COVID response: opportunity to build back better
Response to COVID-19 an opportunity to build back better: Data released on first day of CBI Annual Conference suggests majority of firms see response to...
Toothbrush sharing linked with spread of COVID-19
Sharing toothbrushes and other ill-advised oral hygiene measures could play an influential role in spreading COVID-19, according to new research. The latest study showed that...
Severe COVID-19 infection rare in newborn babies
Severe COVID-19 infection appears rare in newborn babies, suggests a new study. The UK-wide analysis, led by researchers from Imperial College London and the Nuffield Department...
Vary drug prices for different conditions
The NHS could improve patients’ access to new cancer treatments by paying different prices for drugs depending on the disease they are used to treat,...
Looking through the door of meth labs
Looking through the door of meth labs: Methamphetamine ‘cooks’ in domestic labs are most likely to be male, Caucasian and about 30 years’ old, according...
Epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities
Launch of new guidance to improve epilepsy treatment for people with learning disabilities: RSM webinar: Tuesday 17 November, 10.00am to 4.15pm Session introducing new guidance:...
Researcher develops innovative glucometer device
Coventry University researcher develops innovative glucometer device: An innovative new medical simulator that teaches students and patients how to measure and analyse blood glucose has...
Wealthy countries hoarding breakthrough vaccines
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Wealthy countries already hoarding breakthrough vaccines Responding to the announcement by Pfizer-BioNTech that the COVID-19 vaccine it is developing has been found to...
COVID-19 Series: Vaccines and living with the virus – Episode 50
This episode of the COVID-19 Series will feature an interview with Sir Jeremy Farrar, Director of the Wellcome Trust. In an interview with Professor Sir Simon Wessely,...
Glaucoma: gene therapy regenerates optic nerve
Gene therapy research regenerates optic nerve, bringing hope for future glaucoma treatment: Researchers have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged optic nerve fibres in a...
