Support for COVID-19 policy response and willingness to get vaccinated high, according to new survey in Australia. Support among Australians for the policy response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and willingness to get vaccinated is high, according to new University of Melbourne research. In January 2021, the Policy Lab — based in the Faculty of […]
Psychotherapist Jane Haynes discusses her new book ‘In the Consulting Zoom: A Psychotherapist’s Diary of Lockdown’ exclusively for the Hippocratic Post exploring how COVID has changed our relationships with each other, our hopes, dreams and death. ‘If the origin of the word ‘patient’ was linked in Greek to the word: ‘suffering’ we are all patients […]
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Strong support for COVID vaccine; financial stress and mental distress remain high: Australians welcome the COVID-19 vaccine but levels of mental distress and financial stress remain high, particularly among the young, according to the latest Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey. Although Australia is technically no longer in a recession and labour force participation is […]
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With an Ebola outbreak ongoing in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2019, authorities in Uganda stepped up their health and response systems in readiness of possible important of the deadly virus. This investment in epidemic preparedness paid dividends, protecting Uganda citizens from an outbreak of Ebola. Transcript In 2019 the DRC (Democratic […]
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COVID and the festive season: Expert advice for staying safe: Christmas is coming but with Covid here to stay, how can you and your family keep safe and well during the holiday season? Join TV presenter Kate Garraway on Tuesday 8 December as she puts questions from the public to top medical experts Dr Chris van Tulleken, Dr Clare […]
Families of children with severe epilepsy and charities are pleading with the UK government to act on its promises for easier access to cannabis-based medicines. The call comes two years after the government legalised access to them following the high-profile campaigns by the families of Alfie Dingley and Billy Caldwell, two boys with intractable epilepsy, […]
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England, Wales and Scotland nations had among the highest rate of deaths from all causes, including COVID-19, as a result of the first wave of the pandemic, according to an international study. The research, led by Imperial College London and published in the journal Nature Medicine, analysed weekly death data from 21 industrialised countries between […]
Alternative care plans explored for vulnerable patients amid pandemic. Substitute care plans for vulnerable patients whose regular hospital and GP check-ups have been disrupted due to the Covid-19 pandemic are the focus of a new project to be launched at the University of Aberdeen. Patients at the highest clinical risk are among the 200,000 people […]
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