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NHS needs more resources to vaccinate public effectively warns BMA
The BMA has warned the NHS will need more resources if it is to vaccinate the public effectively after a new survey has revealed...
Oxford University COVID-19 vaccine roll out begins
The first person in the UK has now received the Oxford University and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, which has begun its NHS roll out today.
The...
COVID-19 pandemic leads to record usage in NHS Digital services in 2020
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to access healthcare remotely has soared, and NHS Digital services have seen a huge increase in usage throughout 2020
Preventing airborne transmission of COVID-19
Researchers have said that more attention needs to be given to indoor air in facilities such as hospitals and nursing homes in order to...
Specialist COVID-19 patient care for those with long-term symptoms
Specialist help is being made available for long COVID patients at 69 clinics, across England.
NHS England provided £10m for the assessment centres, which are...
Data confirms higher death rate for COVID-19 than seasonal influenza
Data from over 130,000 hospitalised patients confirms that COVID-19 leads to more severe illness and higher death rates than seasonal influenza
Pregnant women excluded from three quarters of COVID-19 trials
New data has shown that pregnant women are being excluded from three quarters of COVID-19 treatment trials despite being one of the most in-need...
Is atmospheric pollution contributing to the spread of COVID-19?
A new study has suggested the hypothesis of a correlation among the short-term exposure to atmospheric pollutants and COVID-19 incidence, mortality, and lethality rates
There...
Political agreement for EU4Health welcomed by European Commission
The provisional political agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council for the new EU4Health programme has been welcomed by the European Commission.
The EU4Health...
Diagnosing dysphagia in COVID-19 with telemedicine
Clinicians who are diagnosing and treating dysphagia in COVID-19 patients should use telemedicine in order to reduce risk to themselves, say experts.
The COVID-19 pandemic...
Clinical trials for another COVID-19 vaccine begin in UK
Early Phase I and Phase II clinical trials have started in the UK for the Valneva COVID-19 vaccine, which is to be tested on...
Christmas COVID-19 rules will overwhelm healthcare services
The British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the Health Service Journal (HSJ) have stated that the new COVID-19 Christmas rules will overwhelm the NHS.
In order...
LED light shown to kill COVID-19 in a global first study
A first of its kind study has found that UV-LED light emitting diodes are effective at killing the coronaviruses.
A team of researchers have proved...
Can vaccines truly bring COVID-19 under control?
In order to truly bring COVID-19 under control, vaccines must prevent infection, disease progression, and transmission, say experts.
In a new editorial published in the...
New variant of COVID-19 being investigated by PHE
A new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 has been discovered in the South East of England which Public Health England (PHE) is...
COVID-19 pandemic risks global health infrastructure
A new report has found that the COVID-19 pandemic is putting health infrastructure around the world at risk.
The report, released by the non-profit Global...
Supporting schools to re-open and prepare for COVID-19 resurgences
The World Health Organization (WHO) has created a new checklist that will help schools to re-open and prepare for possible COVID-19 resurgences.
The checklist contains...
No deal Brexit could be detrimental for UK rare disease patients
Experts have issued a warning that a no deal Brexit could have a hugely detrimental impact on patients in the UK living with a...
Norway ensures equal access to COVID-19 treatments
Norway is leading the way to help ensure equal access to COVID-19 treatments, as well as developing a new, flagship initiative on noncommunicable diseases.
The...
AstraZeneca to test component of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
AstraZeneca will be testing a component of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in clinical trials of its own vaccine against the virus.
Following the preliminary...