Nina Drozdowa/Shutterstock We’ve waited 20 months for a medicine to blunt the coronavirus, and now two have appeared. Earlier this month, the UK medicines regulator approved molnupiravir, the COVID antiviral developed by Merck and Ridgeback Therapeutics. Among adults with mild to moderate COVID who were at risk of developing seriousContinue Reading
Demonstrators hold signs during a protest against Covid-19 mandates outside the General Motors (GM) Tech Center in Warren, Michigan, U.S., on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. Mathew Hatcher | Bloomberg | Getty Images A federal appeals court has called President Joe Biden’s vaccine and testing requirements for private businesses “fatally flawed”Continue Reading
UK health secretary Sajid Javid’s plans for vaccination requirements for frontline NHS workers has reignited the political and ethical debate over COVID passes. The requirement constitutes a kind of vaccine pass; without proof of vaccination, healthcare workers are prevented from continuing working in the NHS in a frontline role. OtherContinue Reading
At the London Stadium on Sunday, November 7, the players of West Ham United and Liverpool football clubs gathered around the centre circle, arms interlinked. Falling poppies filled the big screen as former England team captain Trevor Brooking read John McCrae’s poem, In Flanders Field, and a trumpeter played TheContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI volunteers were on a training exercise this evening (Wednesday 10 November 2021) when they were diverted to rescue a female who had fallen between Ness Cove and Labrador Bay near Teignmouth, Devon. At 8.03pm today Wednesday 10 November 2021, the volunteer crew of Exmouth RNLI all weather lifeboatContinue Reading
Cancer causing molecules are abundant in processed meats. gresei/ Shutterstock Many of us know that we should steer away from processed meats and eat more vegetables if we want to be healthier and lower our chances of developing certain types of cancers. While there are many reasons processed meats aren’tContinue Reading
Elizabeth Holmes, founder and CEO of Theranos Mike Blake | Reuters SAN JOSE, CALIF. — In a surprise announcement, the government said Wednesday that it would likely rest its case next week against former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes in her criminal fraud trial. “It is likely that the government willContinue Reading
THOUSANDS of care home staff will lose their jobs today for not having their Covid jabs. Even those who have had one dose will not be allowed shifts until they have had both. Thousands who have had only a single dose will be unable to work until they have hadContinue Reading
Not all tumours can be detected by the body's immune system. Peddalanka Ramesh Babu/ Shutterstock A parasite commonly found in cats’ faeces might one day help treat cancer. My colleagues and I have discovered that the parasite that causes toxoplasmosis – a condition that can be harmful to pregnant womenContinue Reading
BORIS Johnson today admitted “too many elderly people” are ending up in hospital with Covid as he warned Britain faces a “tough winter”. The PM urged more people to come forward for their booster jabs saying the UK has “got to get those numbers up” to avoid “excessive” pressure onContinue Reading
