Brazzaville, 10 June 2020 – COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on the continent in mid-February 2020. More than 200 000 cases have been confirmed so far, with more than 5600 deaths. The pandemic is accelerating – it took 98 days to reach 100 000 cases and only 18 […]
A study on children suffering from severe inflammatory symptoms shows the condition is new and distinct from Kawasaki disease. In April, researchers in the UK and several European countries with high numbers of COVID-19 cases recognised a new inflammatory syndrome in children that was similar to Kawasaki disease, a rare syndrome known to affect young […]
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As the COVID-19 pandemic has progressed, it has become clear that the Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) community is bearing a disproportionate share of deaths from the virus. The diversity of society in the UK is something we should be proud of. Nowhere is this more reflected than in the workforce of the NHS; […]
Recommendations led by a team of UK-based cardiac researchers receive endorsement from the European Section for Sports Cardiology & Exercise Published paper provides practical answers to key questions posed by the international sporting community, ahead of a phased return to some professional sports, such as the Premier League football Evidence shows that regular, moderate exercise […]
Professor Karol Sikora, chief medical officer at Rutherford Health and the former head of the WHO’s cancer programme, called for the action plan as the NHS and the government explore urgent measures to kick start cancer services across the UK. Professor Sikora’s five-point plan includes: Keeping cancer centres and treatment areas ‘Covid-free’ – this should […]
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MSF Opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital as South Africa Braces for COVID-19. Cape Town – In May, South Africa’s Health Minister warned that with the current infection rate, South Africa would surpass its hospital bed capacity, potentially by the end of June. “As COVID-19 continues to spread, the wards in Khayelitsha District Hospital have filled up […]
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Behavioural science key to success of ‘test and trace’ app says British Psychological Society The British Psychological Society (BPS) has today published a briefing informed by leading behavioural psychologists which highlights the importance of behavioural science in the success of the Government’s new Covid-19 digital contact tracing app. With the app requiring people to perform […]
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Researchers identify the impact of bacterial co-infections and antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19 A team of researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have identified new problems linked to the disease and warn of a sharp rise in antimicrobial resistance associated to COVID-19 treatments in the aftermath of the pandemic. In their paper, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, […]
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Imperial College London has formed a new social enterprise VacEquity Global Health (VGH) to bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the world. For the UK and low-income countries abroad, Imperial and VGH will waive royalties and charge only modest cost-plus prices to sustain the enterprise’s work, accelerate global distribution and support new research. The social enterprise’s […]
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The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC), a not-for-profit organisation established to provide the UK’s first strategic vaccine development and advanced manufacturing capability has signed its first industry partnership agreement with gene and cell therapy group Oxford Biomedica plc. The agreement signed today involves the organisations collaborating to enable scaled-up manufacture of viral vector based […]
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