Breakthrough blood test detects positive COVID-19 result in 20 minutes: World-first research by Monash University in Australia has been able to detect positive COVID-19 cases using blood samples in about 20 minutes, and identify whether someone has contracted the virus. World-first research, led by Monash University, has been able to identify positive COVID-19 cases using […]
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Water safety aspects, including drowning and emergency responses are discussed here by First Aid expert Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life. Covid-19 lockdown is easing, and we welcome the reopening of many non-essential businesses, including some lidos and outdoor swimming pools. Unfortunately, indoor swimming pools however remain closed for just a little bit longer. […]
COVID-19 patients admitted from more deprived regions are at higher risk of intensive care admission, new study finds. Black, Asian minority ethic patients with COVID-19 are more likely to be admitted to hospital from regions with higher levels of air pollution, lower quality housing and overcrowded living conditions and are more likely to be admitted […]
How do you stay safe outdoors during the Pandemic? Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life advises how to stay safe as Covid-19 lockdown eases and outlines 19 possible symptoms to look out for. Lockdown is gradually easing in the UK and we welcome the cautious reopening of many non-essential business. Covid-19 guidance is now […]
It’s child’s play: how parents can help young children adjust to post lockdown life – five tips from a Priory psychiatrist UK schools’ lockdown has had a significant impact on children’s mental health But the loosening of lockdown restrictions increases opportunities for children to play, helping them adjust to the ‘new normal’ Parents playing alongside […]
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Synairgen announces positive results from trial of SNG001 in hospitalised COVID-19 patients Patients who received SNG001 had a 79% lower risk of developing severe disease compared to placebo Patients who received SNG001 were more than twice as likely to recover from COVID-19 as those on placebo Southampton, UK – 20 July 2020: Synairgen plc (LSE: […]
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Devastating mental health toll of sarcoma cancer worryingly high across the UK, charity Sarcoma UK warns: Agonising levels of anxiety, depression as well as having to give up full-time education or employment are some of the ways sarcoma cancer is destroying lives, a new survey reveals today. Even prior to the Covid-19 pandemic, one in […]
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There has been a reported breakthrough in the race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine by scientists at Oxford University. An immune response to the new vaccine called ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has indicated a strong “double defence”, whereby both antibodies and “killer” T-cells were reported to have been present in blood samples from volunteers in the first […]
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Royal Society of Medicine convenes global Covid-19 clinical conference: An international Covid-19 conference to consolidate key clinical learning from across the globe will take place online on Monday 27 July from 16.00 hrs to 18.15 hrs (UK time). Hosted by the Royal Society of Medicine, the conference will draw together an international faculty of leading clinicians […]
COVID-19: Cuba offers UK salutary lesson in ‘shoe-leather’ epidemiology: Cuba’s successful containment of COVID-19 through door-to-door screening of every home in the country, shows how ‘shoe-leather’ epidemiology could have averted the dramatic failure of the UK’s response to the pandemic. In Cuba there have been 2,173 confirmed cases and 83 deaths, with no reported deaths throughout the first week in […]
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