Health & Wellbeing India need to cut air pollution to avoid Covid disaster
Sunday, 25 October 2020 02:27The pollution season in India has returned as air quality in many rapidly deteriorates. And it comes as coronavirus maintains its presence, with worldwide studies linking air pollution to higher...
Health & Wellbeing Nightingales in northern England getting ready for Covid patients
Thursday, 15 October 2020 01:20NHS Nightingale hospitals in Manchester, Sunderland and Harrogate are being asked to get ready to take patients. Government advisers say admissions are rising, with more elderly people needing...
Health & Wellbeing Today is World Mental Health Day
Saturday, 10 October 2020 01:05Today’s World Mental Health Day 2020 is the most important one yet. This year has been a tough one for us all. The months of lockdown and loss have had a huge impact on our mental health....
Health & Wellbeing Cancer skincare company giving away ‘Ten Thousand Gifts’ to patients for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Saturday, 10 October 2020 00:57Jennifer Young is gifting 10,000 skincare products from her Beauty Despite Cancer range in support of UK cancer patients and small charities from the local area and beyond throughout Breast...
Health & Wellbeing Flu Fighters return for a Close Encounter of the Germed Kind
Monday, 05 October 2020 02:20The award-winning Flu Fighters campaign is returning for the third time – with a mission to encourage even more children to get their free flu vaccine this autumn. The campaign – devised by the City...
Health & Wellbeing USVI Tourism Commissioner urges strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols
Monday, 05 October 2020 02:12While the first week of the return of leisure travel to the U.S. Virgin Islands has been “extraordinarily successful”, according to Department of Tourism representatives, the Territory...
Health & Wellbeing DBS sampling offer inexpensive way to widen access to antibody testing for COVID-19
Monday, 05 October 2020 02:07Using dried blood spot samples (DBS) is an accurate alternative to venous blood in detecting SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests, a new study by immunology experts at the University of Birmingham has...
Health & Wellbeing Surrogacy case highlights gaps in fertility law
Monday, 05 October 2020 02:03A recent surrogacy case in which an intended mother struggled to gain a parental order for her child when the intended father suddenly died, has highlighted significant gaps in fertility law...
Health & Wellbeing Praise for customers and venues as Covid curfew comes in
Thursday, 01 October 2020 02:40Customers, pubs and restaurants have been thanked for adhering to new curfew measures introduced to curb the spread of coronavirus – and are being urged to keep doing their bit in the days and weeks...
Health & Wellbeing Cure Leukaemia secures additional three-year support from The Syncona Foundation
Thursday, 01 October 2020 02:23The Syncona Foundation has committed to three further years of support for national blood cancer charity Cure Leukaemia. The Foundation (formerly known as the BACIT Foundation), which is...
Health & Wellbeing Health chief hails African fight against Covid-19
Saturday, 26 September 2020 00:51The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) has praised African states for managing to curb the spread of coronavirus. Africa has seen about 1.4 million cases and 34,000 deaths...
Health & Wellbeing Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline reports increased anxiety
Tuesday, 22 September 2020 22:28Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline reports increased anxiety amongst family carers about lockdown changes Dementia UK’s Admiral Nurse Dementia Helpline has reported a 36%...
Health & Wellbeing Midlands to receive share of £18.8 million to upgrade A&Es ahead of winter
Tuesday, 22 September 2020 22:10The Midlands will receive £18.8 million to expand and upgrade A&Es at four Trusts, ensuring they have the physical space to treat patients, manage patient flow and improve infection control, the...
Health & Wellbeing Vaccine trial to resume Oxford University
Tuesday, 15 September 2020 03:09Trials of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University will resume after being paused due to a reported side effect in a patient in the UK. AstraZeneca previously...
Health & Wellbeing Half of parents in the West Midlands say their children's mental wellbeing has been one of their biggest worries during COVID
Tuesday, 15 September 2020 02:51Most families in the West Midlands have experienced upheaval in their daily lives during the pandemic. With children and young people now back at school or college, PHE’s new campaign provides...
Health & Wellbeing Health chief’s urgent warning after sharp rise in Covid cases
Tuesday, 15 September 2020 02:37A sharp rise in coronavirus infection rates in Wolverhampton over the last few days has put the city at real risk of a local lockdown. Latest data shows there were an average of 27.09...
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