How to do sports during the Corona epidemic? Interview with Prof. Henning Wackerhage on the interactions between sports and the coronavirus epidemic. For sports, the current corona epidemic is the biggest challenge of the last 100 years. Henning Wackerhage, Professor of Sports Biology at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has therefore analyzed the relationships […]
Shutting down immunization services in the COVID-19 pandemic risks triggering a resurgence of diseases that can be prevented with safe and effective vaccines, warns the World Health Organization in the lead-up to World Immunization Week (24-30 April). When immunization services are disrupted, even for brief periods during emergencies, the risk of vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks, such […]
Pharmacists ‘unable to maintain social distancing’ at work and risk infection. A new snapshot survey of pharmacists from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society shows that the majority of pharmacists are unable to maintain social distancing at work and one in three still can’t get continuous supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). A huge 94% of respondents […]
People spend 12 minutes a day using their mobile on the toilet and 14 minutes using their tablet This is risky behaviour, as more than 1.8 million people have accidentally dropped their phone down the toilet in the last year Items damaged or lost, having been dropped down the toilet or in the sink, have […]
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A major new gallery opens this week at Wellcome Collection explores the meaning of being human in the 21st century and our changing relationship with the world. What does it mean to be human in the 21st century? The Wellcome Collection, Euston has opened a major new gallery divided into four sections – Genetics, Minds […]
New research, from scientists at Imperial College London, unravels how so-called bacterial persister cells manipulate our immune cells, potentially opening new avenues to finding ways of clearing these bacterial cells from the body, and stopping recurrence of the bacterial infection. The latest findings, published in the journal Science, may help explain why some people suffer […]
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Novelty contact lenses are popular accessories at Halloween but they shouldn’t be worn without specialist advice. The College of Optometrists recently conducted research revealing over a fifth (22.8 per cent) of people in the UK have or plan to wear novelty contacts, which, without the appropriate care, could leave the user at risk of infection. […]
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The personal story of the journey of a young adult with hepatitis B infection brings new insights into the challenges that can be encountered, and about the way that stigma can be a barrier to high quality care. “As a young girl in East Africa, I was the primary caregiver to my mother who lived […]
Rebecca Wallersteiner takes a look at a new exhibition – ‘Blood: Life Uncut’ revealing the essential, expressive and visceral nature of blood at the Science Gallery, London from 12th October. “Blood is the thing that unites us, that allows any blood donor to save the life of another human. But it can also transmit infection […]