People wear face masks in Central Park on April 10, 2021 in New York City. Noam Galai | Getty Images The World Health Organization on Friday urged fully vaccinated people to continue to wear masks, social distance and practice other Covid-19 pandemic safety measures as the highly contagious delta variantContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched yesterday to rescue two persons who had broken down on a jet ski on the River Exe. At 6:29pm yesterday Wednesday 23 June 2021 the Exmouth RNLI Inshore Lifeboat D-805 George Bearman II was tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of two individuals onContinue Reading
White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday the highly contagious delta variant is the “greatest threat” to the nation’s attempt to eliminate Covid-19. Delta, first identified in India, now makes up about 20% of all new cases in the United States, up from 10% about two weeksContinue Reading
A £30,000 funding pot is being made available to prevent crime, protect people and connect communities in Cornwall. Thanks to new funding from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Devon, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, the Cornwall Community Foundation (CCF) is delighted to welcome applications to the newly createdContinue Reading
Exmouth RNLI volunteer crew members launched today to rescue a male who had abandoned his fishing boat after it started to sink. At 12:07pm today Friday 18 June 2021 the Exmouth RNLI All Weather Lifeboat 13-03 R & J Welburn was tasked by H.M. Coastguard to a report of a maleContinue Reading
President Joe Biden speaks about reaching 300 million COVID-19 vaccination shots, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, June 18, 2021, in Washington. Evan Vucci | AP President Joe Biden on Friday doubled down on his administration’s plea to Americans to get vaccinated against Covid-19 as quicklyContinue Reading
A volunteer receives a dose of CureVac vaccine or a placebo during a study by the German biotech firm CureVac as part of a testing for a new vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Brussels, Belgium March 2, 2021. Yves Herman | Reuters CureVac stock plunged 50% in extendedContinue Reading
The FDA’s approval of Biogen‘s Alzheimer’s drug Aduhelm was a landmark moment in the life of Dr. Paul Aisen. The director of the Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute at USC has spent the past three decades focused on treating the neurodegenerative disease, and in recent years helped shepherd this particular drugContinue Reading
The South West’s newfound love for baking looks here to stay, with new data from Alzheimer’s Society1, ahead of the charity’s Cupcake Day on 17 June, revealing that 28% of the region’s population have picked up baking as a new skill in the past 12 months. A survey by the charityContinue Reading
Biogen CEO Michel Vounatsos told CNBC on Monday that the list price of $56,000 per year for the company’s FDA-approved Alzheimer’s disease drug aducanumab is “fair.” That being said, the Massachusetts-based biotech company has vowed to not increase the price of the medication, which is marketed under the name Aduhelm,Continue Reading
