Category: Merck Pharmaceutical

How was the MHRA able to approve the vaccine so quickly?The Medicines and Healthcare Products…

Rimmer states that there is no cure for parosmia,1 which is correct, but there are…

Covid-19 infections fell in Slovakia after the rollout of rapid population-wide testing, but experts are…

Don’t you mean DVT?No, this has nothing to do with blood clots—but it’s certainly sent…

I agree that people in England who are clinically extremely vulnerable should receive a letter…

The lateral flow devices used in the community testing pilot in Liverpool only picked up…

In 2013, Harsha de Silva was travelling with his friends and family in Kuchchaveli, a…

The UK’s approval of the Pfizer BioNTech covid-19 vaccine1 has ratcheted up the pressure on…

The path of the covid-19 pandemic will be strewn not only with lost lives and…

Excess malaria deaths caused by pandemic driven shortfalls in prevention and treatment efforts will probably…

Jensen’s article provides a poignant patient perspective and reflects well the experiences of many patients…

The drug company Moderna has applied for emergency use authorisation from the US Food and…

Liverpool started its community testing pilot on 6 November, with all residents and workers offered…

AbstractObjectiveTo characterise the symptoms of coronavirus disease 2019 (covid-19).DesignPopulation based cohort study.SettingIceland.ParticipantsAll individuals who tested…

A £500 (€557; $667) bonus is to be paid to all full time NHS staff…

A mass screening programme of more than 10 million residents of Wuhan, China, performed after…

Public health has come to the fore in 2020 like no time in recent history,…

The prevalence of covid-19 fell by 30% across England, from 132 to 96 people infected…

GP leaders have demanded that NHS England and NHS Improvement apologise and retract any communications…

The evolving pandemic has exposed weaknesses in our society. This is particularly obvious in countries…

Our children have some of the worst outcomes in the developed world for health, education,…

The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) has been a headline generating problem from the…

The global covid-19 pandemic has led to over 50 000 deaths in the UK, disrupted…

GPs have gone the extra mile to support their patients during the covid-19 pandemic and…

DANMASK-19, the first trial of mask use during covid-19, was “negative.” Masks didn’t work. We…

McKee and Stuckler, two notable policy analysts, present their personal view that scientific splits on…

A mass covid-19 screening programme has been rolled out in Liverpool,1 with further plans announced…

I was delighted to finally read some sensible journalistic challenges to the matters surrounding a…

University of Oxford and AstraZeneca vaccineThe ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 has been tested across the world, with…

Well before covid-19, the world already faced an emergent threat of antimicrobial resistance, and many…

Covid-19 has claimed over a million lives globally and devastated healthcare systems, economies, and societal…

The covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford is 90% effective when a…

The importance of ensuring the United Kingdom’s national economy is kept functioning during the covid-19…

The UK government must learn from the first wave of covid-19 and discourage social mixing…

Sweden’s population of 10 million will be subject to tougher restrictions from 24 November after…

On 9 September The BMJ reported leaked plans, called “Operation Moonshot,” to regularly screen households,…

Mass testing is a euphemism for population screening. A range of experts who care about…

Excess deaths in England and Wales remain above the five year average, while deaths from…

An NHS doctor who launched legal action in the High Court to force the Department…

The UK government is facing another legal challenge after it awarded £250m (€279.5m; $332.3m) worth…

Before covid-19 hit, national NHS bodies had asked the government to make changes to NHS…

Last week the UK government announced that 67 more areas in England will be given…

I agree that transparency in methodology should apply to all the covid-19 vaccine candidate trials…

Young, low risk patients with ongoing symptoms of covid-19 had signs of damage to multiple…

The government failed to provide transparency when hastily awarding billions of pounds worth of contracts…

A vaccine developed by Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies will become the third potential covid-19 vaccine to…

One reason face coverings have become a contentious issue is the medical community’s failure to…

Few would disagree that a sharp (“V shaped,” if possible) recovery for the UK economy…

Doctors in Turkey who post information about local covid-19 cases on social media are facing…