Public health officials in the UK are urgently reviewing the potential ability of vitamin D to reduce the risk of coronavirus, reports The Guardian. It comes amid...
June 17th, 2020Dexamethasone, a cheap and widely-used steroid, has become the first drug shown to save COVID-19 lives, in what University of Oxford scientists said is a “major...
Papers by UK government scientists have revealed that one in five hospital patients with coronavirus caught it while on wards, reports The Daily Telegraph. The findings...Weekly Roundup
The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly keeping number crunchers busy and will for some time. And, says a Business Maverick report, as a health insurer, Discovery, which also...
June 10th, 2020In an open letter, 27 leading medical figures in Britain have warned of a second wave of coronavirus that will kill many more, “unless we find quick, practical...
June 10th, 2020Responding to growing body of evidence pointing towards obesity as a major risk factor for coronavirus, there have been calls for a rapid expansion in NHS-funded weight...
A new statement has been released from the chief investigators of the Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY (RECOVERY) Trial on hydroxychloroquine. Professor Peter...Coronavirus
The vast majority of people who contract coronavirus never show any symptoms, The Daily Telegraph reports the first analysis of antibody tests by the UK’s Office for...
June 3rd, 2020Coronavirus patients could suffer "extreme tiredness and shortness of breath for several months", government scientists have warned. The Daily Telegraph reports that...
Hospital staff may be carrying SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 disease, without realising they are infected, according to a study by researchers at the...
