Leading cancer expert calls for five point action plan to kick start cancer services
Professor Karol Sikora, chief medical officer at Rutherford Health and the former head of the WHO’s cancer programme, called for…
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MSF Opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital for Covid-19
MSF Opens Khayelitsha Field Hospital as South Africa Braces for COVID-19. Cape Town – In May, South Africa’s Health Minister…
Bacterial co-infections & antimicrobial resistance
Researchers identify the impact of bacterial co-infections and antimicrobial resistance in COVID-19 A team of researchers from Queen's University Belfast…
Imperial social enterprise to accelerate low-cost COVID-19 vaccine
Imperial College London has formed a new social enterprise VacEquity Global Health (VGH) to bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the…
Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre Signs First Industry Partnership
The Vaccines Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC), a not-for-profit organisation established to provide the UK's first strategic vaccine development and…
Food safety risks posed by COVID-19
Many people woefully ignorant about food safety risks posed by COVID-19. A new study conducted by researchers from University College…
Sight loss: Cancelled surgeries putting partially-sighted at risk
Sight loss: Cancelled surgeries putting partially-sighted at risk according to new survey. Four out of 10 people with sight loss…
Over half of smokers in England want to quit for COVID
Over half (53%) of current smokers with lung conditions were planning to quit smoking due to COVID -19 in May,…
Covid-19: Expert comment on antibody tests
By Professor Georgina Ellison-Hughes, Dr Rocio Martinez-Nunez and Dr Rui Ribeiro Galao, Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine, King's College…
Potential treatment for Covid19 – How close are we?
Currently there are no proven treatments for coronavirus. However, there is a huge amount of research going into finding a…
Virtual RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2020
With this year’s Chelsea Flow Show cancelled owing to the coronavirus crisis, this week the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has…
Europe’s first lung transplant on Covid-19 patient
Europe's first lung transplant on coronavirus patient is carried out by MedUni Vienna/Vienna General Hospital. Last week, the Department of…