UK Government must start fixing social care
"COVID emergency means the UK Government must no longer delay its promise of fixing social care": The social care system must be drastically overhauled, and...
COVID-19
The COVID-19 category provides evidence-informed insight into the ongoing pandemic and its impacts on health, society and healthcare systems. It covers research updates, long-term effects, vaccines and policy discussions, helping readers understand developments and implications as the landscape continues to evolve.
Scientists uncover potential antiviral treatment for Covid-19
Researchers from the University of Nottingham have discovered a novel antiviral property of a drug that could have major implications in how future epidemics / pandemics...
The race to vaccinate a country
COVID-19 Series: The race to vaccinate a country - Episode 60: The UK is currently undertaking its largest mass-vaccination program to protect millions from a...
Novovax: Halal and kosher vaccine will accelerate UK vaccination once approved
Novovax: Halal and kosher vaccine will accelerate UK vaccination once approved: News that the Novovax covid-19 vaccine - trialled in Bradford (England) - will shortly...
Maternal nurse home visits improve mothers’ mental health
New research has shown disadvantaged mothers’ mental health and wellbeing improved after regular maternal and child health nurse home visits during pregnancy, continuing up until...
Israel’s Rambam Hospital Joins Efforts to Develop Israeli COVID-19 Vaccine
Israel's Rambam Hospital Joins Efforts to Develop Israeli COVID-19 Vaccine: Israel currently has the highest COVID-19 vaccination rate in the world, and the vast majority...
New trial to test drugs for preventing Covid-19 in care homes
A new trial, led by experts from the University of Nottingham, will look at reducing the transmission of Covid-19 and its severity in care homes,...
Only 1% of older people requiring home care may have received the vaccine
Cera, one of the UK’s largest home care providers, has today released data highlighting the stark lack of vaccinations among older people requiring care at...
Covid vaccines – all you need to know
Covid vaccines – all you need to know from Emma Hammett of First Aid for Life. As a registered nurse in the midst of this...
Continued strict control measures needed to reduce new COVID-19 strains
Calls on governments to consider the continued use of strict control measures as the only way to reduce the evolution and spread of new COVID-19...
