June 30th, 2021A simple blood test that can detect more than 50 types of cancer in asymptomatic patients is accurate enough to be rolled out as a screening test a study in the Annals...
Sir Simon Stevens, head of the National Health Service (NHS), says hospitals are in a “much better position” than before, with far fewer patients, compared to one...International
Patients in the UK are finding it increasingly hard to see their GPs, with warnings that pandemic restrictions have too often “closed the door” on National Health...Medico-Legal
The Royal College of Surgeons was called in to investigate a string of devastating injuries from routine surgery by the same surgeon about which the offending NHS trust...Coronavirus Watch
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...
