Inhaled budesonide, a common corticosteroid, is the first widely available, inexpensive drug found to shorten recovery times in COVID-19 patients aged over 50 who are...Weekly Roundup
Many GPs find telephone appointments with patients frustrating and want to see them in person because they fear they will otherwise miss signs of illness , the leader of...Coronavirus Watch
A new study led by the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford with support from the UK Coronavirus Immunology Consortium (UK-CIC) has found that 99% of people generate a...News Release
With COVID-19 vaccination programmes now under way in many parts of the world, confidence about getting the shot continues to rise.
The latest vaccine survey from...International
Almost a quarter of National Health Service staff in London are refusing vaccination and among UK home care staff the system the picture is even worse.
Almost a...Coronavirus
A single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID jab reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by more than 80%, an analysis in England...Weekly Roundup
Doctors at the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) have pioneered the use of a “dead” heart transplant technique – previously deemed suitable only for adults –...Medico-Legal
Heightened national sympathy and admiration for the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) could be deterring legitimate claims of clinical negligence, new figures...Coronavirus
The an anti-inflammatory treatment, tocilizumab, reduces the risk of death when given to hospitalised patients with severe COVID-19, shows the RECOVERY trial, writes...Public Health
England’s most extensive ever study of ethnic minority health in the over-55s has revealed substantial inequalities across most groups, compared with white British...
