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UK's controversial 'apprentice' plans for medical doctors

UK doctors could qualify without a traditional medical degree under controversial plans to allow medics to “earn as they learn” as apprentices, reports The...

US Catholic bishops reject J&J vaccine over aborted foetus cells

The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has advised Catholics against the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine because it was developed using cells from an...

Diplomatic row over China's anal swab tests for foreigners

China will discontinue anal swabs on US diplomats to test for COVID-19 following a Washington objection, while Japan has also protested against such...

High vaccine hesitancy in NHS London and UK home care staff

Almost a quarter of National Health Service staff in London are refusing vaccination and among UK home care staff the system the picture is...

UK parliamentary inquiry into link between sport and long-term brain injury

A UK parliamentary inquiry into the link between sport and long-term brain injury has been launched, reports The Independent. MPs on the Digital, Culture,...

Pandemic kills more in US than two World Wars and Vietnam

The United States reached a staggering milestone on Monday (22 February), surpassing 500,000 known coronavirus-related deaths, A toll higher than of the number of...

Concern over another new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2

Another coronavirus variant with a potentially worrying set of mutations has been detected in the UK and should be targeted in surge testing, experts...

Israel's 'breakthrough' first phase trial of COVID drug treatment

A drug that successfully cured 29 of 30 cases of COVID-19 in Israeli hospital patients in 2-5 days has been hailed as a “huge...

CDC: Most evidence shows schools can be safely opened

Researchers at the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention say that most US schools can be safely opened as mask-wearing and social distancing...

French hospital carries out first double arm and shoulder transplant

A hospital in Lyon, France, says it is the first in the world to carry out a double shoulder and arm transplant. Euro News...

Expert panel criticises China and WHO over initial COVID-19 response

An independent panel has found that Chinese officials could have applied public health measures more forcefully in January to curb the initial COVID-19 outbreak,...

UK Supreme Court judge draws ire for 'devaluing' cancer patient's life

Former UK Supreme Court Justice Jonathan Sumption has been criticised for telling a woman with stage four cancer that her life was “less valuable”...

China defends Sinovac vaccine following poor results in Brazil

China’s Sinovac Biotech defended the safety and efficacy of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine, after researchers in Brazil released late-stage clinical data showing efficacy that...

Alzheimer's Society calls for 'failed' dementia drug trials to be revisited

A dementia-halting drug may already exist but has been overlooked because it was trialled on the wrong patients, The Daily Telegraph reports the UK...

Concern as SA/UK variants of COVID-19 spread rapidly worldwide

The variants of COVID-19 found in the UK and South Africa have spread rapidly around the world with concern being voiced over possible increased...

Chinese authorities block arrival of WHO COVID-19 investigation team

China has blocked the arrival of a team from the World Health Organisation investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that their visas...

UK approves Pfizer/BioNTech COVID vaccine for rollout next week

The United Kingdom has become the first Western country to license a vaccine against COVID, opening the way for mass immunisation with the Pfizer/BioNTech...

Chinese doctors jailed for illegal organ harvesting and trafficking

Six people, including four medical professionals, given prison sentences of up to 28 months for role in illegal transplants, reports the South China Morning...

UK patients at risk because of routinely understaffed ICUs — Report

British intensive care units are so routinely understaffed patients are at risk of poor care, ICU doctors warn in a report from the Faculty...

Spain's general medical council demands sacking of COVID health chief

Spain’s general medical council has called for the country’s health emergency chief Fernando Simon to be fired, accusing him of “patent and prolonged incompetence”...

Moderna’s nearly 95% effective easy-to-store vaccine

US pharmaceutical company Moderna this week announced that it's vaccine candidate had proved to be nearly 95 effective, reports the BBC. Together with the Pfizer-BioNTech...

WHO doubles down on antibodies and steroids; shuns remdesivir

A World Health Organization-led scheme to supply COVID-19 drugs to poor countries is betting on experimental monoclonal antibody treatments and steroids but shunning remdesivir...

COVID-19's second wave: More cases but fewer deaths

A second wave of COVID-19 is swamping Europe with daily numbers of confirmed cases, mainly because of increased testing, exceeding their spring peaks, while...

Trump trashes Fauci as a 'disaster'

A frustrated and at times foul-mouthed President Donald Trump claimed on a campaign call that people are tired of hearing about the deadly pandemic...

15 Nobel laureates join call for human challenge trials in UK

Fifteen Nobel laureates are among the prominent scientists calling on the UK government to support trials in which healthy volunteers are deliberately infected with...

SA government shines in world response to Covid1-9

The South African public's perception of its government's response to the Covid-19 pandemic was the third most favourable in an international survey of severely...

SA’s COVID-19 tobacco ban was ill-advised – Cardiologist

The six-month COVID-19-induced ban in South Africa on selling tobacco products could have had “potentially disastrous consequences”, says Professor Konstantinos Farsalino, a public health...

Public Health England warns that flu doubles risk of COVID-19 death

 Public Health England has urged the populace to get vaccinated against flu in the light of its research that suggests the risk of death...

CDC reversal on advice not to test those lacking COVID-19 symptoms

US health officials have rowed back on controversial advice issued last month that said people without COVID-19 symptoms should not get tested, reports BBC...

BMA: Allow gender change without medical diagnosis

Transgender people should be able to change their gender without the current medical diagnosis of gender dysphoria and a report detailing any medical treatment...

GPs bristle over ‘insulting’ NHS letter on face-to-face consultations

National Health Service (NHS) bosses in the UK have sent a letter to GPs to remind them to offer face-to-face appointments where necessary, sparking...

Despite safety fears, China inoculates with experimental vaccines

Despite safety concerns over the lack of standard testing, China is inoculating tens of thousands of its citizens with experimental coronavirus vaccines, reports SBS...

FDA cleans house following bungles over convalescent plasma

In moves seen as an effort to restore the credibility of agency, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fired a Trump appointee...

WHO wants a safety data review on Russian COVID-19 vaccine

The World Health Organisation said any WHO stamp of approval on a COVID-19 vaccine candidate would require a rigorous safety data review, after Russia...

15 Nobel laureates join call to allow human volunteer trials

More than 100 top US scientists, including 15 Nobel laureates, have written an open letter calling for volunteers to be exposed to the coronavirus...

Staff accuse Médecins Sans Frontières of 'institutional racism'

The medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières is institutionally racist and reinforces colonialism and white supremacy in its humanitarian work. The Gaurdian reports that this...

WHO launches review of its response to COVID-19

The World Health Organisation has announced an independent review of the international response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an action the organisation’s member states tasked...

WHO changes tack on airborne spread of COVID-19

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has acknowledged "evidence emerging" of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of 239 scientists from...

UK hospitals were a major cause of COVID-19 infections

Up to 20% of patients and 90% of UK nurses and doctors who caught coronavirus, picked it up in hospitals, The Daily Telegraph reports...

UK hospital conducts first virtual ward rounds for students

Imperial College London has conducted what it said is the world’s first virtual ward round for medical students, which means an entire class of...