WHO issues validation for a COVID-19 vaccine

WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access: The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago. The WHO’s Emergency […]

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WHO issues validation for a COVID-19 vaccine

WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access: The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago. The WHO’s Emergency […]

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Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2)

Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2): From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very different year. So what do we know at the end of 2020 that we had absolutely no clue about before? While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our lives for almost […]

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Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2)

Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2): From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very different year. So what do we know at the end of 2020 that we had absolutely no clue about before? While the COVID-19 pandemic has dominated our lives for almost […]

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A quarter of UK adults cut down drinking in January 2020

A quarter of UK adults cut down on drinking in January 2020. More than a quarter of UK drinkers (27%) reduced, or completely stopped, drinking in January, reveals research independent alcohol charity, Drinkaware. The study found almost three quarters (72%) of those people who said they drank less or stopped drinking in January 2020, planned […]

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A quarter of UK adults cut down drinking in January 2020

A quarter of UK adults cut down on drinking in January 2020. More than a quarter of UK drinkers (27%) reduced, or completely stopped, drinking in January, reveals research independent alcohol charity, Drinkaware. The study found almost three quarters (72%) of those people who said they drank less or stopped drinking in January 2020, planned […]

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First Aid for Children ft First Aid For Life

First Aid for Children video featuring Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life Transcript News presenter: A hard-hitting campaign’s been launched, urging parents to learn basic first aid. Now, please be warned that Mike McCarthy’s report contains video of the new advert, which does contain pictures of a child falling from a tree. – Advert […]

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First Aid for Children ft First Aid For Life

First Aid for Children video featuring Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life Transcript News presenter: A hard-hitting campaign’s been launched, urging parents to learn basic first aid. Now, please be warned that Mike McCarthy’s report contains video of the new advert, which does contain pictures of a child falling from a tree. – Advert […]

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Newly described condition causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance

 A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time.   In a clinical study led by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, out of 37 patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), fifteen were diagnosed with a newly characterised neurological diagnosis called vestibular agnosia – a condition in the brain which results in loss of vertigo perception […]

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Newly described condition causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance

 A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time.   In a clinical study led by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, out of 37 patients with acute traumatic brain injury (TBI), fifteen were diagnosed with a newly characterised neurological diagnosis called vestibular agnosia – a condition in the brain which results in loss of vertigo perception […]

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