The ongoing dire situation in the refugee camps in Greece is presenting healthcare staff on the ground with huge challenges. People who fall ill are cared for on-site by doctors and nurses from various charitable organisations. A few months ago, MedUni Vienna joined forces with the organisations “Crisis Medical Association” and “Hands on Global” to […]
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Omitting ethnic minorities from the vaccine priority list is putting these groups at a significantly higher risk of COVID-19 illness and death. Public health doctors, writing in a commentary published by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine, say that the UK’s colour-blind vaccination model disregards the unequal impact of the pandemic on minority […]
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History-making Coventry University student May Parsons has called on people from Black, Asian or other ethnic minority communities not to miss out on their COVID-19 jab. Senior nurse May became the first person in the world to deliver the vaccine to a patient outside of a clinical trial but she knows the battle is far […]
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Sarcoma cancer patients not receiving same protection from Covid-19 as healthy population due to Pfizer vaccine spacing: Sarcoma UK, the national bone and soft tissue cancer charity, is concerned to hear that a new study suggests cancer patients are not receiving the same protection as others against Covid-19 following one does of the Pfizer vaccine. […]
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Inflammatory protein linked to severe COVID-19: Patients with severe COVID-19 show increased levels of a key protein in their blood, which researchers believe may help identify those most at risk. In an analysis of more than 500 COVID-19 patients across the UK, researchers identified several inflammatory markers in blood which increased within the early stages […]
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Finnish researchers introduce a nasal COVID vaccine: Rokote Laboratories Finland Ltd., a newly-founded academic spin-out based in Finland is working to develop and introduce to the markets a nasal spray vaccine against COVID. The vaccine is based on research carried out at the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland. The vaccine uses […]
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COVID-19 conspiracy theorists are more concerned about their own health and less concerned about the health of others, according to a study led by University of Queensland researchers. Professor Jolanda Jetten from the UQ School of Psychology said the research found conspiracy theorists were also more likely to respond to COVID-19 with self-focused strategies rather than strategies that assist society […]
A disinfecting robot is helping a leading training organisation prepare for the return of its students. Gen2 is using the innovative technology to disinfect the workshop area and main atrium at its HQ and training centre in Cumbria, UK, ahead of welcoming staff and students back to the building on March 8. The remotely-operated robot was […]
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The British Geriatrics Society (BGS) has published a report from a survey of its members describing the experiences of working through the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. With respondents representing over twenty different professions working in acute, community and primary care, it is believed to be the only survey capturing the full breadth of […]
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WHO expert panel strongly advises against use of hydroxychloroquine to prevent covid-19: Drug is no longer a research priority; resources should focus on other more promising drugs to prevent covid-19. The anti-inflammatory drug hydroxychloroquine should not be used to prevent infection in people who do not have covid-19, say a WHO Guideline Development Group (GDG) […]
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