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Reducing hospital admissions with COVID-19 telemonitoring
A new telemonitoring programme has helped to reduce hospital admissions and ER visits from patients with COVID-19.
The rapid upscaling of a COVID-19 telemonitoring programme...
Lifesaving COVID-19 treatment for hospitalised UK patients
Thousands of NHS patients who need to be hospitalised due to COVID-19 will now be able to receive a life-saving treatment named tocilizumab.
Clinical trials...
Government must be clear on vaccine information for BAME community
The government must be clear on information about vaccine creation to help vaccine uptake in the BAME community.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic...
Study reveals top-performing point-of-care COVID-19 tests
A new study has revealed the top-performing point-of-care COVID-19 tests that meet the recently published World Health Organization (WHO) "desirable" Target Product Profile (TPP)...
Chronic illness can help us understand more about long-term COVID-19
A new study has explored how chronic illness research can help to inform our understanding of the long-term effects of COVD-19 and potentially lead...
Simulations reveal how air conditioning spreads COVID-19
A group of researchers have used advanced simulations to reveal how air conditioning contributes to the spread of COVID-19.
Following a restaurant COVID-19 outbreak in...
Wearable devices detect COVID-19 symptoms before diagnosis
A new study has explored the use of wearable devices to detect symptoms of COVID-19 and predict a patient’s diagnosis.
Carried out by researchers at...
World’s largest study to look at strokes caused by COVID-19
Researchers conducting the biggest study into reports of life-threatening COVID-19 strokes hope the research may help to prevent death and disability, related to the...
Moving to remote consultations to reduce the risk of COVID-19
A new study has examined how GPs in the UK coped with the rapid shift to remote consultations in a bid to help reduce...
Surfacide UVC technology provides coronavirus disinfection
Why do patients and healthcare workers around the world choose Surfacide as a trusted partner in infection prevention?
The overarching mission of Wisconsin-based UVC systems...
UK to undertake world-first COVID-19 alternating vaccine dose study
The UK is undertaking the world’s first clinical trial that aims to determine the safety and effects of using different vaccines for the first...
Protecting people, improving indoor air quality in everyday workspaces
Omni CleanAir President Paul de la Port tells HEQ about the need for indoor air purification.
Omnitec Design was founded in 1988, with the goal...
Oxford vaccine data suggests it reduces COVID-19 transmission
New data on the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine has suggested that it may have a substantial impact on transmission of COVID-19.
Analyses of PCR positive swabs from...
Long COVID or mental burnout? Life beyond the pandemic
In this article, Pharma Nord discusses the long-term health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The first vaccines have been administered in the UK, hopefully spelling...
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine shows efficacy against Kent variant
Novavax has released data from its phase III COVID-19 vaccine candidate study that demonstrates it as effective against the Kent variant of the virus.
Conducted...
Study shows vitamins, steroids, and antivirals may combat COVID-19
A new study has indicated that some vitamins, steroids, and antivirals may effectively help to combat COVID-19 by binding to the spike protein and...
Valneva COVID-19 vaccine production begins in Scotland
Vaccine company Valneva has begun manufacturing of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in Livingston, West Lothian, Scotland.
The UK government made a joint multi-million pound investment...
UK offers genomics expertise to find new COVID-19 variants
The UK will be using its world-leading genomic expertise to help countries who do not have the resources to identify new variants of coronavirus.
Countries...
New study to investigate COVID-19 links to hearing loss
A major UK study is set to launch that will investigate the possible long-term impact of COVID-19 on hearing.
The one year study, led by...
Lateral flow rapid tests: a solution for future infectious disease testing
Abingdon Health explores why the use of lateral flow rapid tests during the COVID-19 pandemic may benefit future testing programmes