The number of people going to hospital with Covid across Britain has risen at an “alarming” rate after a new variant of the virus emerged, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned. UKHSA figures showed the admission rate for patients testing positive for Covid XEC stood at 4.5 per 100,000 people inContinue Reading

Covid hospitalisations have surged across Britain at an “alarming” rate as a new variant of the virus emerged, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned. UKHSA figures showed the admission rate for patients testing positive for Covid XEC stood at 4.5 per 100,000 people in the week to OctoberContinue Reading

Stem cell therapy reverses type 1 diabetes in world first

Monkey Business Images/Shutterstock A groundbreaking discovery has recently brought hope to millions of people living with type 1 diabetes around the world. In a world first, scientists have successfully used stem cell therapy to reverse type 1 diabetes in a woman. This achievement is being hailed as a major medicalContinue Reading

I was a beta tester for the Nobel prize-winning AlphaFold AI – it’s going to revolutionise health research

S. Singha/Shutterstock The deep learning machine AlphaFold, which was created by Google’s AI research lab DeepMind, is already transforming our understanding of the molecular biology that underpins health and disease. One half of the 2024 Nobel prize in chemistry went to David Baker from the University of Washington in theContinue Reading

Some apps and websites backed by the alcohol industry – which are designed to help people manage their health – contain “blatant misinformation” and could persuade people to drink more, researchers say. Academics claim there was evidence of “health misinformation and user experience features” in industry-funded tools that were “favourableContinue Reading

Some apps and websites backed by the alcohol industry – which are designed to help people manage their health – contain “blatant misinformation” and could persuade people to drink more, researchers say. Academics claim there was evidence of “health misinformation and user experience features” in industry-funded tools that were “favourableContinue Reading