UK needs three-week lockdown for Covid reset: SAGE scientist
A government scientific adviser has said it's still not too late for a circuit breaker lockdown, adding that current regional measures will not be effective...
Brexit: RPS, ABPI say deal with Europe on medicines vital for patients
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society and the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry have both stressed that a deal with the European Union on medicines will be...
BREAKING: DH confirms community pharmacists will be allowed to administer Covid-19 vaccines
Community pharmacists are included in the government's coronavirus vaccination plans as new laws which allow more healthcare workers to administer flu and potential Covid-19...
Allow Covid-19 antibody tests in community pharmacy: NPA urges Public Health England
The National Pharmacy Association is calling on Public Health England to allow community pharmacies to conduct Covid-19 antibody testing.
The NPA says the public health...
UK moves closer to ‘human challenge’ trials of potential Covid-19 vaccines
“Human challenge” trials of potential COVID-19 vaccines, where volunteers are deliberately infected with the disease, could become a reality after a British biotech firm...
Oxford scientists develop five-minute virus test
Scientists from the University of Oxford have developed a rapid Covid-19 test able to identify the coronavirus in less than five minutes, researchers said...
‘Long Covid may affect multiple parts of body, mind’
Ongoing illness after infection with Covid-19, sometimes called 'long Covoid', may not be one syndrome but possibly up to four causing a rollercoaster of...
London university trial to look at whether Vitamin D can protect against Covid
Queen Mary University of London has launched a study to see if vitamin D can offer any protection against Covid-19.
The 'Coronavit' trial funded by...
We are defending Covid-19 vaccine work: MI5 chief
British spies are trying to defend Covid-19 vaccine work against hostile powers that seek to either steal or sabotage research data in the race...
Supermarket medicine substitutions could cause serious risk to patients, warns RPS
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has expressed concern that substitutions of medicines as part of supermarket home delivery practices are putting customers at risk.
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