CSL to manufacture and supply University of Queensland and Oxford University vaccine candidates for Australia Heads of Agreement signed between CSL and the Australian Government to supply 51 million doses of University of Queensland vaccine to Australia, with first doses scheduled for release from mid-2021 following successful clinical trials. Heads of Agreement signed between CSL […]
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The kidney and beyond webinar will take place on Sat 5 Sep 2020 from 1:30pm to 6 Sep 2020 at 10:00am This unique collaboration between the UK Renal Association SpR Club and The Royal Society of Medicine Nephrology Section, will explore issues of multi-system dysfunction and multi-morbidity in kidney diseases. For the first time, the SpR Club will be hosting one of […]
Organ Donation Week runs between September 3rd and 9th, and this year the NHS is encouraging people to share their organ donation decision with their families. […]
https://youtu.be/IOmUBedGIGE Managing children’s fears around returning to school after coronavirus ‘lockdown’ : Dr Hayley van Zwanenberg, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at Priory Wellbeing Centre Oxford, has shared advice for parents on how to prepare their child emotionally for returning to school following on from the coronavirus lockdown. Advice for children in primary or junior school […]
COVID-19 hotspots projected with new website: A new website uses reported cases and deaths to estimate the probability regions in England and Wales will become COVID-19 ‘hotspots’ in the next three weeks. The team behind the website, from Imperial College London, define a hotspot as a local authority where there are more than 50 cases […]
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I’m an enthusiastic patron and supporter of autism projects. But I’m also the mother of Giles who was profoundly autistic and challenging, lost the little speech he had at around 2½ years and never spoke again. I understand and admire the way parents cope with autistic children 24/7, despite stress levels which have been compared […]
A world first discovery of how a protein works in the liver could lead to a more effective type 2 diabetes drug. The researchers say such treatments will be more important than ever given that diabetes appears to be associated with poor prognosis in those with the COVID-19 infection. The University of Melbourne-led study found […]
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Researchers from the University of East Anglia have developed a new app that shows the effect of various medical and lifestyle factors on life expectancy. The Mylongevity app uses big data from anonymised electronic health records to calculate life expectancy – taking into account socio-demographic and health characteristics such as chronic diseases. While the app […]
With more than 1 in 20 care home residents having died from coronavirus, the need to fix the crisis in social care for the elderly is more acute than ever. New analysis from the Centre for Policy Studies compares the leading models for social care reform. It finds that the system proposed by the Dilnot […]
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A new international study published today has shown that treating critically ill patients with COVID-19 with the steroid hydrocortisone improves their chances of recovery. The study, led in the UK by Professor Anthony Gordon from Imperial College London with collaborators from the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre, found that patients receiving intensive care […]
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