Covid-19: Study sheds light on how some people avoid the disease
Scientists say that they have discovered novel immune responses that help explain how some people…
Category: Infectious diseases, General practice / family medicine, UK, COVID-19
Covid-19: Study sheds light on how some people avoid the disease
Scientists say that they have discovered novel immune responses that help explain how some people…
Covid-19: Preliminary figures show 1.2% of people in England had infection at end of November
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has delayed the planned release of modelled, weighted prevalence…
Covid-19: Reinstate routine testing in hospitals to protect vulnerable patients, say charities
Charities representing vulnerable patients have called on the UK government to boost covid precautions in…
Covid-19: New “Pirola” variant BA.2.86 continues to spread in UK and US
The new BA.2.86 variant of SARS-CoV-2—nicknamed “Pirola”—is now likely to be spreading in the community…
Helen Salisbury: Covid booster chaos
If you spot your local GP with even bigger bags under their eyes than usual…
Helen Salisbury: Why we should keep jabs local
It’s July, the schools have broken up, and the traffic jams to the coast intensify….
Covid-19: Hospital admissions continue to climb amid record infection rates
The number of patients admitted to hospitals in England with covid-19 has more than doubled…
Public Health England is axed in favour of new health protection agency
The government plans to abolish Public Health England (PHE) and replace it with a new…
Helen Salisbury: How will we run flu clinics in a pandemic?
In previous years, the queue for our flu vaccine clinic has been in place well…
Helen Salisbury: Timing is everything
Timing is famously important in comedy and in music, but it also matters in medicine….