Quality of life must be a key measure for HIV treatment
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteAdvocates and doctors alike have called for quality of life to be a key measure in determining the success of treatment for…
Covid-19 patients ‘to be treated at home’ under emergency NHS plans
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThousands of Covid-19 patients will be treated in their own homes under emergency NHS plans, it has been reported. Read More
Omicron death toll rises to seven with 85 cases now in hospital
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteSix more people have died with Omicron Covid and another 20 have been admitted to hospital. Read More
Officials draw up plans for two-week 'circuit breaker' lockdown
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Reading Time: < 1 minutePlans for a two-week circuit breaker after Christmas with a ban on indoor mixing are being drawn up, it emerged last night. Read…
‘A wave of joy’: babies born from world’s first HIV positive sperm bank
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteOlivia and Amy are sitting outside in the shade, trying to escape from New Zealand’s early-summer humidity. Read More
Omicron reinfection rate ‘5.4 times greater than Delta’ says Imperial College London study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe risk of reinfection with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 is 5.4 times greater than that of the Delta variant, new research suggests….
Wood burners cause nearly half of urban air pollution cancer risk – study
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteWood burning stoves in urban areas are responsible for almost half of people’s exposure to cancer-causing chemicals found in air pollution particles,…
Alzheimer's drug aducanumab not approved for use in EU
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe European Medicines Agency has said no to approving a new drug for Alzheimer’s disease in the EU. Read More
Covid 10-day isolation period could be shortened to a week with the same effect, says Prof Lockdown
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe 10-day Covid isolation period could be shortened to a week with the same effect, the scientist behind Britain’s lockdowns has suggested….
Omicron coronavirus variant reported in 89 countries as cases double within days
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Omicron coronavirus variant has been reported in 89 countries and the number of cases is doubling in 1.5 to 3 days…