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January 2, 2021

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine authorised for emergency supply in the UK

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine authorised for emergency supply in the UK: The University of Oxford welcomes the news that the UK Government has accepted the recommendation...

January 2, 2021

WHO issues validation for a COVID-19 vaccine

WHO issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine and emphasizes need for equitable global access: The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed...

January 1, 2021

What is the scale of COVID-19 vaccine scepticism?

COVID-19 Series: What is the scale of vaccine scepticism? - Episode 56 Webinar: Date and time: Thu 7 Jan 2021 from 12:30pm to 1:15pm Register...

January 1, 2021

Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2)

Things we know at the end of 2020 (part 2): From lockdowns and travels bans to isolation and testing queues, we’ve all experienced a very...

December 31, 2020

Dry January in a pandemic

Dry January in a pandemic: why it is still the best thing you can do in the first month of 2021: Priory expert explains the...

December 31, 2020

A quarter of UK adults cut down drinking in January 2020

A quarter of UK adults cut down on drinking in January 2020. More than a quarter of UK drinkers (27%) reduced, or completely stopped, drinking...

December 31, 2020

First Aid for Children ft First Aid For Life

First Aid for Children video featuring Emma Hammett of First Aid For Life Transcript News presenter: A hard-hitting campaign's been launched, urging parents to learn...

December 31, 2020

Newly described condition causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance

A condition that causes loss of vertigo perception and imbalance has been diagnosed in traumatic brain injury patients for the first time. In a clinical study led by researchers at Imperial College...

December 31, 2020

Drinking safely during the festive period

In the UK, the festive period accounts for the most cases of drinking to harmful levels, with binge drinking spiking on Christmas day and New...

December 30, 2020

Antimicrobial resistant diseases outside of EU

Surveillance of antimicrobial resistant diseases could be more challenging outside of the European Union: In a new report from the Microbiology Society, experts from around...