Donald Trump drug to be tested on NHS staff with hopes of preventing coronavirus
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last month warned against taking hydroxychloroquine for coronavirus outside a clinical trial or...
Day: May 20, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic exposed NHS weaknesses, says European Commission
The pandemic meant that emergency field hospitals for coronavirus patients were set up across the United Kingdom. "The country's manufacturing...
Home Office reverses block on indefinite leave for families of careworkers who die from Covid-19
The Home Office has reversed its block on granting indefinite leave to remain to the families of care workers and...
Humanity set to go into reverse for the first time since 1990 due to Covid-19 pandemic, UN warns
Humanity is set to go into reverse due to the coronavirus pandemic’s “triple hit” on education, income and health, the...
Care home boss says she was threatened with police action if she did not take in hospital patient
The manager said she felt forced to accept the female resident back into the home and put her in self-isolation...
Earlier lockdown could have prevented three-quarters of UK coronavirus deaths, modelling suggests
Mr Annan, from Blueskiesresearch.org.uk, said an earlier lockdown would have been shorter and had less economic impact. In a related...
Fever hospitals should return to stop coronavirus spreading, experts say
Fever hospitals should be brought back to stop dangerous infections like coronavirus spreading within healthcare settings and the community, experts...
Ten million more children facing malnutrition due to pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic could push an additional 10 million children into acute malnutrition, according to the United Nations World Food...
The science behind the three key coronavirus rules: does it stack up?
A study by the University of Hong Kong, published in The Lancet in April, found the virus lasted longest on...
How close are we to a coronavirus vaccine? Latest news on UK and US trials
The findings, led by the National Institutes of Health, have not been peer-reviewed or published, but Professor Robin Shattock, Professor...
