Inflation-busting pay rise for public sector workers
Nearly a million public sector workers will be given inflation-busting pay rises as a reward for their efforts during the...
Day: July 20, 2020
Cancers missed because of coronavirus will shorten lives by average of 20 years, researchers say
NHS figures show that 106,535 urgent cancer referrals were made by GPs in England in May 2020, down from 200,599...
Privacy body accuses NHS Test and Trace system of breaching data protection laws
The NHS Test and Trace programme has been accused of breaching data protection laws after the Government admitted it had failed...
Police force says it will not respond to calls about shoppers who refuse to wear face masks
However, Alison Hernandez, police and crime commissioner for Devon and Cornwall, said officers would not investigate reports of people ignoring...
Experts hail results of human trials of a potential Covid vaccine as a ‘really important milestone’
The Mers vaccine has been successful in trials, and the virus shares a similar ‘spike protein’ with Covid-19, which is...
Anti-vaxxers are selfish – our lives shouldn’t be put into conspiracy theorists’ hands
I’m not a massive football fan, but I love a penalty shoot-out. There’s nothing more thrilling than to watch the...
Structure of DNA rewritten as scientists find genetic ‘towers’ in human cells
A team of researchers from the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and Leeds University invented a fluorescent marker that...
Coronavirus treatment from Synairgen hailed as ‘game changer’ after trial results show need for intensive care vastly reduced
Richard Marsden, CEO of Synairgen, said: "We are all delighted with the trial results announced today, which showed that SNG001...
The long-term effects of Covid on the body, from the heart to the brain
Many patients continue to feel breathless even after their initial infection clears, with MRI scans revealing residual damage in some....
How to reinvent yourself for a career change
If someone asks about what you love to do, most of us think about our hobbies. Now, however, with so...
Kim Jong-un berates officials over troubled North Korean hospital project
The KCNA report didn't say when Kim visited the site and didn't mention any comments by Kim over stalled nuclear...
