Medico-Legal Category

Looking at how the legal and medical professions work together to improve patient safety.

Going to prison increases HIV transmission risk

Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Global Reach
Israel’s Rambam Hospital Joins Efforts to Develop …
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 of Rambam’s approximately 5,300 employees …
Ageing, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Infection/Disease, Pharmacy/Drugs
New trial to test drugs for preventing …
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, thanks to funding from the …
Ageing, Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update, Infection/Disease, Pharmacy/Drugs
Only 1% of older people requiring home …
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 home – with only 1% …
Neurology, sleep
Cerebrovascular disease: Neural network enables assessment of …
A new neural network developed by researchers at the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital enables an easy and accurate assessment of sleep apnoea severity in patients with …
Coronavirus, COVID-19 Update
Covid vaccines – all you need to …
Covid vaccines – all you need to know from Emma Hammett of First Aid for Life. As a registered nurse in the midst of this crisis, I wanted to do …