommended for vulnerable adults with COVID-19

Evusheld not recommended for vulnerable adults with COVID-19

NICE has not recommended Evusheld for vulnerable adults in England with COVID-19 due to a lack of evidence of its effectiveness. Evusheld is used to...
The TB vaccine does not protect elderly patients from COVID-19

The TB vaccine does not protect elderly patients from COVID-19

The TB vaccine does not protect the elderly against disease symptoms caused by COVID-19, according to researchers in the Netherlands. These findings come from a...
From crisis support to COVID-19 pandemic preparedness

From crisis support to COVID-19 pandemic preparedness

The team behind the EU-funded EpiPose and ESCAPE projects discuss the value of data-driven modelling in the context of COVID-19 pandemic preparedness and their...
Global health funding hits record high during COVID-19 pandemic 

Global health funding hits record high during COVID-19 pandemic 

A new global analysis shows that global health funding hit a record high, but greater investment is needed to prepare for future pandemics.   In a...
Younger generations suffered from worst mental illness during COVID-19

Younger generations suffered from worst mental illness during COVID-19

Mental illness was more common in younger generations compared to older age groups during the COVID-19 pandemic. A new study by University College London (UCL)...
Patients with private health insurance are likely to receive more treatment

Researchers discover that piperlongumine can be used to treat COVID-19

Researchers have reported that the antiviral compound, piperlongumine, can be used in the treatment of COVID-19. The researchers found that piperlongumine, a compound extracted from...
500,000 missed out on medication for hypertension during COVID-19 

500,000 missed out on medication for hypertension during COVID-19 

The University of Liverpool researchers have found that nearly 500,000 people missed out on starting medication for hypertension during the COVID-19 pandemic.  The research illuminated...
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COVID-19 can slow down innate immune system recovery 

According to researchers from Linköping University, the severity of COVID-19 infections is directly related to the slower recovery of the innate immune system.  COVID-19 infection...
COVID-19 infection and vaccination provide protection against omicron BA.5

COVID-19 infection and vaccination provide protection against omicron BA.5

A study from the University of Lisbon has shown that vaccination and previous COVID-19 infection grants protection against omicron BA.5.  The study was led by...
Male Y chromosome loss may be linked to severe COVID-19

Male Y chromosome loss may be linked to severe COVID-19

Researchers from Uppsala University believe the loss of the Y chromosome may put men at an increased risk of severe cases of COVID-19. Loss of...
Research suggests liver disease drug could prevent COVID-19

Research suggests liver disease drug could prevent COVID-19

Scientists have identified an off-patent drug that could prevent COVID-19 infection and be used to tackle future variants. A team of scientists from the University...

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